How many parks and green spaces are in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole? 125 public parks
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has 125 public parks among 582 green space sites. Green space covers 6.3% of the area: about 27 m² per resident, or 3.8 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 56% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 27 m²
- Less green space than
- 56% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 3.8
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 Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleWhat are the largest parks in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole?
Upton Country Park is the largest public park in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, at 62.8 hectares. These are the 25 largest of 53 named public parks.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Upton Country Park | 62.8 hectares |
| Turbary Common | 45 hectares |
| King's Park | 28.4 hectares |
| Ham Common | 28.1 hectares |
| Whitecliff Harbourside Park | 26 hectares |
| Canford Country Park | 19.8 hectares |
| Redhill Park | 17.4 hectares |
| Kinson Common | 17.2 hectares |
| Poole Park | 16.4 hectares |
| Branksome Chine Gardens | 8.9 hectares |
| Creekmoor Ponds Nature Reserve | 7.8 hectares |
| Upper Gardens | 7.3 hectares |
| Boscombe Chine Gardens | 6.1 hectares |
| Nea Meadows | 5.7 hectares |
| Horseshoe Common | 5 hectares |
| Lower Gardens | 4.8 hectares |
| Central Gardens | 3.9 hectares |
| Pelhams Park | 3.4 hectares |
| Pinecliff Gardens | 3.2 hectares |
| Shelley Park | 3 hectares |
| Turners Nursery | 2.7 hectares |
| Alexandra Park | 2.7 hectares |
| Coy Pond Gardens | 2.7 hectares |
| Rothesay Park | 2.5 hectares |
| Seafield Gardens | 2.5 hectares |
What kinds of green space are there in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: 586 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 586 hectares · 125 sites |
| Playing fields | 223 hectares · 65 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 186 hectares · 70 sites |
| Cemeteries | 61.5 hectares · 13 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 32.5 hectares · 23 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 26.1 hectares · 58 sites |
| Play spaces | 19.3 hectares · 153 sites |
| Tennis courts | 9.3 hectares · 43 sites |
| Bowling greens | 8.1 hectares · 20 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 474 hectares · 12 sites |
Does Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole have a lot of green space?
About average. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has 27 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 38 m² across England. Less green space per resident than 56% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleThis area | 27 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. 27 m² for every resident adds up to 3.8 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 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole have the most green space?
Hurn has the most green space per resident of the 6 areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, at about 569 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 |
|---|---|
| HurnVery High | 569 m² per resident |
| PooleTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| Burton and WinktonTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| Highcliffe and WalkfordLow | 24 m² per resident |
| BournemouthLow | 23 m² per resident |
| ChristchurchLow | 22 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole?
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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 01:37 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole dataset covers 14,533 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.