How many parks and green spaces are in Barrow-in-Furness? 17 public parks
Barrow-in-Furness has 17 public parks among 190 green space sites. Green space covers 1.8% of the area: about 35 m² per resident, or 4.9 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 57% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 35 m²
- More green space than
- 57% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 4.9
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 Barrow-in-FurnessWhat are the largest parks in Barrow-in-Furness?
Barrow Public Park is the largest public park in Barrow-in-Furness, at 19.5 hectares. 8 of the 17 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Barrow Public Park | 19.5 hectares |
| Biggar Bank | 16.7 hectares |
| Vickerstown Park | 2.1 hectares |
| Coronation Park | 1.3 hectares |
| Urban Park | 7,229 m² |
| Abbots Vale Park | 6,091 m² |
| The Willie Horne Gardens | 2,631 m² |
| Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Garden | 1,066 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Barrow-in-Furness?
Playing fields cover the most ground in Barrow-in-Furness: 78.3 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 78.3 hectares · 32 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 47.6 hectares · 17 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 39.2 hectares · 31 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 31.9 hectares · 19 sites |
| Cemeteries | 29.9 hectares · 3 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 5.5 hectares · 17 sites |
| Bowling greens | 4.7 hectares · 17 sites |
| Play spaces | 3.3 hectares · 47 sites |
| Tennis courts | 5,148 m² · 4 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 132 hectares · 3 sites |
Does Barrow-in-Furness have a lot of green space?
About average. Barrow-in-Furness has 35 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 42 m² across Westmorland and Furness. More green space per resident than 57% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Barrow-in-FurnessThis area | 35 m² per resident |
| Westmorland and Furness | 42 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 35 m² for every resident adds up to 4.9 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.
Which parts of Barrow-in-Furness have the most green space?
Askam and Ireleth has the most green space per resident of the 3 areas of Barrow-in-Furness, at about 54 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 |
|---|---|
| Askam and IrelethHigh | 54 m² per resident |
| Dalton Town with NewtonTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| Lindal and MartonVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Barrow-in-Furness?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Barrow-in-Furness.
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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 03:29 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Barrow-in-Furness dataset covers 2,538 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.