How many parks and green spaces are in Poole? 51 public parks
Poole has 51 public parks among 215 green space sites. Green space covers 6.5% of the area: about 32 m² per resident, or 4.4 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 52% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 32 m²
- More green space than
- 52% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 4.4
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 PooleWhat are the largest parks in Poole?
Upton Country Park is the largest public park in Poole, at 62.8 hectares. 22 of the 51 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Upton Country Park | 62.8 hectares |
| Ham Common | 28.1 hectares |
| Whitecliff Harbourside Park | 26 hectares |
| Canford Country Park | 19.8 hectares |
| Poole Park | 16.4 hectares |
| Branksome Chine Gardens | 8.9 hectares |
| Creekmoor Ponds Nature Reserve | 7.8 hectares |
| Pinecliff Gardens | 3.2 hectares |
| Turners Nursery | 2.7 hectares |
| Alexandra Park | 2.7 hectares |
| Coy Pond Gardens | 2.7 hectares |
| Ashley Cross Green | 1.1 hectares |
| Evening Hill | 1 hectares |
| Stanley Green Park | 8,619 m² |
| Overlinks Gardens | 8,202 m² |
| Oakdale Community Park | 7,329 m² |
| The Old Burial Ground | 5,675 m² |
| Hunger Hill Green | 3,770 m² |
| Green Park | 3,714 m² |
| Tucker's Field | 3,260 m² |
| Princess Gardens | 2,913 m² |
| Canford Cliffs Village Pocket Park | 2,354 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Poole?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Poole: 281 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 281 hectares · 51 sites |
| Playing fields | 103 hectares · 27 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 78.9 hectares · 24 sites |
| Cemeteries | 16.7 hectares · 5 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 7.8 hectares · 8 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 7.5 hectares · 17 sites |
| Play spaces | 6.9 hectares · 60 sites |
| Tennis courts | 1.8 hectares · 16 sites |
| Bowling greens | 1.1 hectares · 3 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 209 hectares · 4 sites |
Does Poole have a lot of green space?
About average. Poole has 32 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. More green space per resident than 52% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| PooleThis area | 32 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. 32 m² for every resident adds up to 4.4 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.
What else do people ask about 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 03:23 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Poole dataset covers 5,263 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.