How many parks and green spaces are in Stansted Mountfitchet? 8 public parks

Stansted Mountfitchet has 8 public parks among 32 green space sites. Green space covers 0.8% of the area: about 15 m² per resident, or 2.1 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 79% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
15 m²
Less green space than
79% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
2.1

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 kinds of green space are there in Stansted Mountfitchet?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Stansted Mountfitchet: 3.9 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Stansted Mountfitchet by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens3.9 hectares · 8 sites
Playing fields3.7 hectares · 3 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds2.4 hectares · 3 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces2.1 hectares · 3 sites
Play spaces7,627 m² · 12 sites
Other sports facilities6,224 m² · 2 sites
Bowling greens1,639 m² · 1 site

Does Stansted Mountfitchet have a lot of green space?

A bit less than most areas. Stansted Mountfitchet has 15 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 79% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Stansted Mountfitchet compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
Stansted MountfitchetThis area15 m² per resident
Uttlesford72 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 15 m² for every resident adds up to 2.1 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.

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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 Stansted Mountfitchet dataset covers 405 postcodes.

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