How many parks and green spaces are in City of Milton Keynes? 238 public parks

City of Milton Keynes has 238 public parks among 1,045 green space sites. Green space covers 6.9% of the area: about 75 m² per resident, or 10 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 85% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
75 m²
More green space than
85% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
10

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 City of Milton Keynes?

Ouse Valley Park is the largest public park in City of Milton Keynes, at 213 hectares. These are the 25 largest of 45 named public parks.

Largest public parks in City of Milton Keynes
ParkSize
Ouse Valley Park213 hectares
Ouzel Valley Park135 hectares
Willen Lake133 hectares
Caldecotte Lake109 hectares
Tattenhoe Valley Park63.6 hectares
Stanton Low Park61.9 hectares
North Loughton Valley Park56.4 hectares
Emberton Park50.8 hectares
Campbell Park40.6 hectares
Linford Wood40.6 hectares
Furzton Lake38.9 hectares
Shenley Wood38 hectares
Broughton Brook33.1 hectares
Walton Lake32.3 hectares
Howe Park Wood31.9 hectares
Tyringham Park28.3 hectares
Waterhall Park27.2 hectares
Teardrop Lakes23.7 hectares
Mount Farm Park19.2 hectares
Middleton17.8 hectares
Brooklands Meadow Park15.1 hectares
Lodge Lake13.4 hectares
Poplar Plantation11.3 hectares
Caldecotte Brook11.1 hectares
Ashland Lakes10.5 hectares

What kinds of green space are there in City of Milton Keynes?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in City of Milton Keynes: 17 km². Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in City of Milton Keynes by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens17 km² · 238 sites
Playing fields236 hectares · 81 sites
Other sports facilities76.9 hectares · 77 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces75.9 hectares · 83 sites
Play spaces33.8 hectares · 447 sites
Cemeteries32.1 hectares · 17 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds28.1 hectares · 69 sites
Bowling greens2.6 hectares · 11 sites
Tennis courts2.3 hectares · 20 sites
Golf coursesNot counted270 hectares · 2 sites

Does City of Milton Keynes have a lot of green space?

Yes, more than most areas. City of Milton Keynes has 75 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 38 m² across England. More green space per resident than 85% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in City of Milton Keynes compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
City of Milton KeynesThis area75 m² per resident
England38 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 75 m² for every resident adds up to 10 football pitches of parks, playing fields and other public green space for every 1,000 people.

Very High means the top 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 City of Milton Keynes have the most green space?

Old Woughton has the most green space per resident of the 51 areas of City of Milton Keynes, at about 1,571 m² per resident. The labels place each area among every area in England and Wales, in fifths from Very Low to Very High.

Green space per resident in each area of City of Milton Keynes
AreaPer resident
Old WoughtonVery High1,571 m² per resident
Tyringham and FilgraveVery High1,282 m² per resident
EmbertonVery High885 m² per resident
Haversham-cum-Little LinfordVery High366 m² per resident
Simpson and AshlandVery High244 m² per resident
Campbell ParkVery High145 m² per resident
New BradwellVery High136 m² per resident
Wolverton and GreenleysVery High126 m² per resident
FairfieldsVery High114 m² per resident
StantonburyVery High112 m² per resident
Milton KeynesVery High103 m² per resident
WaltonVery High101 m² per resident
North CrawleyVery High98 m² per resident
Central Milton KeynesVery High97 m² per resident
Loughton and Great HolmVery High90 m² per resident
Stony StratfordVery High86 m² per resident
WavendonVery High84 m² per resident
Shenley Brook EndVery High76 m² per resident
OlneyVery High68 m² per resident
Clifton ReynesVery High64 m² per resident
Bow BrickhillHigh59 m² per resident
LathburyHigh54 m² per resident
Shenley Church EndHigh53 m² per resident
Little BrickhillHigh48 m² per resident
ChicheleyHigh48 m² per resident
BroughtonHigh47 m² per resident
BradwellHigh46 m² per resident
CastlethorpeHigh43 m² per resident
RavenstoneHigh43 m² per resident
WhitehouseHigh42 m² per resident
Kents Hill, Monkston and BrinklowHigh41 m² per resident
Great LinfordHigh40 m² per resident
Bletchley and Fenny StratfordHigh38 m² per resident
Stoke GoldingtonTypical36 m² per resident
Newport PagnellTypical33 m² per resident
Abbey HillTypical32 m² per resident
CalvertonTypical31 m² per resident
Woughton on the GreenTypical30 m² per resident
HardmeadTypical29 m² per resident
Cold BrayfieldTypical29 m² per resident
SheringtonTypical28 m² per resident
HanslopeTypical27 m² per resident
West BletchleyTypical26 m² per resident
LavendonLow23 m² per resident
Woburn SandsLow20 m² per resident
AstwoodLow16 m² per resident
GayhurstLow16 m² per resident
Weston UnderwoodLow15 m² per resident
Newton BlossomvilleVery Low12 m² per resident
MoulsoeVery Low10 m² per resident
WarringtonVery Low0 m² per resident

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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 01:29 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The City of Milton Keynes dataset covers 12,154 postcodes.

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