How many parks and green spaces are in Chiltern? 34 public parks
Chiltern has 34 public parks among 280 green space sites. Green space covers 1.6% of the area: about 33 m² per resident, or 4.6 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 54% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 33 m²
- More green space than
- 54% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 4.6
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 ChilternWhat are the largest parks in Chiltern?
Abbey Park is the largest public park in Chiltern, at 33.5 hectares. 17 of the 34 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Abbey Park | 33.5 hectares |
| Chesham Moor | 14.4 hectares |
| Lowndes Park | 14.2 hectares |
| Cholesbury Common | 9.2 hectares |
| Goldhill Common | 6.1 hectares |
| Hyde Heath Common | 5.5 hectares |
| Coleshill Common | 5.2 hectares |
| Austenwood Common | 4.2 hectares |
| Penn Street Common | 2.1 hectares |
| Co-op Field | 1.6 hectares |
| Little Chalfont Nature Park | 1.4 hectares |
| Meades Water Gardens | 1.2 hectares |
| Church Mead | 4,132 m² |
| The Patch | 4,048 m² |
| St Peter's Garden | 3,684 m² |
| The Memorial Gardens | 2,274 m² |
| The Green | 1,717 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Chiltern?
Playing fields cover the most ground in Chiltern: 120 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 120 hectares · 50 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 110 hectares · 34 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 29.5 hectares · 40 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 27.2 hectares · 17 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 16.4 hectares · 40 sites |
| Cemeteries | 16 hectares · 16 sites |
| Tennis courts | 8 hectares · 22 sites |
| Play spaces | 4.3 hectares · 49 sites |
| Bowling greens | 2.6 hectares · 6 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 231 hectares · 6 sites |
Does Chiltern have a lot of green space?
About average. Chiltern has 33 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 40 m² across Buckinghamshire. More green space per resident than 54% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| ChilternThis area | 33 m² per resident |
| Buckinghamshire | 40 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 33 m² for every resident adds up to 4.6 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 Chiltern have the most green space?
Missendens Community Board has the most green space per resident of the 3 areas of Chiltern, at about 53 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 |
|---|---|
| Missendens Community BoardHigh | 53 m² per resident |
| Chesham and Villages Community BoardTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| Amersham and Villages Community BoardLow | 22 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Chiltern?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Chiltern.
- What is the average house price in Chiltern?
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- How many properties are being sold in Chiltern?
- What type of properties are sold in Chiltern?
- What price range do most homes sell for in Chiltern?
- What is the most expensive (and cheapest) area of Chiltern?
- How do Chiltern house prices compare with another area?
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 03:10 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Chiltern dataset covers 4,394 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.