How many parks and green spaces are in New Addington Ward? 2 public parks

New Addington Ward has 2 public parks among 17 green space sites. Green space covers 15.7% of the area: about 36 m² per resident, or 5.1 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
5.1

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

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What kinds of green space are there in New Addington Ward?

Playing fields cover the most ground in New Addington Ward: 19.4 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in New Addington Ward by type
TypeArea
Playing fields19.4 hectares · 2 sites
Public parks and gardens10.8 hectares · 2 sites
Other sports facilities6.6 hectares · 5 sites
Play spaces1.3 hectares · 4 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces1.2 hectares · 1 site
Churchyards and religious grounds6,882 m² · 2 sites
Bowling greens3,799 m² · 1 site
Golf coursesNot counted2.2 hectares · 0 sites

Does New Addington Ward have a lot of green space?

About average. New Addington Ward has 36 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 26 m² across London Borough of Croydon. More green space per resident than 59% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in New Addington Ward compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
New Addington WardThis area36 m² per resident
London Borough of Croydon26 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 5.1 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 New Addington Ward?

More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in New Addington Ward.

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 03:54 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The New Addington Ward dataset covers 202 postcodes.

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