How many parks and green spaces are in Selsdon & Ballards Ward? 3 public parks

Selsdon & Ballards Ward has 3 public parks among 12 green space sites. Green space covers 5.8% of the area: about 32 m² per resident, or 4.4 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 52% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
32 m²
More green space than
52% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
4.4

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 Selsdon & Ballards Ward?

Coombe Wood is the largest public park in Selsdon & Ballards Ward, at 6.3 hectares. 2 of the 3 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Selsdon & Ballards Ward
ParkSize
Coombe Wood6.3 hectares
Queenhill Road Playspace9,074 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Selsdon & Ballards Ward?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Selsdon & Ballards Ward: 30.3 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Selsdon & Ballards Ward by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens30.3 hectares · 3 sites
Playing fields4 hectares · 1 site
Other sports facilities1.9 hectares · 2 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds7,990 m² · 2 sites
Tennis courts5,384 m² · 1 site
Play spaces1,884 m² · 1 site
Golf coursesNot counted112 hectares · 2 sites

Does Selsdon & Ballards Ward have a lot of green space?

About average. Selsdon & Ballards Ward has 32 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 52% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Selsdon & Ballards Ward compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
Selsdon & Ballards WardThis area32 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. 32 m² for every resident adds up to 4.4 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 03:54 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Selsdon & Ballards Ward dataset covers 260 postcodes.

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