How many parks and green spaces are in Lenton & Wollaton East Ward? 6 public parks

Lenton & Wollaton East Ward has 6 public parks among 59 green space sites. Green space covers 12.6% of the area: about 48 m² per resident, or 6.7 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 72% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
48 m²
More green space than
72% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
6.7

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 Lenton & Wollaton East Ward?

Kings Meadow Nature Reserve is the largest public park in Lenton & Wollaton East Ward, at 1.9 hectares. 4 of the 6 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Lenton & Wollaton East Ward
ParkSize
Kings Meadow Nature Reserve1.9 hectares
Dunkirk Park3,125 m²
Lenton Priory Park1,674 m²
Sherwin Road Community Garden664 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Lenton & Wollaton East Ward?

Other sports facilities cover the most ground in Lenton & Wollaton East Ward: 69.8 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Lenton & Wollaton East Ward by type
TypeArea
Other sports facilities69.8 hectares · 25 sites
Playing fields17 hectares · 7 sites
Tennis courts7.3 hectares · 3 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces4.7 hectares · 4 sites
Public parks and gardens4.5 hectares · 6 sites
Bowling greens2.1 hectares · 4 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds1.6 hectares · 3 sites
Play spaces4,821 m² · 5 sites
Golf coursesNot counted15.1 hectares · 2 sites

Does Lenton & Wollaton East Ward have a lot of green space?

A bit more than most areas. Lenton & Wollaton East Ward has 48 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 32 m² across City of Nottingham. More green space per resident than 72% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Lenton & Wollaton East Ward compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
Lenton & Wollaton East WardThis area48 m² per resident
City of Nottingham32 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 48 m² for every resident adds up to 6.7 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.

What else do people ask about Lenton & Wollaton East Ward?

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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 03:24 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Lenton & Wollaton East Ward dataset covers 468 postcodes.

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