How many parks and green spaces are in Miles Platting and Newton Heath? 3 public parks

Miles Platting and Newton Heath has 3 public parks among 36 green space sites. Green space covers 12.6% of the area: about 35 m² per resident, or 4.9 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 58% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
35 m²
More green space than
58% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
4.9

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 Miles Platting and Newton Heath?

Brookdale Park is the largest public park in Miles Platting and Newton Heath, at 18.6 hectares. 2 of the 3 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Miles Platting and Newton Heath
ParkSize
Brookdale Park18.6 hectares
Victoria Mill Park6,312 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Miles Platting and Newton Heath?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Miles Platting and Newton Heath: 38.6 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Miles Platting and Newton Heath by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens38.6 hectares · 3 sites
Cemeteries16.3 hectares · 1 site
Playing fields7.1 hectares · 5 sites
Other sports facilities3.3 hectares · 8 sites
Play spaces1.8 hectares · 11 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds1.7 hectares · 5 sites
Bowling greens6,294 m² · 2 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces3,921 m² · 1 site

Does Miles Platting and Newton Heath have a lot of green space?

About average. Miles Platting and Newton Heath has 35 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 18 m² across Manchester Central. More green space per resident than 58% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Miles Platting and Newton Heath compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
Miles Platting and Newton HeathThis area35 m² per resident
Manchester Central18 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 35 m² for every resident adds up to 4.9 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 Miles Platting and Newton Heath?

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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 04:07 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Miles Platting and Newton Heath dataset covers 1,419 postcodes.

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