How many parks and green spaces are in Tunbridge Wells? 43 public parks
Tunbridge Wells has 43 public parks among 352 green space sites. Green space covers 1.2% of the area: about 33 m² per resident, or 4.7 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 55% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 33 m²
- More green space than
- 55% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 4.7
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 Tunbridge WellsWhat are the largest parks in Tunbridge Wells?
Dunorlan Park is the largest public park in Tunbridge Wells, at 22.1 hectares. 8 of the 43 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Dunorlan Park | 22.1 hectares |
| Grosvenor Recreation Ground | 14.3 hectares |
| Matfield Green | 1.8 hectares |
| The Green | 1.2 hectares |
| The Heath | 6,618 m² |
| Molyneux Park Gardens | 4,930 m² |
| Lower Green | 1,100 m² |
| Town Meadow | 271 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Tunbridge Wells?
Playing fields cover the most ground in Tunbridge Wells: 155 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 155 hectares · 64 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 82 hectares · 43 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 62.5 hectares · 33 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 35.9 hectares · 39 sites |
| Cemeteries | 25.4 hectares · 14 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 23.5 hectares · 48 sites |
| Play spaces | 7.1 hectares · 71 sites |
| Tennis courts | 5.8 hectares · 21 sites |
| Bowling greens | 3.4 hectares · 14 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 201 hectares · 5 sites |
Does Tunbridge Wells have a lot of green space?
About average. Tunbridge Wells has 33 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 55% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Tunbridge WellsThis area | 33 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. 33 m² for every resident adds up to 4.7 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 Tunbridge Wells have the most green space?
Goudhurst has the most green space per resident of the 16 areas of Tunbridge Wells, at about 81 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 |
|---|---|
| GoudhurstVery High | 81 m² per resident |
| CapelVery High | 80 m² per resident |
| Cranbrook & SissinghurstVery High | 66 m² per resident |
| FrittendenHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| SpeldhurstHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| LamberhurstHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| HawkhurstHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| SandhurstTypical | 37 m² per resident |
| BrenchleyTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| Paddock WoodTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| BenendenTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| HorsmondenTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| SouthboroughLow | 25 m² per resident |
| BidboroughLow | 23 m² per resident |
| PemburyLow | 19 m² per resident |
| RusthallLow | 16 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Tunbridge Wells?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Tunbridge Wells.
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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 Tunbridge Wells dataset covers 5,487 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.