Old Bolsover has 3 public parks among 52 green space sites. Green space covers 2.5% of the area: about 38 m² per resident, or 5.3 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 61% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
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 Old BolsoverHornscroft Park is the largest public park in Old Bolsover, at 2.7 hectares. 1 of the 3 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Hornscroft Park | 2.7 hectares |
Playing fields cover the most ground in Old Bolsover: 20 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 20 hectares · 11 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 12.2 hectares · 10 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 5.8 hectares · 3 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 5.3 hectares · 7 sites |
| Cemeteries | 2.7 hectares · 2 sites |
| Play spaces | 2.5 hectares · 14 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 1.1 hectares · 2 sites |
| Bowling greens | 6,236 m² · 3 sites |
A bit more than most areas. Old Bolsover has 38 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 97 m² across Bolsover. More green space per resident than 61% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Old BolsoverThis area | 38 m² per resident |
| Bolsover | 97 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 38 m² for every resident adds up to 5.3 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.
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Old Bolsover.
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 Old Bolsover dataset covers 383 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.