How many parks and green spaces are in Windermere? 5 public parks

Windermere has 5 public parks among 36 green space sites. Green space covers 0.7% of the area: about 34 m² per resident, or 4.7 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 55% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
34 m²
More green space than
55% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
4.7

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 kinds of green space are there in Windermere?

Playing fields cover the most ground in Windermere: 12.1 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Windermere by type
TypeArea
Playing fields12.1 hectares · 6 sites
Other sports facilities5.1 hectares · 4 sites
Public parks and gardens3.8 hectares · 5 sites
Cemeteries2.7 hectares · 2 sites
Play spaces9,477 m² · 9 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds8,599 m² · 3 sites
Bowling greens4,567 m² · 2 sites
Tennis courts3,040 m² · 2 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces2,506 m² · 3 sites
Golf coursesNot counted2,445 m² · 0 sites

Does Windermere have a lot of green space?

About average. Windermere has 34 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 42 m² across South Lakeland. More green space per resident than 55% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Windermere compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
WindermereThis area34 m² per resident
South Lakeland42 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 34 m² for every resident adds up to 4.7 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.

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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 (August 2026). The Windermere dataset covers 596 postcodes.

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