How many parks and green spaces are in Ridgewell? 3 public parks

Ridgewell has 3 public parks among 8 green space sites. Green space covers 0.4% of the area: about 46 m² per resident, or 6.5 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 71% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
46 m²
More green space than
71% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
6.5

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 Ridgewell?

The Green is the largest public park in Ridgewell, at 5,289 m². 3 of the 3 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Ridgewell
ParkSize
The Green5,289 m²
Cage Green1,900 m²
Chapel Green1,648 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Ridgewell?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Ridgewell: 8,837 m². Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Ridgewell by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens8,837 m² · 3 sites
Playing fields8,199 m² · 1 site
Churchyards and religious grounds6,386 m² · 2 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces3,129 m² · 1 site
Play spaces1,072 m² · 1 site

Does Ridgewell have a lot of green space?

A bit more than most areas. Ridgewell has 46 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 31 m² across Braintree. More green space per resident than 71% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Ridgewell compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
RidgewellThis area46 m² per resident
Braintree31 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 46 m² for every resident adds up to 6.5 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.

What else do people ask about Ridgewell?

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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 03:35 with the latest Land Registry data (July 2026). The Ridgewell dataset covers 33 postcodes.

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