How many parks and green spaces are in Sandown? 5 public parks
Sandown has 5 public parks among 18 green space sites. Green space covers 5.2% of the area: about 33 m² per resident, or 4.7 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 55% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 33 m²
- More green space than
- 55% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 4.7
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 SandownWhat are the largest parks in Sandown?
Los Altos Public Park is the largest public park in Sandown, at 5.5 hectares. 4 of the 5 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Los Altos Public Park | 5.5 hectares |
| Sandham Grounds | 2.9 hectares |
| Battery Gardens | 1.1 hectares |
| Ferncliff Garden | 3,903 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Sandown?
Other sports facilities cover the most ground in Sandown: 11.9 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Other sports facilities | 11.9 hectares · 3 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 10.1 hectares · 5 sites |
| Playing fields | 2.9 hectares · 1 site |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 9,725 m² · 3 sites |
| Play spaces | 6,619 m² · 4 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 4,421 m² · 1 site |
| Bowling greens | 2,426 m² · 1 site |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 505 m² · 0 sites |
Does Sandown have a lot of green space?
About average. Sandown has 33 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 55% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| SandownThis area | 33 m² per resident |
| Isle of Wight | 38 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 33 m² for every resident adds up to 4.7 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 Sandown?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Sandown.
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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 03:22 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Sandown dataset covers 396 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.