How many parks and green spaces are in High Wycombe Community Board? 31 public parks

High Wycombe Community Board has 31 public parks among 123 green space sites. Green space covers 6.4% of the area: about 19 m² per resident, or 2.7 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 71% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
19 m²
Less green space than
71% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
2.7

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

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What are the largest parks in High Wycombe Community Board?

Tom Burt's Hill is the largest public park in High Wycombe Community Board, at 12 hectares. 7 of the 31 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in High Wycombe Community Board
ParkSize
Tom Burt's Hill12 hectares
Round Wood7.1 hectares
Chairborough Road Nature Reserve4.2 hectares
The Dell8,775 m²
The Rye2,419 m²
Peace Garden965 m²
Library Gardens570 m²

What kinds of green space are there in High Wycombe Community Board?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in High Wycombe Community Board: 61.5 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in High Wycombe Community Board by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens61.5 hectares · 31 sites
Playing fields49 hectares · 8 sites
Other sports facilities18.3 hectares · 15 sites
Cemeteries10 hectares · 1 site
Allotments and community growing spaces7.1 hectares · 9 sites
Play spaces4.8 hectares · 43 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds3.6 hectares · 11 sites
Tennis courts7,044 m² · 3 sites
Bowling greens6,843 m² · 2 sites

Does High Wycombe Community Board have a lot of green space?

A bit less than most areas. High Wycombe Community Board has 19 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 27 m² across Wycombe. Less green space per resident than 71% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in High Wycombe Community Board compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
High Wycombe Community BoardThis area19 m² per resident
Wycombe27 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 19 m² for every resident adds up to 2.7 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 High Wycombe 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 High Wycombe Community Board dataset covers 3,217 postcodes.

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