How many parks and green spaces are in London Borough of Bromley? 68 public parks

London Borough of Bromley has 68 public parks among 543 green space sites. Green space covers 7.9% of the area: about 36 m² per resident, or 5 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 59% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
36 m²
More green space than
59% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
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 London Borough of Bromley?

Scadbury Park is the largest public park in London Borough of Bromley, at 133 hectares. These are the 25 largest of 48 named public parks.

Largest public parks in London Borough of Bromley
ParkSize
Scadbury Park133 hectares
High Elms Country Park94.1 hectares
Crystal Palace Park59 hectares
Jubilee Country Park40.7 hectares
Chislehurst Common35.2 hectares
St Pauls Cray Hill Country Park31 hectares
Goddington Park24.7 hectares
Norman Park22.8 hectares
Hoblingwell Wood13.5 hectares
Kelsey Park13.3 hectares
Cator Park8.9 hectares
Richmal Crompton Fields8.3 hectares
South Park7 hectares
Belmont Open Space5.9 hectares
Betts Park5.5 hectares
Riverside Gardens5.5 hectares
Church House Gardens5.4 hectares
Priory Gardens5.2 hectares
Downe Camp4.8 hectares
Tillingbourne Green4.5 hectares
South Hill Wood4.4 hectares
The Green4.3 hectares
Shaftesbury Park3.6 hectares
St Paul's Green3.6 hectares
River Cray Water Meadows3.2 hectares

What kinds of green space are there in London Borough of Bromley?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in London Borough of Bromley: 602 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in London Borough of Bromley by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens602 hectares · 68 sites
Playing fields273 hectares · 74 sites
Other sports facilities184 hectares · 75 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces68.8 hectares · 48 sites
Cemeteries36.4 hectares · 12 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds26.9 hectares · 57 sites
Tennis courts16.4 hectares · 80 sites
Play spaces13.1 hectares · 94 sites
Bowling greens7.1 hectares · 22 sites
Golf coursesNot counted635 hectares · 13 sites

Does London Borough of Bromley have a lot of green space?

About average. London Borough of Bromley has 36 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 24 m² across Greater London. More green space per resident than 59% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in London Borough of Bromley compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
London Borough of BromleyThis area36 m² per resident
Greater London24 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 36 m² for every resident adds up to 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.

What else do people ask about London Borough of Bromley?

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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 03:06 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The London Borough of Bromley dataset covers 11,419 postcodes.

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