Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet has 0 public parks among 6 green space sites. Green space covers 1.2% of the area: about 73 m² per resident, or 10 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 85% 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 Bowers Gifford and North BenfleetCemeteries cover the most ground in Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet: 10 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Cemeteries | 10 hectares · 1 site |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 1.9 hectares · 1 site |
| Playing fields | 1.7 hectares · 1 site |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 1.5 hectares · 2 sites |
| Play spaces | 492 m² · 1 site |
Yes, more than most areas. Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet has 73 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 37 m² across Basildon. More green space per resident than 85% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Bowers Gifford and North BenfleetThis area | 73 m² per resident |
| Basildon | 37 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 73 m² for every resident adds up to 10 football pitches of parks, playing fields and other public green space for every 1,000 people.
Very High means the top 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.
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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. Crime is from police.uk street-level data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk.
Last updated 31 October 2026 at 18:36 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet dataset covers 84 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.