Rye has 3 public parks among 23 green space sites. Green space covers 5.5% of the area: about 53 m² per resident, or 7.4 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 75% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
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 RyeRye Community Garden is the largest public park in Rye, at 2,609 m². 1 of the 3 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Rye Community Garden | 2,609 m² |
Playing fields cover the most ground in Rye: 11.4 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 11.4 hectares · 4 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 5.4 hectares · 3 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 2.2 hectares · 2 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 1.9 hectares · 2 sites |
| Cemeteries | 1.6 hectares · 0 sites |
| Play spaces | 7,443 m² · 5 sites |
| Tennis courts | 6,875 m² · 5 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 4,726 m² · 1 site |
| Bowling greens | 3,504 m² · 1 site |
A bit more than most areas. Rye has 53 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 31 m² across Rother. More green space per resident than 75% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| RyeThis area | 53 m² per resident |
| Rother | 31 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 53 m² for every resident adds up to 7.4 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.
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Rye.
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 Rye dataset covers 345 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.