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How many parks and green spaces are in Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames? 21 public parks

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames has 21 public parks among 224 green space sites. Green space covers 9.1% of the area: about 20 m² per resident, or 2.8 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 69% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident: 20 m²
Less green space than: 69% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people: 2.8

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 Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames?

Beverley Park is the largest public park in Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, at 7.1 hectares. 8 of the 21 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Park	Size
Beverley Park	7.1 hectares
Canbury Gardens	6.1 hectares
Fishponds Park	4.9 hectares
Alexandra Millennium Green	3.7 hectares
Malden Green	1.9 hectares
Cromwell Avenue Open Space	9,713 m²
Claremont Crescent Gardens	6,698 m²
Plough Green	1,526 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames?

Playing fields cover the most ground in Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames: 111 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames by type
Type	Area
Playing fields	111 hectares · 24 sites
Other sports facilities	94.9 hectares · 38 sites
Public parks and gardens	89.9 hectares · 21 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces	34 hectares · 21 sites
Cemeteries	18.3 hectares · 2 sites
Tennis courts	6.1 hectares · 40 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds	5.5 hectares · 18 sites
Play spaces	4.9 hectares · 47 sites
Bowling greens	3.5 hectares · 9 sites
Golf coursesNot counted	134 hectares · 4 sites

Does Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames have a lot of green space?

A bit less than most areas. Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames has 20 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 69% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames compared with other areas
Area	Per resident
Royal Borough of Kingston upon ThamesThis area	20 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. 20 m² for every resident adds up to 2.8 football pitches of parks, playing fields and other public green space for every 1,000 people.

Low means the second-lowest 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 03:09 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames dataset covers 5,942 postcodes.

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