How many parks and green spaces are in Northwood? 0 public parks

Northwood has 0 public parks among 5 green space sites. Green space covers 1.5% of the area: about 38 m² per resident, or 5.3 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 62% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
38 m²
More green space than
62% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
5.3

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

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What kinds of green space are there in Northwood?

Cemeteries cover the most ground in Northwood: 7 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Northwood by type
TypeArea
Cemeteries7 hectares · 1 site
Allotments and community growing spaces6,483 m² · 1 site
Playing fields5,904 m² · 1 site
Churchyards and religious grounds3,706 m² · 1 site
Play spaces2,031 m² · 1 site

Does Northwood have a lot of green space?

A bit more than most areas. Northwood has 38 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 38 m² across Isle of Wight. More green space per resident than 62% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Northwood compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
NorthwoodThis area38 m² per resident
Isle of Wight38 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 38 m² for every resident adds up to 5.3 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.

What else do people ask about Northwood?

More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas, green space and crime in Northwood.

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. Crime is from police.uk street-level data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk.

Last updated 31 October 2026 at 18:23 with the latest Land Registry data (September 2026). The Northwood dataset covers 66 postcodes.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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