How many parks and green spaces are in Bexhill-on-Sea? 18 public parks

Bexhill-on-Sea has 18 public parks among 97 green space sites. Green space covers 3.6% of the area: about 27 m² per resident, or 3.8 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 56% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
27 m²
Less green space than
56% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
3.8

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 Bexhill-on-Sea?

Bexhill Down is the largest public park in Bexhill-on-Sea, at 16.2 hectares. 8 of the 18 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Bexhill-on-Sea
ParkSize
Bexhill Down16.2 hectares
Broad Oak Park7 hectares
Egerton Park5.3 hectares
Gillham Wood Nature Reserve3.4 hectares
West Promenade1.9 hectares
Beaulieu Green4,212 m²
The Gorses3,242 m²
Sidley Green1,961 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Bexhill-on-Sea?

Playing fields cover the most ground in Bexhill-on-Sea: 64.5 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Bexhill-on-Sea by type
TypeArea
Playing fields64.5 hectares · 12 sites
Public parks and gardens52.9 hectares · 18 sites
Cemeteries7.6 hectares · 2 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces7.4 hectares · 8 sites
Other sports facilities6.5 hectares · 8 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds3.1 hectares · 11 sites
Play spaces2.4 hectares · 22 sites
Bowling greens1.9 hectares · 5 sites
Tennis courts5,982 m² · 9 sites
Golf coursesNot counted133 hectares · 2 sites

Does Bexhill-on-Sea have a lot of green space?

About average. Bexhill-on-Sea has 27 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 31 m² across Rother. Less green space per resident than 56% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Bexhill-on-Sea compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
Bexhill-on-SeaThis area27 m² per resident
Rother31 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 27 m² for every resident adds up to 3.8 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 Bexhill-on-Sea have the most green space?

Pebsham & St. Michael's has the most green space per resident of the 9 areas of Bexhill-on-Sea, at about 46 m² per resident. The labels place each area among every area in England and Wales, in fifths from Very Low to Very High.

Green space per resident in each area of Bexhill-on-Sea
AreaPer resident
Pebsham & St. Michael'sHigh46 m² per resident
St. Stephen'sHigh42 m² per resident
SidleyHigh39 m² per resident
CollingtonTypical36 m² per resident
KewhurstLow23 m² per resident
SackvilleLow22 m² per resident
St. Mark'sLow16 m² per resident
CentralVery Low13 m² per resident
Old Town & WorshamVery Low5 m² per resident

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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 03:52 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Bexhill-on-Sea dataset covers 1,681 postcodes.

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