How many parks and green spaces are in Penzance? 13 public parks
Penzance has 13 public parks among 80 green space sites. Green space covers 3.9% of the area: about 26 m² per resident, or 3.6 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 58% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 26 m²
- Less green space than
- 58% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 3.6
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 PenzanceWhat are the largest parks in Penzance?
Penlee Memorial Park is the largest public park in Penzance, at 2.8 hectares. 9 of the 13 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Penlee Memorial Park | 2.8 hectares |
| Foster-Bolitho Gardens | 2.4 hectares |
| Morrab Gardens | 1.5 hectares |
| Lariggan Gardens | 1 hectares |
| Eastern Green | 7,344 m² |
| Mann's Field | 3,548 m² |
| St Anthony Gardens | 3,226 m² |
| Princess Royal Gardens | 1,308 m² |
| Penrose Gardens | 1,037 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Penzance?
Playing fields cover the most ground in Penzance: 17.3 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 17.3 hectares · 13 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 10.7 hectares · 13 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 10.4 hectares · 9 sites |
| Cemeteries | 7.1 hectares · 5 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 5.4 hectares · 10 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 2.1 hectares · 6 sites |
| Play spaces | 1.5 hectares · 17 sites |
| Tennis courts | 8,712 m² · 5 sites |
| Bowling greens | 3,768 m² · 2 sites |
Does Penzance have a lot of green space?
About average. Penzance has 26 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 40 m² across Cornwall. Less green space per resident than 58% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| PenzanceThis area | 26 m² per resident |
| Cornwall | 40 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 26 m² for every resident adds up to 3.6 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 Penzance?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Penzance.
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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 02:31 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Penzance dataset covers 1,408 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.