How many parks and green spaces are in Ashford? 67 public parks

Ashford has 67 public parks among 405 green space sites. Green space covers 0.8% of the area: about 33 m² per resident, or 4.6 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 54% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
33 m²
More green space than
54% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
4.6

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 are the largest parks in Ashford?

Conningbrook Lakes Country Park is the largest public park in Ashford, at 33.7 hectares. 19 of the 67 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Ashford
ParkSize
Conningbrook Lakes Country Park33.7 hectares
Victoria Park23 hectares
Little Burton11.7 hectares
Bucksford Park8.5 hectares
Bridgefield Park7.5 hectares
Queen Mother's Park6.1 hectares
Kingsnorth Community Orchard2.7 hectares
Charing Alderbed Meadow2.7 hectares
Kestrel Park2.5 hectares
Bowens Field2.4 hectares
New Town Green1.2 hectares
Deal Field Shaw1.1 hectares
Godinton Park7,875 m²
Millennium Green4,480 m²
Vicarage Field2,647 m²
Hookstead Green2,574 m²
Foxglove Green1,606 m²
Millennium Garden1,051 m²
Kennington Garden of Remembrance704 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Ashford?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Ashford: 173 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Ashford by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens173 hectares · 67 sites
Playing fields153 hectares · 69 sites
Other sports facilities42.8 hectares · 26 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds27.2 hectares · 60 sites
Cemeteries19.8 hectares · 22 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces17.8 hectares · 30 sites
Play spaces9.4 hectares · 100 sites
Bowling greens1.6 hectares · 6 sites
Tennis courts1.6 hectares · 19 sites
Golf coursesNot counted224 hectares · 6 sites

Does Ashford have a lot of green space?

About average. Ashford has 33 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 41 m² across Kent. More green space per resident than 54% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Ashford compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
AshfordThis area33 m² per resident
Kent41 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 33 m² for every resident adds up to 4.6 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.

Which parts of Ashford have the most green space?

Stone-cum-Ebony has the most green space per resident of the 45 areas of Ashford, at about 97 m² per resident. The labels place each area among every area in England and Wales, in fifths from Very Low to Very High.

Green space per resident in each area of Ashford
AreaPer resident
Stone-cum-EbonyVery High97 m² per resident
BrookVery High95 m² per resident
KenningtonVery High83 m² per resident
WarehorneVery High67 m² per resident
Wye with HinxhillVery High63 m² per resident
NewendenHigh60 m² per resident
BiddendenHigh59 m² per resident
MershamHigh53 m² per resident
EastwellHigh51 m² per resident
RolvendenHigh49 m² per resident
Sevington with FinberryHigh49 m² per resident
BilsingtonHigh48 m² per resident
AldingtonHigh48 m² per resident
AppledoreHigh45 m² per resident
WittershamHigh44 m² per resident
Little ChartHigh42 m² per resident
ChallockHigh39 m² per resident
RuckingeTypical35 m² per resident
SmeethTypical35 m² per resident
Boughton AluphTypical35 m² per resident
EgertonTypical33 m² per resident
CharingTypical32 m² per resident
KingsnorthTypical29 m² per resident
OrlestoneTypical29 m² per resident
South Willesborough and NewtownTypical27 m² per resident
Great Chart with SingletonTypical26 m² per resident
ChilhamTypical26 m² per resident
TenterdenTypical25 m² per resident
MolashLow23 m² per resident
WoodchurchLow22 m² per resident
PluckleyLow21 m² per resident
BethersdenLow20 m² per resident
BrabourneLow19 m² per resident
High HaldenLow18 m² per resident
ShadoxhurstLow16 m² per resident
HothfieldVery Low14 m² per resident
BonningtonVery Low13 m² per resident
KenardingtonVery Low13 m² per resident
CrundaleVery Low13 m² per resident
WestwellVery Low13 m² per resident
SmardenVery Low11 m² per resident
StanhopeVery Low11 m² per resident
HastingleighVery Low10 m² per resident
Godinton ParkVery Low6 m² per resident
GodmershamVery Low4 m² per resident

What else do people ask about Ashford?

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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 02:26 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Ashford dataset covers 5,842 postcodes.

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