How many parks and green spaces are in Weymouth? 11 public parks

Weymouth has 11 public parks among 108 green space sites. Green space covers 6.7% of the area: about 38 m² per resident, or 5.3 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 62% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
38 m²
More green space than
62% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
5.3

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 Weymouth?

Lodmoor Country Park is the largest public park in Weymouth, at 106 hectares. 6 of the 11 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Weymouth
ParkSize
Lodmoor Country Park106 hectares
Nothe Gardens6.6 hectares
Radipole Park Gardens5.9 hectares
Greenhill Gardens1.3 hectares
Sandsfoot Castle Gardens6,664 m²
St John's Gardens1,169 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Weymouth?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Weymouth: 123 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Weymouth by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens123 hectares · 11 sites
Other sports facilities39 hectares · 12 sites
Playing fields15.1 hectares · 7 sites
Cemeteries13.3 hectares · 8 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces11 hectares · 14 sites
Play spaces3.6 hectares · 37 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds2.8 hectares · 9 sites
Bowling greens1.2 hectares · 4 sites
Tennis courts9,101 m² · 5 sites
Golf coursesNot counted37 hectares · 1 site

Does Weymouth have a lot of green space?

A bit more than most areas. Weymouth has 38 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 35 m² across Weymouth and Portland. More green space per resident than 62% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Weymouth compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
WeymouthThis area38 m² per resident
Weymouth and Portland35 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 38 m² for every resident adds up to 5.3 football pitches of parks, playing fields and other public green space for every 1,000 people.

High means the second-highest 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 Weymouth?

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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 03:45 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Weymouth dataset covers 1,940 postcodes.

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