How many parks and green spaces are in Cheshire East? 145 public parks

Cheshire East has 145 public parks among 1,080 green space sites. Green space covers 1.0% of the area: about 28 m² per resident, or 3.9 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 54% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
28 m²
Less green space than
54% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
3.9

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 Cheshire East?

Tegg's Nose Country Park is the largest public park in Cheshire East, at 75.2 hectares. These are the 25 largest of 45 named public parks.

Largest public parks in Cheshire East
ParkSize
Tegg's Nose Country Park75.2 hectares
Brereton Heath Nature Reserve34 hectares
Astbury Mere Country Park32.5 hectares
Nantwich Riverside19.9 hectares
Lindow Common17.7 hectares
South Park15.7 hectares
Queen's Park15.7 hectares
Poynton Park13.2 hectares
The Heath13 hectares
Wilmslow Park13 hectares
Leighton Brook Park8.2 hectares
Tipkinder Park6.8 hectares
Riverside Park5.8 hectares
Macclesfield Riverside Park5 hectares
Victoria Park4.8 hectares
Congleton Park4.2 hectares
University of Manchester Botanical Experimental Grounds3.8 hectares
Brookfield Park3.4 hectares
Croxton Park3.2 hectares
The Moor2.3 hectares
Milton Park2 hectares
Derby Docks1.8 hectares
Valley Park1.8 hectares
Timbersbrook Picnic Area1.5 hectares
Henbury Millennium Green1.4 hectares

What kinds of green space are there in Cheshire East?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Cheshire East: 455 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Cheshire East by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens455 hectares · 145 sites
Playing fields353 hectares · 161 sites
Other sports facilities135 hectares · 105 sites
Cemeteries64 hectares · 36 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds52.3 hectares · 128 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces47 hectares · 72 sites
Play spaces25.6 hectares · 281 sites
Bowling greens16.8 hectares · 75 sites
Tennis courts9.3 hectares · 46 sites
Golf coursesNot counted12 km² · 31 sites

Does Cheshire East have a lot of green space?

About average. Cheshire East has 28 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 42 m² across Cheshire. Less green space per resident than 54% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Cheshire East compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
Cheshire EastThis area28 m² per resident
Cheshire42 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 28 m² for every resident adds up to 3.9 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 Cheshire East have the most green space?

Little Warford has the most green space per resident of the 147 areas of Cheshire East, at about 322 m² per resident. The labels place each area among every area in England and Wales, in fifths from Very Low to Very High.

Green space per resident in each area of Cheshire East
AreaPer resident
Little WarfordVery High322 m² per resident
BreretonVery High233 m² per resident
CholmondeleyVery High204 m² per resident
RostherneVery High197 m² per resident
SuttonVery High175 m² per resident
Pott ShrigleyVery High103 m² per resident
Lower WithingtonVery High95 m² per resident
BrindleyVery High87 m² per resident
WorlestonVery High83 m² per resident
StyalVery High79 m² per resident
AshleyVery High75 m² per resident
Wrenbury cum FrithVery High73 m² per resident
CranageVery High70 m² per resident
ArclidHigh59 m² per resident
Crewe GreenHigh58 m² per resident
Aston by BudworthHigh56 m² per resident
AdlingtonHigh51 m² per resident
ToftHigh50 m² per resident
Marbury cum QuoisleyHigh48 m² per resident
PrestburyHigh46 m² per resident
WilmslowHigh45 m² per resident
Nether AlderleyHigh42 m² per resident
Peover SuperiorHigh42 m² per resident
HunstersonHigh42 m² per resident
EdlestonHigh41 m² per resident
BunburyHigh37 m² per resident
KettleshulmeTypical34 m² per resident
ActonTypical32 m² per resident
Newbold AstburyTypical32 m² per resident
KnutsfordTypical32 m² per resident
ChelfordTypical32 m² per resident
Macclesfield Forest and WildboarcloughTypical31 m² per resident
NantwichTypical31 m² per resident
MacclesfieldTypical31 m² per resident
Alderley EdgeTypical30 m² per resident
MillingtonTypical30 m² per resident
MereTypical29 m² per resident
HankelowTypical29 m² per resident
HenhullTypical29 m² per resident
SiddingtonTypical28 m² per resident
HandforthTypical28 m² per resident
MostonTypical28 m² per resident
StapeleyTypical27 m² per resident
SomerfordTypical27 m² per resident
HenburyTypical26 m² per resident
CongletonTypical26 m² per resident
Mottram St. AndrewTypical25 m² per resident
AlsagerLow25 m² per resident
Aston juxta MondrumLow24 m² per resident
BickertonLow24 m² per resident
Tabley SuperiorLow24 m² per resident
Poynton-with-WorthLow23 m² per resident
WistastonLow23 m² per resident
Shavington cum GrestyLow23 m² per resident
OllertonLow23 m² per resident
CreweLow23 m² per resident
BarthomleyLow22 m² per resident
DisleyLow22 m² per resident
AudlemLow22 m² per resident
SandbachLow22 m² per resident
WestonLow21 m² per resident
WybunburyLow21 m² per resident
NewhallLow21 m² per resident
RopeLow21 m² per resident
MartonLow19 m² per resident
CholmondestonLow19 m² per resident
MiddlewichLow19 m² per resident
WillastonLow19 m² per resident
Holmes ChapelLow19 m² per resident
RainowLow19 m² per resident
WarminghamLow17 m² per resident
Great WarfordLow17 m² per resident
High LeghLow16 m² per resident
BuertonLow15 m² per resident
HaslingtonLow15 m² per resident
MobberleyLow15 m² per resident
Tabley InferiorLow15 m² per resident
BollingtonLow15 m² per resident
MarthallLow15 m² per resident
BaddingtonVery Low14 m² per resident
Minshull VernonVery Low14 m² per resident
LeightonVery Low14 m² per resident
GawsworthVery Low13 m² per resident
BosleyVery Low13 m² per resident
GoostreyVery Low13 m² per resident
Odd RodeVery Low13 m² per resident
EatonVery Low13 m² per resident
WincleVery Low12 m² per resident
North RodeVery Low11 m² per resident
BetchtonVery Low11 m² per resident
Dodcott cum WilkesleyVery Low11 m² per resident
Little BollingtonVery Low11 m² per resident
SwettenhamVery Low9 m² per resident
Over AlderleyVery Low9 m² per resident
Hulme WalfieldVery Low9 m² per resident
WettenhallVery Low9 m² per resident
PickmereVery Low7 m² per resident
Church MinshullVery Low7 m² per resident
BaddileyVery Low6 m² per resident
HoughVery Low6 m² per resident
AustersonVery Low5 m² per resident
Church LawtonVery Low4 m² per resident
ChorleyVery Low4 m² per resident
ChorleyVery Low4 m² per resident
SmallwoodVery Low4 m² per resident
AlprahamVery Low2 m² per resident
Higher HurdsfieldVery Low2 m² per resident
FaddileyVery Low1 m² per resident
PlumleyVery Low1 m² per resident
Peover InferiorVery Lowunder 1 m² per resident
WoolstanwoodVery Lowunder 1 m² per resident
BextonVery Low0 m² per resident
DoddingtonVery Low0 m² per resident
PeckfortonVery Low0 m² per resident
WirswallVery Low0 m² per resident
CalveleyVery Low0 m² per resident
Coole PilateVery Low0 m² per resident
BathertonVery Low0 m² per resident
TwemlowVery Low0 m² per resident
BridgemereVery Low0 m² per resident
PooleVery Low0 m² per resident
ChorltonVery Low0 m² per resident
SnelsonVery Low0 m² per resident
LeaVery Low0 m² per resident
EgertonVery Low0 m² per resident
HaughtonVery Low0 m² per resident
HurlestonVery Low0 m² per resident
SpurstowVery Low0 m² per resident
Lyme HandleyVery Low0 m² per resident
RidleyVery Low0 m² per resident
Somerford BoothsVery Low0 m² per resident
BulkeleyVery Low0 m² per resident
HassallVery Low0 m² per resident
WalghertonVery Low0 m² per resident
NorburyVery Low0 m² per resident
SoundVery Low0 m² per resident
Moreton cum AlcumlowVery Low0 m² per resident
Checkley cum WrinehillVery Low0 m² per resident
StokeVery Low0 m² per resident
BradwallVery Low0 m² per resident
BasfordVery Low0 m² per resident
HathertonVery Low0 m² per resident
BurlandVery Low0 m² per resident
AgdenVery Low0 m² per resident
BlakenhallVery Low0 m² per resident
BroomhallVery Low0 m² per resident
WardleVery Low0 m² per resident

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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 02:49 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Cheshire East dataset covers 17,657 postcodes.

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