How many parks and green spaces are in Cotswold? 46 public parks

Cotswold has 46 public parks among 570 green space sites. Green space covers 0.6% of the area: about 81 m² per resident, or 11 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 87% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
81 m²
More green space than
87% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
11

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 Cotswold?

Crickley Hill Country Park is the largest public park in Cotswold, at 63.5 hectares. 15 of the 46 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Cotswold
ParkSize
Crickley Hill Country Park63.5 hectares
Cotswold Country Park and Beach56 hectares
Williamstrip Park44.3 hectares
Lasborough Park33.1 hectares
Home Park16.8 hectares
Blenheim Meadow9 hectares
Neigh Bridge7.9 hectares
Queen Victoria Gardens2.9 hectares
Village Green8,640 m²
The Green7,986 m²
The Green3,239 m²
The Green2,409 m²
The Green2,357 m²
Lower Green2,145 m²
The Ernest Wilson Garden1,133 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Cotswold?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Cotswold: 248 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Cotswold by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens248 hectares · 46 sites
Other sports facilities192 hectares · 37 sites
Playing fields180 hectares · 89 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces53.1 hectares · 68 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds45 hectares · 148 sites
Cemeteries15.8 hectares · 32 sites
Play spaces10.9 hectares · 106 sites
Tennis courts3.2 hectares · 30 sites
Bowling greens2 hectares · 7 sites
Golf coursesNot counted354 hectares · 7 sites

Does Cotswold have a lot of green space?

Yes, more than most areas. Cotswold has 81 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 41 m² across Gloucestershire. More green space per resident than 87% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Cotswold compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
CotswoldThis area81 m² per resident
Gloucestershire41 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 81 m² for every resident adds up to 11 football pitches of parks, playing fields and other public green space for every 1,000 people.

Very High means the top 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 Cotswold have the most green space?

Coln St. Aldwyns has the most green space per resident of the 114 areas of Cotswold, at about 2,050 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 Cotswold
AreaPer resident
Coln St. AldwynsVery High2,050 m² per resident
DaglingworthVery High1,501 m² per resident
KingscoteVery High1,113 m² per resident
Somerford KeynesVery High1,078 m² per resident
CoberleyVery High1,067 m² per resident
Westonbirt with LasboroughVery High1,008 m² per resident
BatsfordVery High598 m² per resident
CutsdeanVery High307 m² per resident
RendcombVery High275 m² per resident
OddingtonVery High185 m² per resident
HatheropVery High168 m² per resident
Poole KeynesVery High165 m² per resident
SherborneVery High153 m² per resident
Coln St. DennisVery High145 m² per resident
Guiting PowerVery High138 m² per resident
CheringtonVery High134 m² per resident
AdlestropVery High131 m² per resident
WindrushVery High121 m² per resident
Lower SlaughterVery High120 m² per resident
CirencesterVery High99 m² per resident
BarnsleyVery High99 m² per resident
BarringtonVery High93 m² per resident
Duntisbourne AbbotsVery High90 m² per resident
SouthropVery High89 m² per resident
DidmartonVery High88 m² per resident
WithingtonVery High87 m² per resident
PoultonVery High78 m² per resident
Shipton MoyneVery High74 m² per resident
CowleyVery High71 m² per resident
MickletonVery High69 m² per resident
LongboroughVery High69 m² per resident
EastleachVery High69 m² per resident
BiburyVery High66 m² per resident
NauntonVery High64 m² per resident
Temple GuitingVery High64 m² per resident
Upper RissingtonHigh61 m² per resident
PrestonHigh58 m² per resident
DowdeswellHigh57 m² per resident
EbringtonHigh56 m² per resident
AldsworthHigh56 m² per resident
Stow-on-the-WoldHigh55 m² per resident
Down AmpneyHigh54 m² per resident
Moreton-in-MarshHigh53 m² per resident
BeverstonHigh53 m² per resident
Cold AstonHigh52 m² per resident
FarmingtonHigh49 m² per resident
Weston SubedgeHigh48 m² per resident
SydeHigh48 m² per resident
BroadwellHigh46 m² per resident
BlockleyHigh44 m² per resident
TurkdeanHigh44 m² per resident
Upper SlaughterHigh43 m² per resident
RodmartonHigh42 m² per resident
Little RissingtonHigh42 m² per resident
OzleworthHigh40 m² per resident
ChedworthHigh40 m² per resident
EvenlodeHigh40 m² per resident
Aston SubedgeHigh40 m² per resident
FairfordHigh39 m² per resident
EdgeworthHigh37 m² per resident
North CerneyHigh37 m² per resident
QueningtonTypical35 m² per resident
Ampney St. PeterTypical34 m² per resident
NotgroveTypical33 m² per resident
Ampney CrucisTypical33 m² per resident
HampnettTypical32 m² per resident
SappertonTypical32 m² per resident
South CerneyTypical32 m² per resident
CoatesTypical32 m² per resident
LechladeTypical32 m² per resident
Chipping CampdenTypical31 m² per resident
TetburyTypical31 m² per resident
MaiseyhamptonTypical31 m² per resident
SaintburyTypical31 m² per resident
SiddingtonTypical30 m² per resident
AndoversfordTypical30 m² per resident
Wick RissingtonTypical29 m² per resident
KempsfordTypical27 m² per resident
CondicoteTypical27 m² per resident
KembleTypical27 m² per resident
ElkstoneTypical26 m² per resident
Boxwell with LeightertonTypical26 m² per resident
WillerseyTypical26 m² per resident
Duntisbourne RouseLow24 m² per resident
BledingtonLow24 m² per resident
Compton AbdaleLow24 m² per resident
DriffieldLow24 m² per resident
Ampney St. MaryLow24 m² per resident
WinsonLow23 m² per resident
BrimpsfieldLow22 m² per resident
HazletonLow22 m² per resident
Northleach with EastingtonLow20 m² per resident
Bourton-on-the-WaterLow19 m² per resident
TodenhamLow19 m² per resident
IcombLow18 m² per resident
Bourton-on-the-HillLow18 m² per resident
WhittingtonLow18 m² per resident
WestcoteLow17 m² per resident
AshleyLow17 m² per resident
Long NewntonLow17 m² per resident
AveningLow17 m² per resident
SwellLow15 m² per resident
ShiptonLow15 m² per resident
SevenhamptonVery Low14 m² per resident
ClaptonVery Low14 m² per resident
ColesbourneVery Low13 m² per resident
WinstoneVery Low12 m² per resident
BauntonVery Low12 m² per resident
Great RissingtonVery Low11 m² per resident
BagendonVery Low5 m² per resident
MaugersburyVery Low1 m² per resident
Tetbury UptonVery Lowunder 1 m² per resident
SezincoteVery Low0 m² per resident
DonningtonVery Low0 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 02:40 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Cotswold dataset covers 4,536 postcodes.

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