How many parks and green spaces are in Crewe? 18 public parks

Crewe has 18 public parks among 98 green space sites. Green space covers 7.1% of the area: about 23 m² per resident, or 3.2 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 64% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
23 m²
Less green space than
64% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
3.2

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 Crewe?

Queen's Park is the largest public park in Crewe, at 15.7 hectares. 8 of the 18 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Crewe
ParkSize
Queen's Park15.7 hectares
Leighton Brook Park8.2 hectares
Tipkinder Park6.8 hectares
Derby Docks1.8 hectares
Valley Park1.8 hectares
Victoria Gardens2,755 m²
Jubilee Gardens2,421 m²
Haslemere Way Pocket Park760 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Crewe?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Crewe: 63.4 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Crewe by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens63.4 hectares · 18 sites
Playing fields21 hectares · 8 sites
Cemeteries18.9 hectares · 3 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces11.8 hectares · 12 sites
Other sports facilities11.1 hectares · 15 sites
Play spaces2 hectares · 27 sites
Bowling greens1.8 hectares · 7 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds1.1 hectares · 4 sites
Tennis courts5,209 m² · 3 sites
Golf coursesNot counted16.9 hectares · 1 site

Does Crewe have a lot of green space?

A bit less than most areas. Crewe has 23 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 28 m² across Cheshire East. Less green space per resident than 64% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Crewe compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
CreweThis area23 m² per resident
Cheshire East28 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 23 m² for every resident adds up to 3.2 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 Crewe?

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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 03:45 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Crewe dataset covers 2,212 postcodes.

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