How many parks and green spaces are in Charing? 3 public parks

Charing has 3 public parks among 16 green space sites. Green space covers 0.4% of the area: about 32 m² per resident, or 4.5 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 53% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
32 m²
More green space than
53% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
4.5

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 Charing?

Charing Alderbed Meadow is the largest public park in Charing, at 2.7 hectares. 2 of the 3 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Charing
ParkSize
Charing Alderbed Meadow2.7 hectares
Deal Field Shaw1.1 hectares

What kinds of green space are there in Charing?

Playing fields cover the most ground in Charing: 4.2 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Charing by type
TypeArea
Playing fields4.2 hectares · 2 sites
Public parks and gardens3.9 hectares · 3 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds9,184 m² · 2 sites
Cemeteries6,820 m² · 1 site
Play spaces2,952 m² · 5 sites
Bowling greens2,469 m² · 1 site
Allotments and community growing spaces1,445 m² · 1 site
Tennis courts1,049 m² · 1 site

Does Charing have a lot of green space?

About average. Charing has 32 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 33 m² across Ashford. More green space per resident than 53% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Charing compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
CharingThis area32 m² per resident
Ashford33 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 32 m² for every resident adds up to 4.5 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 Charing?

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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 03:36 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Charing dataset covers 149 postcodes.

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