How many parks and green spaces are in Thanet? 62 public parks
Thanet has 62 public parks among 258 green space sites. Green space covers 3.0% of the area: about 24 m² per resident, or 3.3 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 62% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 24 m²
- Less green space than
- 62% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 3.3
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 ThanetWhat are the largest parks in Thanet?
Pegwell Bay Country Park is the largest public park in Thanet, at 25 hectares. These are the 25 largest of 28 named public parks.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Pegwell Bay Country Park | 25 hectares |
| Tivoli Park | 10 hectares |
| Dane Park | 9.3 hectares |
| King George VI Memorial Park | 8.1 hectares |
| Ellington Park | 4.8 hectares |
| The Gardens | 3.7 hectares |
| Abbey Green | 2.4 hectares |
| The Oval | 1.7 hectares |
| Victoria Gardens | 1.7 hectares |
| Manston Park | 1.6 hectares |
| Nethercourt Park | 1.4 hectares |
| Government Acre | 1.3 hectares |
| Westcliff Gardens | 8,119 m² |
| Winterstoke Gardens | 7,517 m² |
| Court Stairs Park | 6,900 m² |
| Hawley Square | 6,026 m² |
| Sunken Garden | 5,753 m² |
| War Memorial Gardens | 5,347 m² |
| Fort Green | 5,223 m² |
| Albion Place Gardens | 4,083 m² |
| The Copse | 3,099 m² |
| The Rose Garden | 3,048 m² |
| Marine Gardens | 2,441 m² |
| Ethelbert Square | 1,972 m² |
| The Allied Forces Memorial Garden | 1,216 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Thanet?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Thanet: 144 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 144 hectares · 62 sites |
| Playing fields | 78.9 hectares · 25 sites |
| Cemeteries | 33.8 hectares · 9 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 31.6 hectares · 25 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 25 hectares · 18 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 17.3 hectares · 35 sites |
| Bowling greens | 5.2 hectares · 10 sites |
| Play spaces | 4.5 hectares · 60 sites |
| Tennis courts | 2.7 hectares · 10 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 166 hectares · 4 sites |
Does Thanet have a lot of green space?
A bit less than most areas. Thanet has 24 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 41 m² across Kent. Less green space per resident than 62% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| ThanetThis area | 24 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. 24 m² for every resident adds up to 3.3 football pitches of parks, playing fields and other public green space for every 1,000 people.
Low means the second-lowest 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 Thanet have the most green space?
Cliffsend has the most green space per resident of the 12 areas of Thanet, at about 152 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 |
|---|---|
| CliffsendVery High | 152 m² per resident |
| AcolVery High | 119 m² per resident |
| ManstonVery High | 72 m² per resident |
| MonktonVery High | 65 m² per resident |
| St Nicholas-at-WadeTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| MinsterTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| MargateTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| RamsgateLow | 18 m² per resident |
| Westgate-on-SeaLow | 16 m² per resident |
| BirchingtonLow | 15 m² per resident |
| Broadstairs and St PetersVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| SarreVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Thanet?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Thanet.
- What is the average house price in Thanet?
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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 Thanet dataset covers 5,267 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.