How many parks and green spaces are in Margate? 19 public parks
Margate has 19 public parks among 67 green space sites. Green space covers 9.2% of the area: about 28 m² per resident, or 3.9 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 54% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 28 m²
- Less green space than
- 54% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 3.9
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 MargateWhat are the largest parks in Margate?
Tivoli Park is the largest public park in Margate, at 10 hectares. 9 of the 19 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Tivoli Park | 10 hectares |
| Dane Park | 9.3 hectares |
| The Oval | 1.7 hectares |
| Westcliff Gardens | 8,119 m² |
| Hawley Square | 6,026 m² |
| Sunken Garden | 5,753 m² |
| War Memorial Gardens | 5,347 m² |
| Fort Green | 5,223 m² |
| Marine Gardens | 2,441 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Margate?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Margate: 67.5 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 67.5 hectares · 19 sites |
| Playing fields | 19.6 hectares · 5 sites |
| Cemeteries | 13.8 hectares · 2 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 11.4 hectares · 10 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 10.5 hectares · 4 sites |
| Bowling greens | 2.8 hectares · 4 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 2.4 hectares · 7 sites |
| Tennis courts | 9,941 m² · 3 sites |
| Play spaces | 9,921 m² · 13 sites |
Does Margate have a lot of green space?
About average. Margate has 28 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 24 m² across Thanet. Less green space per resident than 54% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| MargateThis area | 28 m² per resident |
| Thanet | 24 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 28 m² for every resident adds up to 3.9 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 Margate?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Margate.
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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 03:37 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Margate dataset covers 1,721 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.