How many parks and green spaces are in Forest of Dean? 24 public parks
Forest of Dean has 24 public parks among 353 green space sites. Green space covers 0.6% of the area: about 40 m² per resident, or 5.5 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 64% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 40 m²
- More green space than
- 64% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 5.5
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 Forest of DeanWhat are the largest parks in Forest of Dean?
Wild Garden is the largest public park in Forest of Dean, at 26.9 hectares. 9 of the 24 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Wild Garden | 26.9 hectares |
| New Fancy View | 9.6 hectares |
| Whitemead Forest Park | 8 hectares |
| Beechenhurst Lodge | 7.7 hectares |
| Bathurst Park | 6.7 hectares |
| Bells Field | 3.6 hectares |
| Old Pleasure Gardens | 1.1 hectares |
| Woodhenge | 7,954 m² |
| Crow Ash | 1,020 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Forest of Dean?
Playing fields cover the most ground in Forest of Dean: 147 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 147 hectares · 72 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 90 hectares · 24 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 52.7 hectares · 20 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 30.3 hectares · 74 sites |
| Cemeteries | 13 hectares · 12 sites |
| Play spaces | 9.7 hectares · 110 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 7.6 hectares · 19 sites |
| Tennis courts | 1 hectares · 11 sites |
| Bowling greens | 9,252 m² · 4 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 163 hectares · 7 sites |
Does Forest of Dean have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. Forest of Dean has 40 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 64% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Forest of DeanThis area | 40 m² per resident |
| Gloucestershire | 41 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 40 m² for every resident adds up to 5.5 football pitches of parks, playing fields and other public green space for every 1,000 people.
High means the second-highest 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 Forest of Dean have the most green space?
Aylburton has the most green space per resident of the 41 areas of Forest of Dean, at about 450 m² per resident. The labels place each area among every area in England and Wales, in fifths from Very Low to Very High.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| AylburtonVery High | 450 m² per resident |
| English BicknorVery High | 263 m² per resident |
| OxenhallVery High | 174 m² per resident |
| Gorsley and KilcotVery High | 85 m² per resident |
| Westbury-on-SevernVery High | 72 m² per resident |
| Redmarley D'AbitotVery High | 63 m² per resident |
| NewlandHigh | 58 m² per resident |
| RuardeanHigh | 57 m² per resident |
| BromesberrowHigh | 53 m² per resident |
| CorseHigh | 51 m² per resident |
| West DeanHigh | 49 m² per resident |
| NewnhamHigh | 46 m² per resident |
| ColefordHigh | 46 m² per resident |
| NewentHigh | 46 m² per resident |
| TayntonHigh | 45 m² per resident |
| WoolastonHigh | 42 m² per resident |
| AwreHigh | 42 m² per resident |
| HuntleyHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| DrybrookHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| LydbrookTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| AlvingtonTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| DymockTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| KempleyTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| CinderfordTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| TidenhamTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| St. BriavelsTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| LydneyTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| Ruspidge and SoudleyLow | 21 m² per resident |
| BlaisdonLow | 19 m² per resident |
| LittledeanLow | 18 m² per resident |
| Hewelsfield and BrockweirLow | 18 m² per resident |
| LonghopeLow | 16 m² per resident |
| MitcheldeanVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| ChurchamVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| UpleadonVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| Staunton ColefordVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| Rudford and HighleadonVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| HartpuryVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
| StauntonVery Low | 7 m² per resident |
| PauntleyVery Low | 6 m² per resident |
| TibbertonVery Low | 6 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Forest of Dean?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Forest of Dean.
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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 Forest of Dean dataset covers 4,225 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.