How many parks and green spaces are in North Hertfordshire? 43 public parks
North Hertfordshire has 43 public parks among 422 green space sites. Green space covers 1.5% of the area: about 41 m² per resident, or 5.8 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 66% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 41 m²
- More green space than
- 66% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 5.8
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 North HertfordshireWhat are the largest parks in North Hertfordshire?
Knebworth Country Park is the largest public park in North Hertfordshire, at 143 hectares. 21 of the 43 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Knebworth Country Park | 143 hectares |
| Great Ashby District Park | 42.8 hectares |
| Norton Common | 29.1 hectares |
| Ivel Springs Local Nature Reserve | 14.5 hectares |
| Pinehill Park | 4.1 hectares |
| The Priory Memorial Gardens | 2.4 hectares |
| Howard Park | 2.1 hectares |
| Broadway Gardens | 1.7 hectares |
| Howard Garden | 1.3 hectares |
| Churchend Green | 1 hectares |
| Clothall Common | 8,741 m² |
| The Village Green | 8,039 m² |
| Gannock Green | 4,496 m² |
| Upper Green | 2,951 m² |
| The Green | 2,231 m² |
| Village Green | 1,805 m² |
| The Green | 1,327 m² |
| Nightingale Park Wildlife Garden | 1,308 m² |
| The Wynd Community Garden | 1,132 m² |
| The Green | 659 m² |
| The Crossalmerode Garden | 351 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in North Hertfordshire?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in North Hertfordshire: 267 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 267 hectares · 43 sites |
| Playing fields | 168 hectares · 67 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 44.1 hectares · 40 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 31.2 hectares · 43 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 23.9 hectares · 56 sites |
| Cemeteries | 13.5 hectares · 11 sites |
| Play spaces | 13.1 hectares · 115 sites |
| Bowling greens | 3.8 hectares · 13 sites |
| Tennis courts | 2.6 hectares · 28 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 331 hectares · 6 sites |
Does North Hertfordshire have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. North Hertfordshire has 41 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 40 m² across Hertfordshire. More green space per resident than 66% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| North HertfordshireThis area | 41 m² per resident |
| Hertfordshire | 40 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 41 m² for every resident adds up to 5.8 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.
Which parts of North Hertfordshire have the most green space?
Knebworth has the most green space per resident of the 34 areas of North Hertfordshire, at about 326 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 |
|---|---|
| KnebworthVery High | 326 m² per resident |
| TherfieldVery High | 281 m² per resident |
| HextonVery High | 214 m² per resident |
| ClothallVery High | 124 m² per resident |
| ReedVery High | 108 m² per resident |
| SandonVery High | 95 m² per resident |
| BarkwayVery High | 94 m² per resident |
| LilleyVery High | 92 m² per resident |
| HinxworthVery High | 75 m² per resident |
| Great AshbyVery High | 67 m² per resident |
| OffleyVery High | 66 m² per resident |
| HolwellVery High | 63 m² per resident |
| PrestonVery High | 62 m² per resident |
| WestonVery High | 62 m² per resident |
| BarleyHigh | 50 m² per resident |
| King's WaldenHigh | 48 m² per resident |
| AshwellHigh | 42 m² per resident |
| WymondleyHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| St Paul's WaldenHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| KimptonTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| PirtonTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| WallingtonTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| IcklefordTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| GraveleyTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| CodicoteTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| NewnhamTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| St IppolytsLow | 21 m² per resident |
| KelshallLow | 19 m² per resident |
| RushdenLow | 17 m² per resident |
| RadwellLow | 15 m² per resident |
| BygraveVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| RoystonVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| LangleyVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| NuthampsteadVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
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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 03:04 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The North Hertfordshire dataset covers 5,682 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.