How many parks and green spaces are in New Mills? 3 public parks
New Mills has 3 public parks among 39 green space sites. Green space covers 1.5% of the area: about 33 m² per resident, or 4.6 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 54% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 33 m²
- More green space than
- 54% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 4.6
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 New MillsWhat are the largest parks in New Mills?
High Lea Park is the largest public park in New Mills, at 4.3 hectares. 2 of the 3 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| High Lea Park | 4.3 hectares |
| The Torrs Riverside Park | 4.3 hectares |
What kinds of green space are there in New Mills?
Playing fields cover the most ground in New Mills: 10 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 10 hectares · 7 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 8.7 hectares · 3 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 5.3 hectares · 3 sites |
| Play spaces | 2.2 hectares · 13 sites |
| Cemeteries | 2.2 hectares · 2 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 2 hectares · 4 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 1.7 hectares · 3 sites |
| Bowling greens | 3,441 m² · 2 sites |
| Tennis courts | 1,814 m² · 1 site |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 35.2 hectares · 1 site |
Does New Mills have a lot of green space?
About average. New Mills has 33 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 35 m² across High Peak. More green space per resident than 54% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| New MillsThis area | 33 m² per resident |
| High Peak | 35 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 33 m² for every resident adds up to 4.6 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 New Mills?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in New Mills.
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- What price range do most homes sell for in New Mills?
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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 New Mills dataset covers 648 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.