How many parks and green spaces are in Ripley? 8 public parks

Ripley has 8 public parks among 63 green space sites. Green space covers 3.0% of the area: about 32 m² per resident, or 4.5 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 53% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
32 m²
More green space than
53% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
4.5

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 Ripley?

Pit Top is the largest public park in Ripley, at 21.2 hectares. 4 of the 8 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Ripley
ParkSize
Pit Top21.2 hectares
Midland Railway Centre10.3 hectares
Crossley Park1.7 hectares
Ripley Greenway1.4 hectares

What kinds of green space are there in Ripley?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Ripley: 29.6 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Ripley by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens29.6 hectares · 8 sites
Playing fields23.2 hectares · 14 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces5.8 hectares · 8 sites
Cemeteries3.8 hectares · 1 site
Play spaces1.7 hectares · 23 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds1.6 hectares · 4 sites
Other sports facilities8,050 m² · 3 sites
Tennis courts4,004 m² · 1 site
Bowling greens1,673 m² · 1 site

Does Ripley have a lot of green space?

About average. Ripley has 32 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 56 m² across Amber Valley. More green space per resident than 53% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Ripley compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
RipleyThis area32 m² per resident
Amber Valley56 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 32 m² for every resident adds up to 4.5 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 Ripley?

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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 03:43 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Ripley dataset covers 725 postcodes.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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