How many parks and green spaces are in Tonbridge and Malling? 41 public parks
Tonbridge and Malling has 41 public parks among 366 green space sites. Green space covers 3.2% of the area: about 58 m² per resident, or 8.1 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 79% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 58 m²
- More green space than
- 79% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 8.1
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 Tonbridge and MallingWhat are the largest parks in Tonbridge and Malling?
Leybourne Lakes Country Park is the largest public park in Tonbridge and Malling, at 109 hectares. 8 of the 41 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Leybourne Lakes Country Park | 109 hectares |
| Hop Farm Country Park | 87.6 hectares |
| Trosley Country Park | 65.3 hectares |
| Manor Park Country Park | 20.6 hectares |
| The Common | 9.6 hectares |
| Leybourne Chase | 7.2 hectares |
| Podkin Meadow | 2.4 hectares |
| The Green | 2,172 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Tonbridge and Malling?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Tonbridge and Malling: 402 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 402 hectares · 41 sites |
| Playing fields | 185 hectares · 57 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 121 hectares · 41 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 24.7 hectares · 37 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 23.4 hectares · 42 sites |
| Cemeteries | 14.6 hectares · 9 sites |
| Play spaces | 11.4 hectares · 100 sites |
| Bowling greens | 2.8 hectares · 9 sites |
| Tennis courts | 2.8 hectares · 23 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 357 hectares · 7 sites |
Does Tonbridge and Malling have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. Tonbridge and Malling has 58 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 79% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Tonbridge and MallingThis area | 58 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. 58 m² for every resident adds up to 8.1 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 Tonbridge and Malling have the most green space?
Trottiscliffe has the most green space per resident of the 27 areas of Tonbridge and Malling, at about 1,062 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 |
|---|---|
| TrottiscliffeVery High | 1,062 m² per resident |
| ShipbourneVery High | 292 m² per resident |
| East PeckhamVery High | 235 m² per resident |
| West MallingVery High | 123 m² per resident |
| East Malling and LarkfieldVery High | 82 m² per resident |
| RyarshVery High | 74 m² per resident |
| WrothamVery High | 69 m² per resident |
| DittonVery High | 63 m² per resident |
| StanstedVery High | 62 m² per resident |
| OffhamHigh | 49 m² per resident |
| AylesfordHigh | 43 m² per resident |
| WouldhamHigh | 43 m² per resident |
| LeybourneHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| SnodlandTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| MereworthTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| PlaxtolTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| AddingtonTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| PlattTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| Kings HillTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| IghthamTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| BurhamTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| HildenboroughTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| WateringburyTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| HadlowLow | 23 m² per resident |
| West PeckhamLow | 15 m² per resident |
| BirlingVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| Borough GreenVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Tonbridge and Malling?
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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 Tonbridge and Malling dataset covers 5,507 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.