How many parks and green spaces are in Rayleigh? 5 public parks
Rayleigh has 5 public parks among 45 green space sites. Green space covers 4.9% of the area: about 18 m² per resident, or 2.6 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 73% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 18 m²
- Less green space than
- 73% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 2.6
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
All house prices in RayleighWhat are the largest parks in Rayleigh?
Sweyne Park is the largest public park in Rayleigh, at 23.3 hectares. 2 of the 5 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Sweyne Park | 23.3 hectares |
| Brooklands Public Gardens | 1.1 hectares |
What kinds of green space are there in Rayleigh?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Rayleigh: 27.6 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 27.6 hectares · 5 sites |
| Playing fields | 21.2 hectares · 6 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 3.9 hectares · 5 sites |
| Cemeteries | 2.2 hectares · 1 site |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 2.2 hectares · 4 sites |
| Play spaces | 1.3 hectares · 15 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 1.2 hectares · 2 sites |
| Tennis courts | 7,080 m² · 6 sites |
| Bowling greens | 3,647 m² · 1 site |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 8 m² · 0 sites |
Does Rayleigh have a lot of green space?
A bit less than most areas. Rayleigh has 18 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 36 m² across Rochford. Less green space per resident than 73% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| RayleighThis area | 18 m² per resident |
| Rochford | 36 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 18 m² for every resident adds up to 2.6 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 Rayleigh?
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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 Rayleigh dataset covers 999 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.