How many parks and green spaces are in Stroud? 49 public parks
Stroud has 49 public parks among 504 green space sites. Green space covers 1.1% of the area: about 43 m² per resident, or 6.1 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 68% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 43 m²
- More green space than
- 68% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 6.1
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
All house prices in StroudWhat are the largest parks in Stroud?
The Park is the largest public park in Stroud, at 14.6 hectares. 15 of the 49 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| The Park | 14.6 hectares |
| Stratford Park | 6.4 hectares |
| The Green | 4.1 hectares |
| Uley Millennium Green | 3.7 hectares |
| Holywell Orchard | 2.4 hectares |
| The Lake at the Lawn | 1.6 hectares |
| Queen Elizabeth II field | 1.5 hectares |
| Park Gardens | 1.1 hectares |
| Miles Marling Field | 8,037 m² |
| Old Common | 7,733 m² |
| Shortwood Green | 7,379 m² |
| Ham Green | 4,116 m² |
| Bank Gardens | 3,127 m² |
| Rectory Gardens | 2,388 m² |
| The Green | 290 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Stroud?
Playing fields cover the most ground in Stroud: 172 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 172 hectares · 77 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 159 hectares · 49 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 87.9 hectares · 34 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 42.7 hectares · 59 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 39.5 hectares · 94 sites |
| Cemeteries | 19.9 hectares · 26 sites |
| Play spaces | 10.3 hectares · 121 sites |
| Tennis courts | 3.3 hectares · 29 sites |
| Bowling greens | 2.9 hectares · 10 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 362 hectares · 5 sites |
Does Stroud have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. Stroud has 43 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 68% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| StroudThis area | 43 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. 43 m² for every resident adds up to 6.1 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 Stroud have the most green space?
Frocester has the most green space per resident of the 52 areas of Stroud, at about 447 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 |
|---|---|
| FrocesterVery High | 447 m² per resident |
| RodboroughVery High | 186 m² per resident |
| StinchcombeVery High | 147 m² per resident |
| NympsfieldVery High | 144 m² per resident |
| CranhamVery High | 100 m² per resident |
| MinchinhamptonVery High | 98 m² per resident |
| Frampton on SevernVery High | 97 m² per resident |
| Ham and StoneVery High | 85 m² per resident |
| Bisley-with-LypiattVery High | 76 m² per resident |
| MiserdenVery High | 65 m² per resident |
| Hunts GroveVery High | 64 m² per resident |
| UleyVery High | 62 m² per resident |
| StandishHigh | 61 m² per resident |
| HorsleyHigh | 59 m² per resident |
| OwlpenHigh | 50 m² per resident |
| Hillesley and TreshamHigh | 50 m² per resident |
| HaresfieldHigh | 49 m² per resident |
| Fretherne with SaulHigh | 47 m² per resident |
| HintonHigh | 46 m² per resident |
| PainswickHigh | 45 m² per resident |
| SlimbridgeHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| Wotton-under-EdgeHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| WoodchesterTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| EastingtonTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| ElmoreTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| Randwick and WestripTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| Upton St. LeonardsTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| StonehouseTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| North NibleyTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| King's StanleyTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| ChalfordTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| KingswoodTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| CainscrossTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| Whiteshill and RuscombeTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| CamTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| Leonard StanleyTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| WhitminsterLow | 22 m² per resident |
| CoaleyLow | 22 m² per resident |
| HamfallowLow | 21 m² per resident |
| HardwickeLow | 21 m² per resident |
| DursleyLow | 21 m² per resident |
| BerkeleyLow | 21 m² per resident |
| HarescombeLow | 21 m² per resident |
| AlkingtonLow | 21 m² per resident |
| Moreton ValenceLow | 20 m² per resident |
| Brookthorpe-with-WhaddonLow | 19 m² per resident |
| AlderleyLow | 19 m² per resident |
| Brimscombe and ThruppLow | 15 m² per resident |
| PitchcombeVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| Longney and EpneyVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| ArlinghamVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| NailsworthVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Stroud?
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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 Stroud dataset covers 5,229 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.