How many parks and green spaces are in Bishop's Stortford? 9 public parks
Bishop's Stortford has 9 public parks among 85 green space sites. Green space covers 9.2% of the area: about 35 m² per resident, or 5 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
- 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 Bishop's StortfordWhat are the largest parks in Bishop's Stortford?
Castle Gardens is the largest public park in Bishop's Stortford, at 15.7 hectares. 3 of the 9 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Castle Gardens | 15.7 hectares |
| Red White and Blue | 8.2 hectares |
| Bat Willow Hurst Country Park | 5.4 hectares |
What kinds of green space are there in Bishop's Stortford?
Other sports facilities cover the most ground in Bishop's Stortford: 59.8 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Other sports facilities | 59.8 hectares · 10 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 54.2 hectares · 9 sites |
| Playing fields | 18.8 hectares · 10 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 9.2 hectares · 9 sites |
| Cemeteries | 6.1 hectares · 1 site |
| Play spaces | 4.3 hectares · 30 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 2.4 hectares · 5 sites |
| Tennis courts | 1.3 hectares · 9 sites |
| Bowling greens | 2,496 m² · 1 site |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 54.4 hectares · 1 site |
Does Bishop's Stortford have a lot of green space?
About average. Bishop's Stortford has 35 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 35 m² across East Hertfordshire. More green space per resident than 58% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Bishop's StortfordThis area | 35 m² per resident |
| East Hertfordshire | 35 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 35 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.
What else do people ask about Bishop's Stortford?
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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 03:53 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Bishop's Stortford dataset covers 1,621 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.