How many parks and green spaces are in Yealmpton? 1 public park

Yealmpton has 1 public park among 10 green space sites. Green space covers 0.4% of the area: about 28 m² per resident, or 3.9 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 54% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
28 m²
Less green space than
54% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
3.9

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 are the largest parks in Yealmpton?

Stray Park is the largest public park in Yealmpton, at 1.1 hectares. 1 of the 1 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Yealmpton
ParkSize
Stray Park1.1 hectares

What kinds of green space are there in Yealmpton?

Playing fields cover the most ground in Yealmpton: 2.4 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Yealmpton by type
TypeArea
Playing fields2.4 hectares · 1 site
Allotments and community growing spaces1.7 hectares · 2 sites
Public parks and gardens1.1 hectares · 1 site
Cemeteries7,272 m² · 1 site
Churchyards and religious grounds6,306 m² · 1 site
Play spaces3,549 m² · 3 sites
Bowling greens1,644 m² · 1 site

Does Yealmpton have a lot of green space?

About average. Yealmpton has 28 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 33 m² across South Hams. Less green space per resident than 54% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Yealmpton compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
YealmptonThis area28 m² per resident
South Hams33 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 28 m² for every resident adds up to 3.9 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.

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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 03:31 with the latest Land Registry data (July 2026). The Yealmpton dataset covers 101 postcodes.

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