How many parks and green spaces are in Three Rivers? 34 public parks
Three Rivers has 34 public parks among 232 green space sites. Green space covers 4.1% 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.
- Green space per resident
- 39 m²
- More green space than
- 63% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 5.4
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 Three RiversWhat are the largest parks in Three Rivers?
Bishops Wood Country Park is the largest public park in Three Rivers, at 40.8 hectares. 15 of the 34 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Bishops Wood Country Park | 40.8 hectares |
| Leavesden Country Park | 19.9 hectares |
| The Horsefield | 16.6 hectares |
| Croxley Green | 7.3 hectares |
| Chorleywood House Estate | 7.1 hectares |
| Batchworth Heath | 7.1 hectares |
| Rickmansworth Park | 3.8 hectares |
| The Green | 2.7 hectares |
| Hornhill | 2 hectares |
| Fortune Common | 1 hectares |
| Kitters Green | 2,801 m² |
| Rosehall Green | 1,918 m² |
| Grove Green | 1,820 m² |
| Ann Shaw Garden | 682 m² |
| Albert's Garden | 100 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Three Rivers?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Three Rivers: 161 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 161 hectares · 34 sites |
| Playing fields | 135 hectares · 27 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 36 hectares · 22 sites |
| Cemeteries | 17 hectares · 6 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 16.2 hectares · 23 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 9.1 hectares · 22 sites |
| Play spaces | 8.1 hectares · 56 sites |
| Tennis courts | 4.5 hectares · 29 sites |
| Bowling greens | 1.6 hectares · 7 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 389 hectares · 6 sites |
Does Three Rivers have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. Three Rivers has 39 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 63% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Three RiversThis area | 39 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. 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.
Which parts of Three Rivers have the most green space?
Batchworth has the most green space per resident of the 6 areas of Three Rivers, at about 77 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 |
|---|---|
| BatchworthVery High | 77 m² per resident |
| Abbots LangleyHigh | 42 m² per resident |
| Watford RuralHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| SarrattHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| ChorleywoodTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| Croxley GreenLow | 19 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Three Rivers?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Three Rivers.
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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 03:05 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Three Rivers dataset covers 4,481 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.