How many parks and green spaces are in Braintree? 66 public parks
Braintree has 66 public parks among 521 green space sites. Green space covers 0.8% of the area: about 31 m² per resident, or 4.3 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 50% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 31 m²
- More green space than
- 50% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 4.3
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 BraintreeWhat are the largest parks in Braintree?
Great Notley Country Park is the largest public park in Braintree, at 39.6 hectares. These are the 25 largest of 29 named public parks.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Great Notley Country Park | 39.6 hectares |
| Marshalls Park | 12 hectares |
| Brockwell Meadows | 9.7 hectares |
| East Town Park | 7.3 hectares |
| James Cooke Wood | 5.4 hectares |
| Stoneley Park | 2 hectares |
| The Green | 1.8 hectares |
| Witham Town Park | 1.6 hectares |
| Panners Field | 1.1 hectares |
| John Ray Millennium Green | 1.1 hectares |
| The Green | 7,326 m² |
| Rivenhall Oak | 7,248 m² |
| Twinstead Green | 5,808 m² |
| Bridge Meadow | 5,752 m² |
| Piper's Meadow | 5,695 m² |
| Church Meadow | 5,625 m² |
| Church Green | 5,468 m² |
| The Green | 5,289 m² |
| Plough Green | 3,845 m² |
| Raynehall Green | 2,274 m² |
| The Green | 2,235 m² |
| Cage Green | 1,900 m² |
| Colne Green | 1,847 m² |
| Chapel Green | 1,648 m² |
| The Green | 1,059 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Braintree?
Playing fields cover the most ground in Braintree: 162 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 162 hectares · 83 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 161 hectares · 66 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 57.8 hectares · 34 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 39.8 hectares · 91 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 31.5 hectares · 57 sites |
| Cemeteries | 23 hectares · 23 sites |
| Play spaces | 11.7 hectares · 132 sites |
| Tennis courts | 4.2 hectares · 17 sites |
| Bowling greens | 2.7 hectares · 10 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 380 hectares · 8 sites |
Does Braintree have a lot of green space?
About average. Braintree has 31 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 52 m² across Essex. More green space per resident than 50% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| BraintreeThis area | 31 m² per resident |
| Essex | 52 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 31 m² for every resident adds up to 4.3 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 Braintree have the most green space?
Liston has the most green space per resident of the 63 areas of Braintree, at about 425 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 |
|---|---|
| ListonVery High | 425 m² per resident |
| FaulkbourneVery High | 201 m² per resident |
| TwinsteadVery High | 169 m² per resident |
| SturmerVery High | 108 m² per resident |
| TerlingVery High | 76 m² per resident |
| Wickham St. PaulVery High | 71 m² per resident |
| GestingthorpeVery High | 69 m² per resident |
| Great NotleyVery High | 68 m² per resident |
| Great MaplesteadVery High | 67 m² per resident |
| ShalfordVery High | 67 m² per resident |
| BulmerVery High | 63 m² per resident |
| Belchamp St. PaulHigh | 58 m² per resident |
| GosfieldHigh | 54 m² per resident |
| StambourneHigh | 53 m² per resident |
| Helions BumpsteadHigh | 48 m² per resident |
| WethersfieldHigh | 47 m² per resident |
| RidgewellHigh | 46 m² per resident |
| OvingtonHigh | 46 m² per resident |
| FinchingfieldHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| Hatfield PeverelHigh | 43 m² per resident |
| KelvedonHigh | 42 m² per resident |
| PebmarshHigh | 42 m² per resident |
| Belchamp WalterHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| Great YeldhamHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| BradwellHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| BorleyHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| Little MaplesteadTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| PanfieldTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| Little YeldhamTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| StistedTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| Castle HedinghamTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| ToppesfieldTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| The SalingsTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| Colne EngaineTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| AshenTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| RivenhallTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| BirdbrookTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| CoggeshallTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| Great HennyTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| Earls ColneTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| FoxearthTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| FeeringTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| Steeple BumpsteadTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| Great BardfieldTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| RayneTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| White NotleyLow | 25 m² per resident |
| Bures HamletLow | 24 m² per resident |
| WithamLow | 23 m² per resident |
| Silver EndLow | 23 m² per resident |
| HalsteadLow | 21 m² per resident |
| LamarshLow | 20 m² per resident |
| Belchamp OttenLow | 20 m² per resident |
| MiddletonLow | 17 m² per resident |
| CressingLow | 17 m² per resident |
| AlphamstoneLow | 16 m² per resident |
| Black NotleyLow | 16 m² per resident |
| White ColneLow | 15 m² per resident |
| Greenstead Green and Halstead RuralLow | 15 m² per resident |
| Tilbury Juxta ClareVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| Sible HedinghamVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| FairsteadVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| PentlowVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| Little HennyVery Low | 0 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 02:20 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Braintree dataset covers 6,992 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.