How many parks and green spaces are in Shap? 0 public parks

Shap has 0 public parks among 9 green space sites. Green space covers 0.5% 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

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What kinds of green space are there in Shap?

Playing fields cover the most ground in Shap: 2.9 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Shap by type
TypeArea
Playing fields2.9 hectares · 1 site
Allotments and community growing spaces5,684 m² · 1 site
Churchyards and religious grounds4,913 m² · 1 site
Cemeteries3,083 m² · 1 site
Bowling greens1,854 m² · 1 site
Tennis courts1,697 m² · 2 sites
Other sports facilities1,177 m² · 1 site
Play spaces1,055 m² · 1 site

Does Shap have a lot of green space?

About average. Shap has 35 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 50 m² across Eden. More green space per resident than 57% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Shap compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
ShapThis area35 m² per resident
Eden50 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 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.

What else do people ask about Shap?

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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 04:03 with the latest Land Registry data (July 2026). The Shap dataset covers 71 postcodes.

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