How many parks and green spaces are in Maidstone? 49 public parks
Maidstone has 49 public parks among 448 green space sites. Green space covers 1.6% of the area: about 37 m² per resident, or 5.1 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 60% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 37 m²
- More green space than
- 60% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 5.1
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 MaidstoneWhat are the largest parks in Maidstone?
Mote Park is the largest public park in Maidstone, at 174 hectares. 20 of the 49 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Mote Park | 174 hectares |
| White Horse Wood | 29.4 hectares |
| Vinters Park | 24.4 hectares |
| Invicta Park | 15.5 hectares |
| Cobtree Manor Park | 14.7 hectares |
| Hayle Park Nature Reserve | 14.6 hectares |
| Teston Bridge | 12.6 hectares |
| Whatman Park | 9.8 hectares |
| Allington Open Space | 8 hectares |
| Yalding Organic Gardens | 5.2 hectares |
| The Green | 1.9 hectares |
| Brenchley Gardens | 1.6 hectares |
| Dickens Gate Wildlife Area | 1.5 hectares |
| Palace Gardens | 1.5 hectares |
| Cherry Downs | 1.3 hectares |
| Collis Memorial Ground | 8,724 m² |
| Weavering Diamond Jubilee Orchard | 6,179 m² |
| Trinity Park | 3,484 m² |
| The Green | 2,704 m² |
| The Green | 453 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Maidstone?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Maidstone: 355 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 355 hectares · 49 sites |
| Playing fields | 149 hectares · 67 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 68 hectares · 33 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 32 hectares · 39 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 25.4 hectares · 55 sites |
| Cemeteries | 24.2 hectares · 16 sites |
| Play spaces | 10.4 hectares · 149 sites |
| Bowling greens | 3.2 hectares · 13 sites |
| Tennis courts | 2.9 hectares · 20 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 274 hectares · 7 sites |
Does Maidstone have a lot of green space?
About average. Maidstone has 37 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 60% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| MaidstoneThis area | 37 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. 37 m² for every resident adds up to 5.1 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 Maidstone have the most green space?
Frinsted has the most green space per resident of the 42 areas of Maidstone, at about 303 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 |
|---|---|
| FrinstedVery High | 303 m² per resident |
| ThurnhamVery High | 258 m² per resident |
| TestonVery High | 225 m² per resident |
| Sutton ValenceVery High | 132 m² per resident |
| YaldingVery High | 103 m² per resident |
| OtterdenVery High | 95 m² per resident |
| LeedsVery High | 90 m² per resident |
| OthamVery High | 83 m² per resident |
| East SuttonVery High | 79 m² per resident |
| Chart SuttonVery High | 79 m² per resident |
| LintonHigh | 53 m² per resident |
| HuntonHigh | 52 m² per resident |
| UlcombeHigh | 51 m² per resident |
| BoxleyHigh | 47 m² per resident |
| TovilHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| BicknorHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| HollingbourneTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| Collier StreetTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| MardenTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| StockburyTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| NettlesteadTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| BredhurstTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| WormshillLow | 25 m² per resident |
| LangleyLow | 24 m² per resident |
| East FarleighLow | 23 m² per resident |
| HuckingLow | 23 m² per resident |
| LenhamLow | 22 m² per resident |
| Broomfield and KingswoodLow | 22 m² per resident |
| West FarleighLow | 22 m² per resident |
| StaplehurstLow | 20 m² per resident |
| BarmingLow | 19 m² per resident |
| LooseLow | 18 m² per resident |
| HeadcornLow | 17 m² per resident |
| DetlingLow | 17 m² per resident |
| WichlingLow | 16 m² per resident |
| HarrietshamVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| Boughton MonchelseaVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| Boughton MalherbeVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
| CoxheathVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
| BearstedVery Low | 7 m² per resident |
| DownswoodVery Low | 7 m² per resident |
| Very Low | 0 m² per resident |
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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 02:28 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Maidstone dataset covers 7,076 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.