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

Wareham Town has 1 public park among 18 green space sites. Green space covers 2.5% of the area: about 29 m² per resident, or 4.1 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 53% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
29 m²
Less green space than
53% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
4.1

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

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What are the largest parks in Wareham Town?

Northmoor Park is the largest public park in Wareham Town, at 2.1 hectares. 1 of the 1 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Wareham Town
ParkSize
Northmoor Park2.1 hectares

What kinds of green space are there in Wareham Town?

Playing fields cover the most ground in Wareham Town: 8.9 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Wareham Town by type
TypeArea
Playing fields8.9 hectares · 2 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces3.3 hectares · 2 sites
Public parks and gardens2.1 hectares · 1 site
Churchyards and religious grounds1.6 hectares · 3 sites
Cemeteries5,181 m² · 1 site
Other sports facilities4,225 m² · 2 sites
Play spaces3,799 m² · 6 sites
Golf coursesNot counted37.3 hectares · 1 site

Does Wareham Town have a lot of green space?

About average. Wareham Town has 29 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 165 m² across Purbeck. Less green space per resident than 53% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Wareham Town compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
Wareham TownThis area29 m² per resident
Purbeck165 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 29 m² for every resident adds up to 4.1 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 Wareham Town?

More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Wareham Town.

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 03:45 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Wareham Town dataset covers 364 postcodes.

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