How many parks and green spaces are in Dale Abbey? 2 public parks

Dale Abbey has 2 public parks among 8 green space sites. Green space covers 0.3% of the area: about 27 m² per resident, or 3.8 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 56% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
27 m²
Less green space than
56% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
3.8

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 Dale Abbey?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Dale Abbey: 2.5 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Dale Abbey by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens2.5 hectares · 2 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces7,808 m² · 1 site
Play spaces2,834 m² · 3 sites
Cemeteries1,816 m² · 1 site
Churchyards and religious grounds1,724 m² · 1 site

Does Dale Abbey have a lot of green space?

About average. Dale Abbey has 27 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 34 m² across Erewash. Less green space per resident than 56% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Dale Abbey compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
Dale AbbeyThis area27 m² per resident
Erewash34 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 27 m² for every resident adds up to 3.8 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 Dale Abbey?

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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. Crime is from police.uk street-level data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk.

Last updated 31 October 2026 at 18:44 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Dale Abbey dataset covers 42 postcodes.

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