How many parks and green spaces are in Eden? 30 public parks

Eden has 30 public parks among 298 green space sites. Green space covers 0.1% of the area: about 50 m² per resident, or 6.9 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 73% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
50 m²
More green space than
73% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
6.9

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

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What are the largest parks in Eden?

Dalemain Country Park is the largest public park in Eden, at 65.9 hectares. 24 of the 30 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Eden
ParkSize
Dalemain Country Park65.9 hectares
Wetheriggs Country Park5.1 hectares
Castle Park3.8 hectares
Jenkins Field3.7 hectares
Berry Moor Common3 hectares
The Green2.4 hectares
The Green2.4 hectares
The Green2 hectares
Butts Green1.9 hectares
Jubilee Park1.4 hectares
The Green1.1 hectares
Lazonby Community Park1 hectares
The Green1 hectares
The Green8,759 m²
The Green8,095 m²
The Green7,007 m²
The Green4,477 m²
The Green2,547 m²
The Green2,286 m²
Kirkby Thore2,136 m²
Well Green1,867 m²
Scattergate Green1,613 m²
The Green1,231 m²
Silver Street Memorial Garden472 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Eden?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Eden: 100 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Eden by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens100 hectares · 30 sites
Playing fields72.7 hectares · 45 sites
Other sports facilities35.6 hectares · 19 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds32.3 hectares · 75 sites
Cemeteries17.4 hectares · 16 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces10.4 hectares · 24 sites
Play spaces6.7 hectares · 62 sites
Bowling greens1.9 hectares · 9 sites
Tennis courts1 hectares · 12 sites
Golf coursesNot counted269 hectares · 6 sites

Does Eden have a lot of green space?

A bit more than most areas. Eden has 50 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 73% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Eden compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
EdenThis area50 m² per resident
Westmorland and Furness42 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 50 m² for every resident adds up to 6.9 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.

Which parts of Eden have the most green space?

Dacre has the most green space per resident of the 74 areas of Eden, at about 491 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 Eden
AreaPer resident
DacreVery High491 m² per resident
HartleyVery High308 m² per resident
PatterdaleVery High169 m² per resident
MartindaleVery High140 m² per resident
MelmerbyVery High110 m² per resident
KaberVery High102 m² per resident
AsbyVery High90 m² per resident
Little StricklandVery High87 m² per resident
Great SalkeldVery High80 m² per resident
RavenstonedaleVery High78 m² per resident
MilburnVery High77 m² per resident
KirkoswaldVery High68 m² per resident
MurtonVery High65 m² per resident
Crosby RavensworthVery High64 m² per resident
BamptonHigh61 m² per resident
GlassonbyHigh60 m² per resident
ThrelkeldHigh58 m² per resident
WarcopHigh58 m² per resident
Alston MoorHigh55 m² per resident
Temple SowerbyHigh54 m² per resident
LangwathbyHigh53 m² per resident
DuftonHigh52 m² per resident
TebayHigh47 m² per resident
LowtherHigh46 m² per resident
Kirkby StephenHigh45 m² per resident
MorlandHigh43 m² per resident
BroughHigh42 m² per resident
BartonHigh42 m² per resident
BoltonHigh40 m² per resident
PenrithHigh37 m² per resident
SoulbyTypical36 m² per resident
ShapTypical35 m² per resident
Crosby GarrettTypical34 m² per resident
Appleby-in-WestmorlandTypical34 m² per resident
MallerstangTypical33 m² per resident
CulgaithTypical32 m² per resident
GreystokeTypical32 m² per resident
Kirkby ThoreTypical28 m² per resident
OrmsideTypical28 m² per resident
AskhamTypical25 m² per resident
OrtonLow24 m² per resident
OusbyLow24 m² per resident
AinstableLow22 m² per resident
NatebyLow21 m² per resident
MatterdaleLow20 m² per resident
Long MartonLow20 m² per resident
BroughamLow19 m² per resident
HunsonbyLow19 m² per resident
SkeltonLow18 m² per resident
MusgraveLow16 m² per resident
Castle SowerbyLow16 m² per resident
LazonbyLow16 m² per resident
CliburnLow15 m² per resident
NewbigginVery Low14 m² per resident
HesketVery Low14 m² per resident
Great StricklandVery Low10 m² per resident
CatterlenVery Low8 m² per resident
MungrisdaleVery Low6 m² per resident
WintonVery Low5 m² per resident
CliftonVery Low4 m² per resident
Shap RuralVery Low2 m² per resident
NewbyVery Low2 m² per resident
Sockbridge and TirrilVery Low2 m² per resident
Yanwath and Eamont BridgeVery Low1 m² per resident
SleagillVery Low1 m² per resident
WaitbyVery Low0 m² per resident
ColbyVery Low0 m² per resident
Brough SowerbyVery Low0 m² per resident
StainmoreVery Low0 m² per resident
WhartonVery Low0 m² per resident
King's MeaburnVery Low0 m² per resident
HoffVery Low0 m² per resident
CrackenthorpeVery Low0 m² per resident
HuttonVery Low0 m² per resident

What else do people ask about Eden?

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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 Eden dataset covers 3,105 postcodes.

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