How many parks and green spaces are in Newton Abbot? 5 public parks
Newton Abbot has 5 public parks among 62 green space sites. Green space covers 5.8% of the area: about 36 m² per resident, or 5.1 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 59% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 36 m²
- More green space than
- 59% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 5.1
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 Newton AbbotWhat are the largest parks in Newton Abbot?
Decoy Country Park is the largest public park in Newton Abbot, at 54.2 hectares. 4 of the 5 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Decoy Country Park | 54.2 hectares |
| Forde Park | 3.4 hectares |
| Courtenay Park | 3.3 hectares |
| Powderham Park | 4,641 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Newton Abbot?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Newton Abbot: 61.7 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 61.7 hectares · 5 sites |
| Playing fields | 23.1 hectares · 10 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 6.9 hectares · 7 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 5.8 hectares · 6 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 4.2 hectares · 5 sites |
| Cemeteries | 3.2 hectares · 1 site |
| Play spaces | 1.4 hectares · 19 sites |
| Tennis courts | 6,010 m² · 7 sites |
| Bowling greens | 2,346 m² · 1 site |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 37 hectares · 1 site |
Does Newton Abbot have a lot of green space?
About average. Newton Abbot has 36 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 42 m² across Teignbridge. More green space per resident than 59% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Newton AbbotThis area | 36 m² per resident |
| Teignbridge | 42 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 36 m² for every resident adds up to 5.1 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 Newton Abbot?
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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 (August 2026). The Newton Abbot dataset covers 1,404 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.