How many parks and green spaces are in Bournemouth? 58 public parks
Bournemouth has 58 public parks among 258 green space sites. Green space covers 9.5% of the area: about 23 m² per resident, or 3.2 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 63% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 23 m²
- Less green space than
- 63% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 3.2
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 BournemouthWhat are the largest parks in Bournemouth?
Turbary Common is the largest public park in Bournemouth, at 45 hectares. 25 of the 58 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Turbary Common | 45 hectares |
| King's Park | 28.4 hectares |
| Redhill Park | 17.4 hectares |
| Kinson Common | 17.2 hectares |
| Upper Gardens | 7.3 hectares |
| Boscombe Chine Gardens | 6.1 hectares |
| Horseshoe Common | 5 hectares |
| Lower Gardens | 4.8 hectares |
| Central Gardens | 3.9 hectares |
| Pelhams Park | 3.4 hectares |
| Shelley Park | 3 hectares |
| Seafield Gardens | 2.5 hectares |
| Roi-mar Home Park | 2 hectares |
| Fishermans Walk | 1.9 hectares |
| Knyveton Gardens | 1.8 hectares |
| The Rookery | 1.5 hectares |
| Boscombe Cliff Gardens | 1.5 hectares |
| Churchill Gardens | 1.3 hectares |
| Moore Avenue Community Park | 1.2 hectares |
| Swanmore Gardens | 1.2 hectares |
| Winter Gardens | 4,226 m² |
| Fampoux Gardens | 3,232 m² |
| Skerryvore | 1,922 m² |
| Carnarvon Crescent Gardens | 1,678 m² |
| Village Green | 1,566 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Bournemouth?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Bournemouth: 268 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 268 hectares · 58 sites |
| Playing fields | 69.4 hectares · 19 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 47.3 hectares · 31 sites |
| Cemeteries | 37.9 hectares · 5 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 14.8 hectares · 9 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 14.6 hectares · 33 sites |
| Play spaces | 10.6 hectares · 65 sites |
| Tennis courts | 6.8 hectares · 21 sites |
| Bowling greens | 5.6 hectares · 13 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 127 hectares · 4 sites |
Does Bournemouth have a lot of green space?
A bit less than most areas. Bournemouth has 23 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 27 m² across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Less green space per resident than 63% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| BournemouthThis area | 23 m² per resident |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 27 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 23 m² for every resident adds up to 3.2 football pitches of parks, playing fields and other public green space for every 1,000 people.
Low means the second-lowest 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.
What else do people ask about Bournemouth?
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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 03:24 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Bournemouth dataset covers 7,287 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.