How many parks and green spaces are in Welwyn Hatfield? 44 public parks
Welwyn Hatfield has 44 public parks among 304 green space sites. Green space covers 3.8% 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 Welwyn HatfieldWhat are the largest parks in Welwyn Hatfield?
Northaw Great Wood is the largest public park in Welwyn Hatfield, at 123 hectares. 12 of the 44 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Northaw Great Wood | 123 hectares |
| Ellenbrook Fields | 77.5 hectares |
| Stanborough Park | 43.9 hectares |
| Gobions and Moffats Open Space | 8.1 hectares |
| Singlers Marsh | 6.3 hectares |
| Burnham Green | 2.8 hectares |
| Angerland Common | 2.6 hectares |
| Gobions Open Space | 1.7 hectares |
| Sundial Garden | 3,004 m² |
| Coronation Gardens | 1,588 m² |
| Old Palace Garden | 1,516 m² |
| Village Green | 1,176 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Welwyn Hatfield?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Welwyn Hatfield: 299 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 299 hectares · 44 sites |
| Playing fields | 100 hectares · 33 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 52.3 hectares · 29 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 21.4 hectares · 41 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 12.4 hectares · 33 sites |
| Cemeteries | 9.3 hectares · 9 sites |
| Play spaces | 6 hectares · 74 sites |
| Tennis courts | 4 hectares · 26 sites |
| Bowling greens | 1.8 hectares · 6 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 618 hectares · 9 sites |
Does Welwyn Hatfield have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. Welwyn Hatfield 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 |
|---|---|
| Welwyn HatfieldThis 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 Welwyn Hatfield have the most green space?
Northaw and Cuffley has the most green space per resident of the 8 areas of Welwyn Hatfield, at about 237 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 |
|---|---|
| Northaw and CuffleyVery High | 237 m² per resident |
| EssendonVery High | 122 m² per resident |
| North MymmsHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| HatfieldTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| Ayot St PeterTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| Woolmer GreenLow | 21 m² per resident |
| WelwynLow | 19 m² per resident |
| Ayot St LawrenceLow | 15 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Welwyn Hatfield?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Welwyn Hatfield.
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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 Welwyn Hatfield dataset covers 4,742 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.