How many parks and green spaces are in Maldon? 5 public parks

Maldon has 5 public parks among 42 green space sites. Green space covers 2.5% of the area: about 36 m² per resident, or 5.1 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 59% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
36 m²
More green space than
59% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
5.1

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 are the largest parks in Maldon?

Promenade Park is the largest public park in Maldon, at 20.9 hectares. 2 of the 5 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Maldon
ParkSize
Promenade Park20.9 hectares
The Downs5,596 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Maldon?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Maldon: 28.1 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Maldon by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens28.1 hectares · 5 sites
Playing fields14 hectares · 4 sites
Other sports facilities7.7 hectares · 5 sites
Cemeteries4.7 hectares · 1 site
Allotments and community growing spaces3.1 hectares · 5 sites
Play spaces1.9 hectares · 15 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds1.5 hectares · 5 sites
Bowling greens4,371 m² · 1 site
Tennis courts2,413 m² · 1 site
Golf coursesNot counted12.5 hectares · 0 sites

Does Maldon have a lot of green space?

About average. Maldon has 36 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 59% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Maldon compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
MaldonThis area36 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. 36 m² for every resident adds up to 5.1 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 Maldon?

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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 Maldon dataset covers 829 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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