How many parks and green spaces are in Shotgate? 2 public parks

Shotgate has 2 public parks among 7 green space sites. Green space covers 4.2% of the area: about 22 m² per resident, or 3.1 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 66% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
22 m²
Less green space than
66% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
3.1

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

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What kinds of green space are there in Shotgate?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Shotgate: 4.9 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Shotgate by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens4.9 hectares · 2 sites
Playing fields3 hectares · 1 site
Play spaces1,611 m² · 3 sites
Other sports facilities240 m² · 1 site

Does Shotgate have a lot of green space?

A bit less than most areas. Shotgate has 22 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 37 m² across Basildon. Less green space per resident than 66% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Shotgate compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
ShotgateThis area22 m² per resident
Basildon37 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 22 m² for every resident adds up to 3.1 football pitches of parks, playing fields and other public green space for every 1,000 people.

Low means the second-lowest 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 Shotgate?

More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas, green space and crime in Shotgate.

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. 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 (September 2026). The Shotgate dataset covers 120 postcodes.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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