How many parks and green spaces are in Great Baddow? 2 public parks

Great Baddow has 2 public parks among 36 green space sites. Green space covers 3.8% of the area: about 16 m² per resident, or 2.3 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 77% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
16 m²
Less green space than
77% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
2.3

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

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What are the largest parks in Great Baddow?

Noakes Park is the largest public park in Great Baddow, at 4.6 hectares. 1 of the 2 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Great Baddow
ParkSize
Noakes Park4.6 hectares

What kinds of green space are there in Great Baddow?

Playing fields cover the most ground in Great Baddow: 13 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Great Baddow by type
TypeArea
Playing fields13 hectares · 4 sites
Other sports facilities7.6 hectares · 7 sites
Public parks and gardens4.9 hectares · 2 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds1.5 hectares · 2 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces1.3 hectares · 6 sites
Tennis courts5,802 m² · 8 sites
Play spaces4,726 m² · 6 sites
Bowling greens1,752 m² · 1 site
Cemeteries37 m² · 0 sites

Does Great Baddow have a lot of green space?

A bit less than most areas. Great Baddow has 16 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 60 m² across Chelmsford. Less green space per resident than 77% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Great Baddow compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
Great BaddowThis area16 m² per resident
Chelmsford60 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 16 m² for every resident adds up to 2.3 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 Great Baddow?

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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 (August 2026). The Great Baddow dataset covers 384 postcodes.

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