How many parks and green spaces are in Gillingham? 8 public parks

Gillingham has 8 public parks among 43 green space sites. Green space covers 1.2% 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

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What kinds of green space are there in Gillingham?

Playing fields cover the most ground in Gillingham: 17.5 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Gillingham by type
TypeArea
Playing fields17.5 hectares · 4 sites
Public parks and gardens11.9 hectares · 8 sites
Other sports facilities3.2 hectares · 2 sites
Cemeteries2.1 hectares · 2 sites
Play spaces9,816 m² · 18 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds8,866 m² · 4 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces8,044 m² · 3 sites
Tennis courts7,364 m² · 1 site
Bowling greens2,724 m² · 1 site

Does Gillingham have a lot of green space?

About average. Gillingham has 33 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 36 m² across North Dorset. More green space per resident than 54% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Gillingham compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
GillinghamThis area33 m² per resident
North Dorset36 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 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.

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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 03:44 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Gillingham dataset covers 489 postcodes.

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