How many parks and green spaces are in Basingstoke and Deane? 93 public parks
Basingstoke and Deane has 93 public parks among 668 green space sites. Green space covers 1.0% of the area: about 36 m² per resident, or 5 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
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 Basingstoke and DeaneWhat are the largest parks in Basingstoke and Deane?
Basingstoke Common is the largest public park in Basingstoke and Deane, at 46.8 hectares. 20 of the 93 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Basingstoke Common | 46.8 hectares |
| Tadley Common | 36.7 hectares |
| Cowdery's Downs | 19.8 hectares |
| War Memorial Park | 19.2 hectares |
| Binfields Woodland Park | 14.9 hectares |
| Stratton Park | 12.3 hectares |
| Sherfield Green | 10.4 hectares |
| Popley Community Park | 7.8 hectares |
| Eastrop Park | 6.4 hectares |
| Down Grange Meadow | 5.8 hectares |
| Chineham Park | 5.4 hectares |
| Hatch Warren Park | 4.3 hectares |
| The Meadow Millennium Green | 3.4 hectares |
| Glebe Gardens | 2.2 hectares |
| Mount Common | 2.2 hectares |
| Victory Park | 1.1 hectares |
| Chapel Gate | 9,172 m² |
| Newnham Green | 6,155 m² |
| Dandelion Meadow | 1,950 m² |
| The Green | 646 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Basingstoke and Deane?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Basingstoke and Deane: 351 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 351 hectares · 93 sites |
| Playing fields | 178 hectares · 74 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 52.2 hectares · 47 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 42.5 hectares · 70 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 29 hectares · 75 sites |
| Play spaces | 20.2 hectares · 234 sites |
| Cemeteries | 18.4 hectares · 22 sites |
| Tennis courts | 4 hectares · 33 sites |
| Bowling greens | 3.3 hectares · 10 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 446 hectares · 10 sites |
Does Basingstoke and Deane have a lot of green space?
About average. Basingstoke and Deane has 36 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 53 m² across Hampshire. More green space per resident than 59% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Basingstoke and DeaneThis area | 36 m² per resident |
| Hampshire | 53 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 36 m² for every resident adds up to 5 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 Basingstoke and Deane have the most green space?
Wootton St. Lawrence has the most green space per resident of the 2 areas of Basingstoke and Deane, at about 37 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 |
|---|---|
| Wootton St. LawrenceHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| BasingstokeTypical | 34 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Basingstoke and Deane?
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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 02:24 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Basingstoke and Deane dataset covers 8,661 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.