How many parks and green spaces are in Warrington? 109 public parks
Warrington has 109 public parks among 529 green space sites. Green space covers 5.0% of the area: about 44 m² per resident, or 6.1 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 68% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 44 m²
- More green space than
- 68% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 6.1
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 WarringtonWhat are the largest parks in Warrington?
Rixton Claypits Local Nature Reserve is the largest public park in Warrington, at 32.9 hectares. These are the 25 largest of 43 named public parks.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Rixton Claypits Local Nature Reserve | 32.9 hectares |
| Birchwood Forest Park | 28.2 hectares |
| Woolston Park | 24.7 hectares |
| Sankey Valley Park | 24.5 hectares |
| Birchwood Brook Park | 21.5 hectares |
| Walton Hall Gardens | 15.6 hectares |
| Orford Park | 15.3 hectares |
| Mary Ann Meadows | 12.8 hectares |
| Sankey Valley Park | 11.6 hectares |
| Peel Hall Park | 9.4 hectares |
| Sankey Valley Park | 9.3 hectares |
| Oakwood Gate Park | 7.3 hectares |
| Twenty Acre Park | 7 hectares |
| Longbarn Park | 6.2 hectares |
| Bank Park | 6.1 hectares |
| Elizabeth Park | 5.8 hectares |
| Lumb Brook Millennium Green | 5.5 hectares |
| Dakota Park | 5 hectares |
| Church Park | 4.8 hectares |
| Ridgway-Grundy Memorial Park | 4.7 hectares |
| Bruche Park | 4.6 hectares |
| Wilderspool Community Woodland | 4.6 hectares |
| Enfield Hall Park | 3.5 hectares |
| Parkfields Park | 3.2 hectares |
| The Common | 3.2 hectares |
What kinds of green space are there in Warrington?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Warrington: 588 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 588 hectares · 109 sites |
| Playing fields | 194 hectares · 55 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 74.9 hectares · 52 sites |
| Cemeteries | 22.5 hectares · 10 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 22.1 hectares · 50 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 20.4 hectares · 23 sites |
| Bowling greens | 9.5 hectares · 36 sites |
| Play spaces | 9.5 hectares · 163 sites |
| Tennis courts | 6.6 hectares · 22 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 340 hectares · 9 sites |
Does Warrington have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. Warrington has 44 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 42 m² across Cheshire. More green space per resident than 68% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| WarringtonThis area | 44 m² per resident |
| Cheshire | 42 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 44 m² for every resident adds up to 6.1 football pitches of parks, playing fields and other public green space for every 1,000 people.
High means the second-highest 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 Warrington have the most green space?
Rixton-with-Glazebrook has the most green space per resident of the 18 areas of Warrington, at about 287 m² per resident. The labels place each area among every area in England and Wales, in fifths from Very Low to Very High.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Rixton-with-GlazebrookVery High | 287 m² per resident |
| WaltonVery High | 170 m² per resident |
| BirchwoodVery High | 154 m² per resident |
| CuerdleyVery High | 151 m² per resident |
| StrettonVery High | 91 m² per resident |
| Burtonwood and WestbrookVery High | 73 m² per resident |
| WinwickHigh | 55 m² per resident |
| WoolstonHigh | 51 m² per resident |
| LymmHigh | 48 m² per resident |
| AppletonHigh | 46 m² per resident |
| Poulton-with-FearnheadTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| Great SankeyTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| Grappenhall and ThelwallTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| CroftTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| Culcheth and GlazeburyTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| Stockton HeathVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| PenkethVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| HattonVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Warrington?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Warrington.
- What is the average house price in Warrington?
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- What price range do most homes sell for in Warrington?
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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 02:50 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Warrington dataset covers 8,304 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.