How many parks and green spaces are in Rochford? 20 public parks
Rochford has 20 public parks among 177 green space sites. Green space covers 1.2% of the area: about 36 m² per resident, or 5 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
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 RochfordWhat are the largest parks in Rochford?
Cherry Orchard Jubilee Country Park is the largest public park in Rochford, at 80.3 hectares. 6 of the 20 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Cherry Orchard Jubilee Country Park | 80.3 hectares |
| Sweyne Park | 23.3 hectares |
| Glencroft Open Space | 1.7 hectares |
| Brooklands Public Gardens | 1.1 hectares |
| Village Green | 8,540 m² |
| Hawkwell Common | 3,960 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Rochford?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Rochford: 133 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 133 hectares · 20 sites |
| Playing fields | 105 hectares · 29 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 38 hectares · 20 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 12.5 hectares · 12 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 10.4 hectares · 20 sites |
| Cemeteries | 6.9 hectares · 3 sites |
| Play spaces | 3.8 hectares · 55 sites |
| Tennis courts | 1.5 hectares · 10 sites |
| Bowling greens | 1 hectares · 4 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 186 hectares · 4 sites |
Does Rochford have a lot of green space?
About average. Rochford 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.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| RochfordThis area | 36 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. 36 m² for every resident adds up to 5 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 Rochford have the most green space?
Rawreth has the most green space per resident of the 13 areas of Rochford, at about 240 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 |
|---|---|
| RawrethVery High | 240 m² per resident |
| StambridgeVery High | 94 m² per resident |
| PagleshamHigh | 54 m² per resident |
| FoulnessHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| AshingdonTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| Great WakeringTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| SuttonTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| CanewdonTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| HullbridgeLow | 24 m² per resident |
| HawkwellLow | 22 m² per resident |
| RayleighLow | 18 m² per resident |
| HockleyVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| Barling MagnaVery Low | 7 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Rochford?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Rochford.
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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 02:22 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Rochford dataset covers 2,870 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.