How many parks and green spaces are in Swale? 61 public parks
Swale has 61 public parks among 421 green space sites. Green space covers 1.1% of the area: about 31 m² per resident, or 4.3 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 50% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 31 m²
- More green space than
- 50% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 4.3
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 SwaleWhat are the largest parks in Swale?
Milton Creek Country Park is the largest public park in Swale, at 44.7 hectares. 16 of the 61 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Milton Creek Country Park | 44.7 hectares |
| Barton's Point | 31.2 hectares |
| Leysdown Coastal Park | 28.4 hectares |
| Oare Gunpowder Works Country Park | 15.9 hectares |
| The Glen | 9 hectares |
| Faversham Lakes Country Park | 8.5 hectares |
| Garden of England Crematorium and Memorial Gardens | 6.2 hectares |
| Badlesmere Lees | 4.1 hectares |
| Faversham and Mid Kent Memorial Park and Crematorium | 3.5 hectares |
| Johnson House Gardens | 1.7 hectares |
| Rosemary Avenue Open Space | 8,420 m² |
| The Paddock | 7,667 m² |
| The Spinney | 5,433 m² |
| Murston Heart Creative Community Hub | 2,227 m² |
| Queenborough Park | 1,491 m² |
| Warden Community Garden | 1,161 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Swale?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Swale: 200 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 200 hectares · 61 sites |
| Playing fields | 137 hectares · 72 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 71.6 hectares · 35 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 27.3 hectares · 33 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 21.3 hectares · 49 sites |
| Cemeteries | 20.2 hectares · 17 sites |
| Play spaces | 10.1 hectares · 124 sites |
| Bowling greens | 3 hectares · 11 sites |
| Tennis courts | 2.1 hectares · 11 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 288 hectares · 8 sites |
Does Swale have a lot of green space?
About average. Swale has 31 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 50% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| SwaleThis area | 31 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. 31 m² for every resident adds up to 4.3 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 Swale have the most green space?
Badlesmere has the most green space per resident of the 39 areas of Swale, at about 372 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 |
|---|---|
| BadlesmereVery High | 372 m² per resident |
| LeysdownVery High | 189 m² per resident |
| ThrowleyVery High | 186 m² per resident |
| Norton, Buckland and StoneVery High | 95 m² per resident |
| MilsteadVery High | 94 m² per resident |
| TunstallVery High | 71 m² per resident |
| HernhillVery High | 68 m² per resident |
| NewnhamHigh | 58 m² per resident |
| OspringeHigh | 57 m² per resident |
| BapchildHigh | 57 m² per resident |
| Boughton under BleanHigh | 50 m² per resident |
| SheldwichHigh | 50 m² per resident |
| RodmershamHigh | 46 m² per resident |
| BobbingHigh | 45 m² per resident |
| UpchurchHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| DoddingtonHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| Minster-on-SeaTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| HartlipTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| FavershamTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| LuddenhamTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| BredgarTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| NewingtonTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| SellingLow | 22 m² per resident |
| OareLow | 21 m² per resident |
| QueenboroughLow | 20 m² per resident |
| StalisfieldLow | 20 m² per resident |
| Lynsted with KingsdownLow | 17 m² per resident |
| TongeLow | 16 m² per resident |
| BordenLow | 16 m² per resident |
| LeavelandLow | 15 m² per resident |
| EastchurchLow | 15 m² per resident |
| SheernessVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| Graveney with GoodnestoneVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| WardenVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| Lower HalstowVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| IwadeVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| EastlingVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| TeynhamVery Low | 6 m² per resident |
| DunkirkVery Low | 3 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Swale?
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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 02:27 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Swale dataset covers 5,222 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.