How many parks and green spaces are in Macclesfield? 17 public parks
Macclesfield has 17 public parks among 111 green space sites. Green space covers 8.3% of the area: about 31 m² per resident, or 4.3 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 50% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 31 m²
- More green space than
- 50% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 4.3
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 MacclesfieldWhat are the largest parks in Macclesfield?
Tegg's Nose Country Park is the largest public park in Macclesfield, at 75.2 hectares. 6 of the 17 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Tegg's Nose Country Park | 75.2 hectares |
| South Park | 15.7 hectares |
| Riverside Park | 5.8 hectares |
| Macclesfield Riverside Park | 5 hectares |
| Victoria Park | 4.8 hectares |
| Mill Green | 162 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Macclesfield?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Macclesfield: 78 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 78 hectares · 17 sites |
| Playing fields | 40.9 hectares · 17 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 18.3 hectares · 14 sites |
| Cemeteries | 11.3 hectares · 1 site |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 7.8 hectares · 10 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 4.3 hectares · 12 sites |
| Play spaces | 3 hectares · 30 sites |
| Bowling greens | 1.8 hectares · 6 sites |
| Tennis courts | 4,467 m² · 3 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 42.5 hectares · 1 site |
Does Macclesfield have a lot of green space?
About average. Macclesfield has 31 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 28 m² across Cheshire East. More green space per resident than 50% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| MacclesfieldThis area | 31 m² per resident |
| Cheshire East | 28 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 31 m² for every resident adds up to 4.3 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.
What else do people ask about Macclesfield?
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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 Macclesfield dataset covers 2,497 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.