How many parks and green spaces are in Appleton? 6 public parks

Appleton has 6 public parks among 27 green space sites. Green space covers 3.6% of the area: about 46 m² per resident, or 6.4 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 70% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
46 m²
More green space than
70% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
6.4

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 Appleton?

Lumb Brook Millennium Green is the largest public park in Appleton, at 5.5 hectares. 2 of the 6 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Appleton
ParkSize
Lumb Brook Millennium Green5.5 hectares
Dudlows Green Park2.5 hectares

What kinds of green space are there in Appleton?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Appleton: 25 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Appleton by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens25 hectares · 6 sites
Playing fields12.1 hectares · 3 sites
Cemeteries4.6 hectares · 1 site
Churchyards and religious grounds3 hectares · 4 sites
Other sports facilities1.5 hectares · 2 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces1.4 hectares · 1 site
Tennis courts4,417 m² · 6 sites
Play spaces941 m² · 3 sites
Golf coursesNot counted74.4 hectares · 1 site

Does Appleton have a lot of green space?

A bit more than most areas. Appleton has 46 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 44 m² across Warrington. More green space per resident than 70% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Appleton compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
AppletonThis area46 m² per resident
Warrington44 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 46 m² for every resident adds up to 6.4 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.

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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 03:46 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Appleton dataset covers 331 postcodes.

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