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

Heybridge has 3 public parks among 14 green space sites. Green space covers 1.9% of the area: about 33 m² per resident, or 4.6 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 55% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
33 m²
More green space than
55% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
4.6

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 Heybridge?

Elms Farm Park is the largest public park in Heybridge, at 13.7 hectares. 2 of the 3 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Heybridge
ParkSize
Elms Farm Park13.7 hectares
Oak Tree Meadow4.3 hectares

What kinds of green space are there in Heybridge?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Heybridge: 18 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Heybridge by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens18 hectares · 3 sites
Playing fields7.4 hectares · 4 sites
Cemeteries1.7 hectares · 1 site
Play spaces5,752 m² · 5 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds3,251 m² · 1 site

Does Heybridge have a lot of green space?

About average. Heybridge has 33 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 55% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Heybridge compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
HeybridgeThis area33 m² per resident
Essex52 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 33 m² for every resident adds up to 4.6 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.

What else do people ask about Heybridge?

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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 02:23 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Heybridge dataset covers 329 postcodes.

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