How many parks and green spaces are in North Devon? 53 public parks
North Devon has 53 public parks among 463 green space sites. Green space covers 0.3% 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
All house prices in North DevonWhat are the largest parks in North Devon?
The Lawn is the largest public park in North Devon, at 17.2 hectares. 17 of the 53 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| The Lawn | 17.2 hectares |
| Yeo Valley Community Woodland | 11.3 hectares |
| Griggs Field | 4.8 hectares |
| Rackenford Common | 4.2 hectares |
| Millennium Green | 3.6 hectares |
| Bicclescombe Park | 2.7 hectares |
| Pilton Park | 1.8 hectares |
| Millenium Green | 1.5 hectares |
| Cobbler's Park | 1.3 hectares |
| Jubilee Gardens | 1.1 hectares |
| Rotary Gardens | 8,171 m² |
| Davy Park | 4,062 m² |
| St James's Park | 3,572 m² |
| The Green | 2,988 m² |
| Middleham Gardens | 2,635 m² |
| Runnymede Gardens | 2,566 m² |
| Cow Green Garden | 1,837 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in North Devon?
Playing fields cover the most ground in North Devon: 111 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 111 hectares · 66 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 76.1 hectares · 35 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 75.9 hectares · 53 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 32.4 hectares · 97 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 15.7 hectares · 37 sites |
| Cemeteries | 15 hectares · 19 sites |
| Play spaces | 9.3 hectares · 122 sites |
| Tennis courts | 2.9 hectares · 16 sites |
| Bowling greens | 2.9 hectares · 9 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 295 hectares · 9 sites |
Does North Devon have a lot of green space?
About average. North Devon has 32 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 53% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| North DevonThis area | 32 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. 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.
Which parts of North Devon have the most green space?
East and West Buckland has the most green space per resident of the 62 areas of North Devon, at about 546 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 |
|---|---|
| East and West BucklandVery High | 546 m² per resident |
| KentisburyVery High | 242 m² per resident |
| North MoltonVery High | 225 m² per resident |
| KnowstoneVery High | 192 m² per resident |
| RackenfordVery High | 104 m² per resident |
| ChittlehamholtVery High | 83 m² per resident |
| Lynton and LynmouthVery High | 73 m² per resident |
| FilleighVery High | 66 m² per resident |
| ParracombeVery High | 65 m² per resident |
| Bratton FlemingVery High | 64 m² per resident |
| MortehoeHigh | 59 m² per resident |
| WitheridgeHigh | 59 m² per resident |
| Horwood, Lovacott and Newton TraceyHigh | 56 m² per resident |
| West DownHigh | 53 m² per resident |
| InstowHigh | 50 m² per resident |
| ChittlehamptonHigh | 49 m² per resident |
| WestleighHigh | 46 m² per resident |
| ChulmleighHigh | 42 m² per resident |
| East AnsteyHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| SwimbridgeHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| Brendon and CountisburyTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| GeorgehamTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| TwitchenTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| MollandTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| BurringtonTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| South MoltonTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| ArlingtonTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| Satterleigh and WarkleighTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| BarnstapleTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| AtheringtonTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| BittadonTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| RomansleighTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| LandkeyLow | 25 m² per resident |
| IlfracombeLow | 24 m² per resident |
| King's NymptonLow | 23 m² per resident |
| Rose AshLow | 23 m² per resident |
| GoodleighLow | 21 m² per resident |
| Combe MartinLow | 21 m² per resident |
| Bishop's TawtonLow | 21 m² per resident |
| East WorlingtonLow | 21 m² per resident |
| ChallacombeLow | 20 m² per resident |
| Heanton PunchardonLow | 20 m² per resident |
| TrentishoeLow | 20 m² per resident |
| MartinhoeLow | 19 m² per resident |
| Bishop's NymptonLow | 17 m² per resident |
| BrauntonLow | 17 m² per resident |
| George NymptonLow | 17 m² per resident |
| MeshawLow | 16 m² per resident |
| MariansleighLow | 15 m² per resident |
| Stoke RiversLow | 15 m² per resident |
| East DownVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| FremingtonVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| BrayfordVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| LoxhoreVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| West AnsteyVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| BerrynarborVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| TawstockVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
| ShirwellVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
| MarwoodVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
| AshfordVery Low | 5 m² per resident |
| Queen's NymptonVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| Pilton WestVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about North Devon?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in North 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 North Devon dataset covers 4,662 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.