How many parks and green spaces are in Tendring? 69 public parks

Tendring has 69 public parks among 387 green space sites. Green space covers 1.3% of the area: about 33 m² per resident, or 4.7 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
4.7

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 Tendring?

Holland Haven is the largest public park in Tendring, at 42.9 hectares. 21 of the 69 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Tendring
ParkSize
Holland Haven42.9 hectares
Martin's Farm Country Park37.4 hectares
Brook County Park14 hectares
Western Promenade11.3 hectares
Cliff Park7.9 hectares
Bentley Green6.8 hectares
Welfare Park4 hectares
Gravel Field1.5 hectares
Jubilee Ground1.5 hectares
Mistley Place Park8,665 m²
Cranleigh Close Open Space7,884 m²
The Green7,632 m²
Little Clacton Meadow Millennium Green6,196 m²
The Mayor's Gardens5,245 m²
Springmead Garden3,027 m²
Haven Gardens2,747 m²
Station Gardens1,981 m²
Round Garden of Rest1,361 m²
The Green1,356 m²
The Green837 m²
Magdalen Green748 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Tendring?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Tendring: 214 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Tendring by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens214 hectares · 69 sites
Playing fields146 hectares · 52 sites
Other sports facilities64.3 hectares · 38 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces33.7 hectares · 40 sites
Cemeteries25.6 hectares · 15 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds24.1 hectares · 47 sites
Play spaces9.2 hectares · 96 sites
Tennis courts4 hectares · 13 sites
Bowling greens3.6 hectares · 12 sites
Golf coursesNot counted162 hectares · 5 sites

Does Tendring have a lot of green space?

About average. Tendring 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 Tendring compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
TendringThis 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 4.7 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 Tendring have the most green space?

Wrabness has the most green space per resident of the 26 areas of Tendring, at about 87 m² per resident. The labels place each area among every area in England and Wales, in fifths from Very Low to Very High.

Green space per resident in each area of Tendring
AreaPer resident
WrabnessVery High87 m² per resident
St. OsythVery High86 m² per resident
Great BentleyHigh56 m² per resident
MistleyHigh49 m² per resident
WeeleyHigh48 m² per resident
LawfordHigh42 m² per resident
Frinton and WaltonHigh42 m² per resident
Thorpe-le-SokenHigh41 m² per resident
WixHigh39 m² per resident
Great BromleyTypical37 m² per resident
Great OakleyTypical36 m² per resident
BrightlingseaTypical36 m² per resident
Little OakleyTypical34 m² per resident
Beaumont-cum-MozeTypical31 m² per resident
ArdleighTypical30 m² per resident
Little ClactonTypical29 m² per resident
HarwichTypical28 m² per resident
BradfieldTypical27 m² per resident
Ramsey and ParkestonTypical26 m² per resident
ThorringtonLow21 m² per resident
AlresfordLow17 m² per resident
Little BromleyVery Low14 m² per resident
ElmsteadVery Low13 m² per resident
ManningtreeVery Low12 m² per resident
Little BentleyVery Low12 m² per resident
FratingVery Low1 m² per resident

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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 02:21 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Tendring dataset covers 5,842 postcodes.

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