How many parks and green spaces are in East Cambridgeshire? 42 public parks
East Cambridgeshire has 42 public parks among 358 green space sites. Green space covers 0.6% of the area: about 41 m² per resident, or 5.8 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 66% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 41 m²
- More green space than
- 66% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 5.8
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 East CambridgeshireWhat are the largest parks in East Cambridgeshire?
Qua Fen Common is the largest public park in East Cambridgeshire, at 21.1 hectares. 7 of the 42 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Qua Fen Common | 21.1 hectares |
| East Fen Common | 20.8 hectares |
| Ely Common | 3.2 hectares |
| The Park | 2.8 hectares |
| Pauline's Swamp | 1.5 hectares |
| Palace Green | 4,151 m² |
| St Mary's Green | 1,149 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in East Cambridgeshire?
Playing fields cover the most ground in East Cambridgeshire: 109 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 109 hectares · 50 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 87.1 hectares · 42 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 75.3 hectares · 21 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 47.6 hectares · 40 sites |
| Cemeteries | 21.6 hectares · 25 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 21.6 hectares · 48 sites |
| Play spaces | 8.9 hectares · 104 sites |
| Bowling greens | 3.3 hectares · 14 sites |
| Tennis courts | 9,659 m² · 10 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 97.8 hectares · 4 sites |
Does East Cambridgeshire have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. East Cambridgeshire has 41 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 40 m² across Cambridgeshire. More green space per resident than 66% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| East CambridgeshireThis area | 41 m² per resident |
| Cambridgeshire | 40 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 41 m² for every resident adds up to 5.8 football pitches of parks, playing fields and other public green space for every 1,000 people.
High means the second-highest 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 East Cambridgeshire have the most green space?
Kennett has the most green space per resident of the 35 areas of East Cambridgeshire, at about 536 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 |
|---|---|
| KennettVery High | 536 m² per resident |
| DullinghamVery High | 181 m² per resident |
| SnailwellVery High | 130 m² per resident |
| BrinkleyVery High | 125 m² per resident |
| ChippenhamVery High | 105 m² per resident |
| KirtlingVery High | 74 m² per resident |
| IslehamVery High | 65 m² per resident |
| LodeHigh | 61 m² per resident |
| StetchworthHigh | 58 m² per resident |
| BottishamHigh | 56 m² per resident |
| WickenHigh | 56 m² per resident |
| Burrough GreenHigh | 56 m² per resident |
| SohamHigh | 49 m² per resident |
| AshleyHigh | 45 m² per resident |
| Swaffham BulbeckHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| StrethamHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| ElyHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| ThetfordHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| MepalHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| Westley WaterlessHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| FordhamTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| Swaffham PriorTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| DownhamTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| ReachTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| WilburtonTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| WitchamTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| WentworthTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| HaddenhamTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| WooddittonTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| CheveleyTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| LittleportLow | 24 m² per resident |
| CoveneyLow | 24 m² per resident |
| WitchfordLow | 24 m² per resident |
| SuttonLow | 23 m² per resident |
| BurwellLow | 22 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about East Cambridgeshire?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in East Cambridgeshire.
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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 03:40 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The East Cambridgeshire dataset covers 2,929 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.