How many parks and green spaces are in Dover? 41 public parks
Dover has 41 public parks among 368 green space sites. Green space covers 1.5% 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 DoverWhat are the largest parks in Dover?
Betteshanger Park is the largest public park in Dover, at 91.3 hectares. 19 of the 41 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Betteshanger Park | 91.3 hectares |
| Samphire Hoe Country Park | 31.7 hectares |
| Kearsney Park (Russell Gardens) | 13.5 hectares |
| Fair Field | 9.8 hectares |
| Connaught Park | 8.7 hectares |
| Bushy Ruff | 4.9 hectares |
| Walmer Green | 4.6 hectares |
| Hawkshill Common | 3.1 hectares |
| The Pines Garden | 2.5 hectares |
| Victoria Park | 1.7 hectares |
| Pencester Gardens | 1.3 hectares |
| Marine Parade Gardens | 7,726 m² |
| Guston Green | 3,901 m² |
| The Green | 3,687 m² |
| Granville Gardens | 2,940 m² |
| Memorial Ground | 2,561 m² |
| Maison Dieu Gardens | 1,785 m² |
| The Green | 961 m² |
| Charlton Green | 419 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Dover?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Dover: 238 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 238 hectares · 41 sites |
| Playing fields | 105 hectares · 48 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 57.5 hectares · 30 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 30.6 hectares · 66 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 26.2 hectares · 39 sites |
| Cemeteries | 23.6 hectares · 22 sites |
| Play spaces | 7 hectares · 91 sites |
| Bowling greens | 3.2 hectares · 13 sites |
| Tennis courts | 2.7 hectares · 14 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 398 hectares · 4 sites |
Does Dover have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. Dover has 41 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 66% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| DoverThis area | 41 m² per resident |
| Kent | 41 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 Dover have the most green space?
Sholden has the most green space per resident of the 35 areas of Dover, at about 423 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 |
|---|---|
| SholdenVery High | 423 m² per resident |
| GoodnestoneVery High | 373 m² per resident |
| CastleVery High | 98 m² per resident |
| LangdonVery High | 96 m² per resident |
| TilmanstoneVery High | 74 m² per resident |
| AlkhamVery High | 71 m² per resident |
| Temple EwellVery High | 66 m² per resident |
| GustonHigh | 55 m² per resident |
| NorthbourneHigh | 53 m² per resident |
| SandwichHigh | 52 m² per resident |
| Denton with WoottonHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| NoningtonHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| RiverHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| EastryHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| EythorneHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| WalmerTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| PrestonTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| SuttonTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| StapleTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| St. Margaret's at CliffeTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| Shepherdswell with ColdredTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| WorthLow | 25 m² per resident |
| AshLow | 23 m² per resident |
| WhitfieldLow | 23 m² per resident |
| Capel-le-FerneLow | 23 m² per resident |
| WinghamLow | 22 m² per resident |
| LyddenLow | 18 m² per resident |
| AyleshamLow | 17 m² per resident |
| DealLow | 17 m² per resident |
| Hougham WithoutVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| Ringwould with KingsdownVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| RippleVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
| StourmouthVery Low | 7 m² per resident |
| WoodnesboroughVery Low | 7 m² per resident |
| Great MongehamVery Low | 6 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Dover?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Dover.
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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 02:29 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Dover dataset covers 4,881 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.