How many parks and green spaces are in Wokingham? 79 public parks

Wokingham has 79 public parks among 449 green space sites. Green space covers 4.6% of the area: about 46 m² per resident, or 6.5 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 71% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
46 m²
More green space than
71% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
6.5

Public green space from OS Open Greenspace; golf courses are listed but not counted. Per resident uses Census 2021 population. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. How we calculate this

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What are the largest parks in Wokingham?

Dinton Pastures Country Park is the largest public park in Wokingham, at 145 hectares. 16 of the 79 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Wokingham
ParkSize
Dinton Pastures Country Park145 hectares
California Country Park43.1 hectares
Ashenbury Park28.7 hectares
Old Forest Road Meadows13.9 hectares
South Lake Park12.1 hectares
Maiden Erlegh Park10.8 hectares
Winnersh Meadows10 hectares
Joel Park7.5 hectares
The Harris Garden6.3 hectares
Kentwood Meadows4.8 hectares
Bulmershe Park1.9 hectares
The Parklands Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace1.4 hectares
Meadow Park7,654 m²
Malone Park6,444 m²
Wheble Park2,902 m²
Jubilee Corner168 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Wokingham?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Wokingham: 481 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Wokingham by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens481 hectares · 79 sites
Playing fields182 hectares · 51 sites
Other sports facilities85.5 hectares · 40 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces49.3 hectares · 31 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds16.1 hectares · 30 sites
Play spaces15.3 hectares · 170 sites
Cemeteries5.2 hectares · 8 sites
Bowling greens3.1 hectares · 9 sites
Tennis courts2.4 hectares · 23 sites
Golf coursesNot counted361 hectares · 8 sites

Does Wokingham have a lot of green space?

A bit more than most areas. Wokingham has 46 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 47 m² across Berkshire. More green space per resident than 71% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Wokingham compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
WokinghamThis area46 m² per resident
Berkshire47 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 46 m² for every resident adds up to 6.5 football pitches of parks, playing fields and other public green space for every 1,000 people.

High means the second-highest fifth of areas in England and Wales. The bands split every area we cover into fifths by green space per resident, from Very Low to Very High.

Which parts of Wokingham have the most green space?

St. Nicholas, Hurst has the most green space per resident of the 16 areas of Wokingham, at about 516 m² per resident. The labels place each area among every area in England and Wales, in fifths from Very Low to Very High.

Green space per resident in each area of Wokingham
AreaPer resident
St. Nicholas, HurstVery High516 m² per resident
SonningVery High203 m² per resident
RemenhamVery High149 m² per resident
WargraveVery High94 m² per resident
FinchampsteadVery High68 m² per resident
BarkhamVery High63 m² per resident
WoodleyHigh51 m² per resident
WinnershHigh43 m² per resident
SwallowfieldTypical36 m² per resident
TwyfordTypical34 m² per resident
EarleyTypical31 m² per resident
Arborfield and NewlandTypical26 m² per resident
CharvilTypical25 m² per resident
ShinfieldLow21 m² per resident
Wokingham WithoutLow19 m² per resident
RuscombeVery Low6 m² per resident

What else do people ask about Wokingham?

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Where does this data come from?

Price information is from HM Land Registry, location boundaries are from OpenStreetMap, and households and population are from Nomis Census 2021 postcode estimates (21 March 2021). Parks and green space are from OS Open Greenspace. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Last updated 7 October 2026 at 03:15 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Wokingham dataset covers 8,828 postcodes.

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