How many parks and green spaces are in London Borough of Croydon? 62 public parks
London Borough of Croydon has 62 public parks among 401 green space sites. Green space covers 11.5% of the area: about 26 m² per resident, or 3.6 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 59% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 26 m²
- Less green space than
- 59% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 3.6
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 London Borough of CroydonWhat are the largest parks in London Borough of Croydon?
Kenley Common is the largest public park in London Borough of Croydon, at 72.2 hectares. These are the 25 largest of 39 named public parks.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Kenley Common | 72.2 hectares |
| South Norwood Country Park | 51.8 hectares |
| Farthing Downs | 49.8 hectares |
| Lloyd Park | 43.5 hectares |
| Riddlesdown Common | 41.2 hectares |
| Shirley Heath | 20.7 hectares |
| Coombe Park | 16.7 hectares |
| Norwood Grove | 11.7 hectares |
| Addington Park | 11.5 hectares |
| Norbury Park | 11.3 hectares |
| Grangewood Park | 11 hectares |
| South Norwood Lake and Grounds | 8.8 hectares |
| Wandle Park | 8.5 hectares |
| Ashburton Park | 7.7 hectares |
| Purley Beeches | 7.2 hectares |
| Coombe Wood | 6.3 hectares |
| The Lawns | 6.1 hectares |
| Brickfields Meadow | 4.9 hectares |
| Heathfield | 4.3 hectares |
| Whitehorse Meadow | 3.9 hectares |
| Heavers Meadow | 3.3 hectares |
| Pollards Hill | 3.2 hectares |
| Waddon Ponds Park | 3.2 hectares |
| Norbury Hall Park | 3 hectares |
| Westow Park | 2.6 hectares |
What kinds of green space are there in London Borough of Croydon?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in London Borough of Croydon: 611 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 611 hectares · 62 sites |
| Playing fields | 230 hectares · 41 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 54.8 hectares · 64 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 54.4 hectares · 19 sites |
| Cemeteries | 30.7 hectares · 4 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 18.9 hectares · 55 sites |
| Play spaces | 11.2 hectares · 84 sites |
| Bowling greens | 6.9 hectares · 16 sites |
| Tennis courts | 6.6 hectares · 47 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 484 hectares · 9 sites |
Does London Borough of Croydon have a lot of green space?
About average. London Borough of Croydon has 26 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 24 m² across Greater London. Less green space per resident than 59% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| London Borough of CroydonThis area | 26 m² per resident |
| Greater London | 24 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 26 m² for every resident adds up to 3.6 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.
Which parts of London Borough of Croydon have the most green space?
Coulsdon East Ward has the most green space per resident of the 22 areas of London Borough of Croydon, at about 88 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 |
|---|---|
| Coulsdon East WardVery High | 88 m² per resident |
| Kenley WardVery High | 79 m² per resident |
| Heathfield WardVery High | 79 m² per resident |
| Waddon WardHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| Sanderstead WardHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| Woodside WardHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| New Addington WardTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| Selsdon & Ballards WardTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| Fairfield WardTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| Ashburton WardTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| Norbury WardLow | 23 m² per resident |
| South Norwood WardLow | 22 m² per resident |
| Upper Norwood WardLow | 18 m² per resident |
| West Thornton WardLow | 17 m² per resident |
| Shirley WardVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| Fieldway WardVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| Croham WardVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| Coulsdon West WardVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| Purley WardVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| Thornton Heath WardVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| Bensham Manor WardVery Low | 6 m² per resident |
| Broad Green WardVery Low | 5 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about London Borough of Croydon?
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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 03:07 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The London Borough of Croydon dataset covers 13,361 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.