How many parks and green spaces are in Amersham and Villages Community Board? 11 public parks
Amersham and Villages Community Board has 11 public parks among 50 green space sites. Green space covers 1.6% of the area: about 22 m² per resident, or 3 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 66% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 22 m²
- Less green space than
- 66% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 3
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 Amersham and Villages Community BoardWhat are the largest parks in Amersham and Villages Community Board?
Coleshill Common is the largest public park in Amersham and Villages Community Board, at 5.2 hectares. 4 of the 11 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Coleshill Common | 5.2 hectares |
| Little Chalfont Nature Park | 1.4 hectares |
| Church Mead | 4,132 m² |
| The Memorial Gardens | 2,274 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Amersham and Villages Community Board?
Playing fields cover the most ground in Amersham and Villages Community Board: 30 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 30 hectares · 9 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 10.9 hectares · 11 sites |
| Cemeteries | 7.3 hectares · 4 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 3.3 hectares · 5 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 2.7 hectares · 8 sites |
| Tennis courts | 1.6 hectares · 4 sites |
| Play spaces | 6,773 m² · 6 sites |
| Bowling greens | 2,277 m² · 1 site |
| Other sports facilities | 543 m² · 1 site |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 21.5 hectares · 1 site |
Does Amersham and Villages Community Board have a lot of green space?
A bit less than most areas. Amersham and Villages Community Board has 22 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 33 m² across Chiltern. Less green space per resident than 66% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Amersham and Villages Community BoardThis area | 22 m² per resident |
| Chiltern | 33 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 22 m² for every resident adds up to 3 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.
Which parts of Amersham and Villages Community Board have the most green space?
Coleshill has the most green space per resident of the 4 areas of Amersham and Villages Community Board, at about 159 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 |
|---|---|
| ColeshillVery High | 159 m² per resident |
| Chesham BoisTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| AmershamLow | 18 m² per resident |
| Little ChalfontLow | 15 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Amersham and Villages Community Board?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Amersham and Villages Community Board.
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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 03:55 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Amersham and Villages Community Board dataset covers 1,410 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.