How many parks and green spaces are in Ellesmere Port? 39 public parks
Ellesmere Port has 39 public parks among 158 green space sites. Green space covers 3.2% of the area: about 35 m² per resident, or 4.9 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 58% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 35 m²
- More green space than
- 58% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 4.9
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
All house prices in Ellesmere PortWhat are the largest parks in Ellesmere Port?
Wirral Country Park is the largest public park in Ellesmere Port, at 44.6 hectares. 8 of the 39 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Wirral Country Park | 44.6 hectares |
| Rivacre Valley Country Park | 35.1 hectares |
| Stanney Woods Country Park | 22.5 hectares |
| Whitby Park | 20.4 hectares |
| Westminster Park | 7,701 m² |
| Ellesmere Park | 5,503 m² |
| Elm Grove Park | 4,490 m² |
| Atherton Road Community Garden | 684 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Ellesmere Port?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Ellesmere Port: 137 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 137 hectares · 39 sites |
| Playing fields | 53.6 hectares · 18 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 32.8 hectares · 17 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 10.3 hectares · 14 sites |
| Cemeteries | 6.9 hectares · 1 site |
| Play spaces | 4.9 hectares · 48 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 3.9 hectares · 8 sites |
| Bowling greens | 1.4 hectares · 5 sites |
| Tennis courts | 9,004 m² · 7 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 44.4 hectares · 1 site |
Does Ellesmere Port have a lot of green space?
About average. Ellesmere Port has 35 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 56 m² across Cheshire West and Chester. More green space per resident than 58% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Ellesmere PortThis area | 35 m² per resident |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 56 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 35 m² for every resident adds up to 4.9 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.
What else do people ask about Ellesmere Port?
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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 Ellesmere Port dataset covers 4,257 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.