How many parks and green spaces are in Blackburn with Darwen? 32 public parks
Blackburn with Darwen has 32 public parks among 334 green space sites. Green space covers 3.9% of the area: about 34 m² per resident, or 4.8 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 56% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 34 m²
- More green space than
- 56% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 4.8
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
All house prices in Blackburn with DarwenWhat are the largest parks in Blackburn with Darwen?
Witton Country Park is the largest public park in Blackburn with Darwen, at 160 hectares. 15 of the 32 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Witton Country Park | 160 hectares |
| Jumbles Country Park | 45.5 hectares |
| Witton Park | 43.3 hectares |
| Corporation Park | 22.4 hectares |
| Queen's Park | 12.1 hectares |
| Grainings Wood | 8.9 hectares |
| Bold Venture Park | 7.8 hectares |
| Whitehall Park | 6.6 hectares |
| Roe Lee Park | 5.7 hectares |
| Ashton Park | 3 hectares |
| Griffin Park | 2.4 hectares |
| Mill Hill Gardens | 5,992 m² |
| St Paul's Gardens | 3,265 m² |
| Sharples Meadow | 2,941 m² |
| Safe Haven Garden | 2,918 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Blackburn with Darwen?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Blackburn with Darwen: 316 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 316 hectares · 32 sites |
| Playing fields | 144 hectares · 39 sites |
| Cemeteries | 52.2 hectares · 16 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 24.8 hectares · 28 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 20.2 hectares · 42 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 17.3 hectares · 42 sites |
| Bowling greens | 7.2 hectares · 26 sites |
| Play spaces | 5.1 hectares · 93 sites |
| Tennis courts | 1.7 hectares · 12 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 156 hectares · 4 sites |
Does Blackburn with Darwen have a lot of green space?
About average. Blackburn with Darwen has 34 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 38 m² across England. More green space per resident than 56% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Blackburn with DarwenThis area | 34 m² per resident |
| England | 38 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 34 m² for every resident adds up to 4.8 football pitches of parks, playing fields and other public green space for every 1,000 people.
Typical means the middle 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 Blackburn with Darwen have the most green space?
Pleasington has the most green space per resident of the 7 areas of Blackburn with Darwen, at about 1,704 m² per resident. The labels place each area among every area in England and Wales, in fifths from Very Low to Very High.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| PleasingtonVery High | 1,704 m² per resident |
| North TurtonVery High | 87 m² per resident |
| LiveseyVery High | 64 m² per resident |
| TockholesHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| DarwenTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| EccleshillLow | 20 m² per resident |
| Yate and Pickup BankVery Low | 5 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Blackburn with Darwen?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Blackburn with Darwen.
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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 01:38 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Blackburn with Darwen dataset covers 5,022 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.