Hedge End has 10 public parks among 42 green space sites. Green space covers 9.9% of the area: about 39 m² per resident, or 5.4 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 63% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
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 Hedge EndDowds Farm Park is the largest public park in Hedge End, at 8.9 hectares. 3 of the 10 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Dowds Farm Park | 8.9 hectares |
| Common Fields | 4.2 hectares |
| Goodall's Meadow | 1,219 m² |
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Hedge End: 65.7 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 65.7 hectares · 10 sites |
| Playing fields | 9.2 hectares · 4 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 5.6 hectares · 5 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 3.5 hectares · 3 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 3.1 hectares · 1 site |
| Cemeteries | 9,125 m² · 1 site |
| Play spaces | 8,687 m² · 13 sites |
| Tennis courts | 2,818 m² · 3 sites |
| Bowling greens | 2,507 m² · 1 site |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 6.8 hectares · 1 site |
A bit more than most areas. Hedge End has 39 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 64 m² across Eastleigh. More green space per resident than 63% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Hedge EndThis area | 39 m² per resident |
| Eastleigh | 64 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 39 m² for every resident adds up to 5.4 football pitches of parks, playing fields and other public green space for every 1,000 people.
High means the second-highest 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.
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Hedge End.
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 03:36 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Hedge End dataset covers 1,258 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.