How many parks and green spaces are in Mid Devon? 25 public parks
Mid Devon has 25 public parks among 414 green space sites. Green space covers 0.3% 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 Mid DevonWhat are the largest parks in Mid Devon?
Grand Western Canal Country Park is the largest public park in Mid Devon, at 46.8 hectares. 10 of the 25 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Grand Western Canal Country Park | 46.8 hectares |
| People's Park | 2.5 hectares |
| Newcombes Meadow | 2.5 hectares |
| Sandford Millennium Green | 2.4 hectares |
| Peoples Park | 1.3 hectares |
| Linear Park | 1.3 hectares |
| Cheriton Bishop Village Green | 3,725 m² |
| Jubilee Green | 245 m² |
| The Green | 227 m² |
| Upper Deck | 221 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Mid Devon?
Playing fields cover the most ground in Mid Devon: 120 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 120 hectares · 65 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 62.3 hectares · 25 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 29.8 hectares · 19 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 25.2 hectares · 86 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 18.9 hectares · 39 sites |
| Cemeteries | 12.9 hectares · 18 sites |
| Play spaces | 9.7 hectares · 134 sites |
| Bowling greens | 2.4 hectares · 10 sites |
| Tennis courts | 1.2 hectares · 13 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 143 hectares · 5 sites |
Does Mid Devon have a lot of green space?
About average. Mid Devon has 33 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 37 m² across Devon. More green space per resident than 54% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Mid DevonThis area | 33 m² per resident |
| Devon | 37 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.
Which parts of Mid Devon have the most green space?
Zeal Monachorum has the most green space per resident of the 62 areas of Mid Devon, at about 161 m² per resident. The labels place each area among every area in England and Wales, in fifths from Very Low to Very High.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Zeal MonachorumVery High | 161 m² per resident |
| BurlescombeVery High | 144 m² per resident |
| Holcombe RogusVery High | 144 m² per resident |
| HalbertonVery High | 94 m² per resident |
| ThelbridgeVery High | 68 m² per resident |
| SandfordVery High | 62 m² per resident |
| ShobrookeHigh | 60 m² per resident |
| Sampford PeverellHigh | 52 m² per resident |
| StoodleighHigh | 48 m² per resident |
| BradninchHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| MorebathHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| UplowmanHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| Newton St. CyresHigh | 42 m² per resident |
| Morchard BishopHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| BrushfordHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| CreditonHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| CullomptonTypical | 37 m² per resident |
| Cheriton FitzpaineTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| KentisbeareTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| ThorvertonTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| WembworthyTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| ColebrookeTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| Stockleigh EnglishTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| CulmstockTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| UffculmeTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| HemyockTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| ChawleighTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| LapfordTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| OakfordTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| TivertonLow | 24 m² per resident |
| CadburyLow | 24 m² per resident |
| Stockleigh PomeroyLow | 22 m² per resident |
| BickleighLow | 20 m² per resident |
| LoxbeareLow | 20 m² per resident |
| SilvertonLow | 19 m² per resident |
| ClayhangerLow | 19 m² per resident |
| CadeleighLow | 19 m² per resident |
| Nymet RowlandLow | 18 m² per resident |
| PuddingtonLow | 18 m² per resident |
| BamptonLow | 18 m² per resident |
| PoughillLow | 15 m² per resident |
| KennerleighLow | 15 m² per resident |
| CopplestoneLow | 15 m² per resident |
| BowVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| EggesfordVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| ButterleighVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| Washford PyneVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| WillandVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| HittisleighVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| HuntshamVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| Down St. MaryVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| Upton HellionsVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| Cheriton BishopVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| ClannaboroughVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| HockworthyVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| Cruwys MorchardVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| WoolfardisworthyVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| ClayhidonVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| Crediton HamletsVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| TempletonVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| WashfieldVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| ColdridgeVery Low | 7 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Mid Devon?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Mid Devon.
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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 02:09 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Mid Devon dataset covers 4,052 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.