How many parks and green spaces are in Lewes? 25 public parks
Lewes has 25 public parks among 294 green space sites. Green space covers 1.0% of the area: about 30 m² per resident, or 4.1 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 52% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 30 m²
- Less green space than
- 52% 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
All house prices in LewesWhat are the largest parks in Lewes?
Ditchling Common is the largest public park in Lewes, at 72.3 hectares. 10 of the 25 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Ditchling Common | 72.3 hectares |
| Chatsworth Park | 7.2 hectares |
| Drove Park | 3.3 hectares |
| Stoneywish Country Park | 2.8 hectares |
| Southover Grange Gardens | 1.6 hectares |
| Meridian Park | 1.1 hectares |
| Velley Ponds Open Space | 7,467 m² |
| Epinay Park | 4,915 m² |
| Village Green | 3,459 m² |
| The Green | 3,313 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Lewes?
Playing fields cover the most ground in Lewes: 116 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 116 hectares · 43 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 109 hectares · 25 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 29.2 hectares · 29 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 17.7 hectares · 32 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 14.8 hectares · 44 sites |
| Cemeteries | 13.5 hectares · 13 sites |
| Play spaces | 6.9 hectares · 77 sites |
| Bowling greens | 2.2 hectares · 9 sites |
| Tennis courts | 2.2 hectares · 17 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 261 hectares · 5 sites |
Does Lewes have a lot of green space?
About average. Lewes has 30 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 41 m² across East Sussex. Less green space per resident than 52% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| LewesThis area | 30 m² per resident |
| East Sussex | 41 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 30 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.
Which parts of Lewes have the most green space?
Ditchling has the most green space per resident of the 28 areas of Lewes, at about 399 m² per resident. The labels place each area among every area in England and Wales, in fifths from Very Low to Very High.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| DitchlingVery High | 399 m² per resident |
| GlyndeVery High | 234 m² per resident |
| FirleVery High | 150 m² per resident |
| Tarring NevilleVery High | 80 m² per resident |
| PiddinghoeVery High | 77 m² per resident |
| WestmestonVery High | 63 m² per resident |
| East ChiltingtonHigh | 58 m² per resident |
| FalmerHigh | 57 m² per resident |
| HamseyHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| BeddinghamHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| SoutheaseTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| BarcombeTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| PlumptonTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| Kingston near LewesTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| ChaileyTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| NewickTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| NewhavenLow | 22 m² per resident |
| RingmerLow | 21 m² per resident |
| WivelsfieldLow | 20 m² per resident |
| South HeightonLow | 18 m² per resident |
| TelscombeLow | 18 m² per resident |
| SeafordLow | 16 m² per resident |
| IfordVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| StreatVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| PeacehavenVery Low | 7 m² per resident |
| RodmellVery Low | 7 m² per resident |
| St. Ann (Without)Very Low | 0 m² per resident |
| St. John (Without)Very Low | 0 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Lewes?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Lewes.
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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 03:03 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Lewes dataset covers 5,028 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.