How many parks and green spaces are in Winchester? 41 public parks
Winchester has 41 public parks among 497 green space sites. Green space covers 1.2% of the area: about 61 m² per resident, or 8.6 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 80% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 61 m²
- More green space than
- 80% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 8.6
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 WinchesterWhat are the largest parks in Winchester?
Farley Mount Country Park is the largest public park in Winchester, at 369 hectares. 13 of the 41 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Farley Mount Country Park | 369 hectares |
| Shawford Down | 19.3 hectares |
| Shedfield Common | 12.8 hectares |
| St Cross Park | 2.6 hectares |
| Hilliers Haven | 1.1 hectares |
| Hinton Park | 1.1 hectares |
| Abbey Grounds | 9,316 m² |
| Broadview Recreation Ground | 8,970 m² |
| Whiteley Gardens | 7,084 m² |
| Hyde Abbey Gardens | 3,685 m² |
| Joyce Gardens | 2,299 m² |
| Memorial Garden | 975 m² |
| Friary Gardens | 733 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Winchester?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Winchester: 427 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 427 hectares · 41 sites |
| Playing fields | 205 hectares · 88 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 59.4 hectares · 31 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 38.1 hectares · 75 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 28.7 hectares · 39 sites |
| Cemeteries | 21.3 hectares · 23 sites |
| Play spaces | 12.7 hectares · 149 sites |
| Tennis courts | 5.4 hectares · 24 sites |
| Bowling greens | 2.3 hectares · 10 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 741 hectares · 17 sites |
Does Winchester have a lot of green space?
Yes, more than most areas. Winchester has 61 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 80% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| WinchesterThis area | 61 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. 61 m² for every resident adds up to 8.6 football pitches of parks, playing fields and other public green space for every 1,000 people.
Very High means the top 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 Winchester have the most green space?
Sparsholt has the most green space per resident of the 22 areas of Winchester, at about 3,945 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 |
|---|---|
| SparsholtVery High | 3,945 m² per resident |
| ChilcombVery High | 1,402 m² per resident |
| HursleyVery High | 423 m² per resident |
| Compton and ShawfordVery High | 143 m² per resident |
| BightonVery High | 108 m² per resident |
| CrawleyHigh | 55 m² per resident |
| OtterbourneHigh | 50 m² per resident |
| WonstonHigh | 42 m² per resident |
| MicheldeverHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| Itchen ValleyHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| Kings WorthyHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| TwyfordHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| Old AlresfordHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| Itchen Stoke and OvingtonTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| NorthingtonTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| Littleton and HarestockTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| Colden CommonTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| New AlresfordTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| South WonstonLow | 17 m² per resident |
| Headbourne WorthyLow | 17 m² per resident |
| Olivers BatteryVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| Badger FarmVery Low | 3 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Winchester?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Winchester.
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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 02:23 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Winchester dataset covers 6,209 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.