How many parks and green spaces are in Great Dunmow? 7 public parks
Great Dunmow has 7 public parks among 30 green space sites. Green space covers 1.1% of the area: about 25 m² per resident, or 3.5 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 59% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 25 m²
- Less green space than
- 59% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 3.5
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 Great DunmowWhat are the largest parks in Great Dunmow?
Parsonage Downs is the largest public park in Great Dunmow, at 3.4 hectares. 3 of the 7 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Parsonage Downs | 3.4 hectares |
| Newton Green | 7,502 m² |
| Threader's Green | 1,000 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Great Dunmow?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Great Dunmow: 10.7 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 10.7 hectares · 7 sites |
| Playing fields | 10.2 hectares · 3 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 2.9 hectares · 3 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 1.5 hectares · 2 sites |
| Bowling greens | 7,787 m² · 1 site |
| Play spaces | 7,535 m² · 11 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 3,943 m² · 2 sites |
| Tennis courts | 1,122 m² · 1 site |
Does Great Dunmow have a lot of green space?
About average. Great Dunmow has 25 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 72 m² across Uttlesford. Less green space per resident than 59% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Great DunmowThis area | 25 m² per resident |
| Uttlesford | 72 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 25 m² for every resident adds up to 3.5 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.
What else do people ask about Great Dunmow?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Great Dunmow.
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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 Great Dunmow dataset covers 365 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.