How many parks and green spaces are in Godmanchester? 6 public parks

Godmanchester has 6 public parks among 28 green space sites. Green space covers 1.0% of the area: about 24 m² per resident, or 3.4 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 61% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
24 m²
Less green space than
61% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
3.4

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

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What are the largest parks in Godmanchester?

Buttermel Meadow is the largest public park in Godmanchester, at 1.1 hectares. 2 of the 6 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Godmanchester
ParkSize
Buttermel Meadow1.1 hectares
The Margery Fish Garden of Remembrance943 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Godmanchester?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Godmanchester: 5.5 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Godmanchester by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens5.5 hectares · 6 sites
Playing fields5.3 hectares · 2 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces3 hectares · 2 sites
Other sports facilities2.8 hectares · 3 sites
Play spaces1.4 hectares · 12 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds1.1 hectares · 1 site
Cemeteries8,094 m² · 1 site
Bowling greens1,352 m² · 1 site

Does Godmanchester have a lot of green space?

A bit less than most areas. Godmanchester has 24 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 41 m² across Huntingdonshire. Less green space per resident than 61% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Godmanchester compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
GodmanchesterThis area24 m² per resident
Huntingdonshire41 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 24 m² for every resident adds up to 3.4 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.

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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 04:05 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Godmanchester dataset covers 407 postcodes.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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