How many parks and green spaces are in Lydney? 2 public parks

Lydney has 2 public parks among 42 green space sites. Green space covers 0.9% of the area: about 25 m² per resident, or 3.5 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 60% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
25 m²
Less green space than
60% 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

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What are the largest parks in Lydney?

Bathurst Park is the largest public park in Lydney, at 6.7 hectares. 2 of the 2 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Lydney
ParkSize
Bathurst Park6.7 hectares
Old Pleasure Gardens1.1 hectares

What kinds of green space are there in Lydney?

Playing fields cover the most ground in Lydney: 16 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Lydney by type
TypeArea
Playing fields16 hectares · 4 sites
Public parks and gardens7.8 hectares · 2 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds1.7 hectares · 2 sites
Play spaces1.4 hectares · 22 sites
Cemeteries9,517 m² · 1 site
Other sports facilities6,130 m² · 3 sites
Tennis courts3,780 m² · 3 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces3,583 m² · 3 sites
Bowling greens2,225 m² · 1 site
Golf coursesNot counted30 hectares · 1 site

Does Lydney have a lot of green space?

About average. Lydney has 25 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 40 m² across Forest of Dean. Less green space per resident than 60% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Lydney compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
LydneyThis area25 m² per resident
Forest of Dean40 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 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.

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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 03:42 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Lydney dataset covers 422 postcodes.

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