How many parks and green spaces are in Pendle? 31 public parks
Pendle has 31 public parks among 296 green space sites. Green space covers 2.4% of the area: about 43 m² per resident, or 6 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 67% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 43 m²
- More green space than
- 67% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 6
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 PendleWhat are the largest parks in Pendle?
Wycoller Country Park is the largest public park in Pendle, at 143 hectares. 15 of the 31 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Wycoller Country Park | 143 hectares |
| Alkincoats Park | 17.2 hectares |
| Marsden Park | 11.6 hectares |
| Langroyd Country Park | 9.9 hectares |
| Victoria Park | 8.4 hectares |
| Walverden Park | 6.6 hectares |
| Ball Grove Park | 4.8 hectares |
| Letcliffe Park | 4.6 hectares |
| Barrowford Park | 4.5 hectares |
| Greenfield Nature Reserve | 2.2 hectares |
| Heyhead Park | 2.1 hectares |
| Pendle View Gardens | 1,341 m² |
| The Park | 1,175 m² |
| The Garden Project | 1,009 m² |
| Brierfield Peace Garden | 63 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Pendle?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Pendle: 229 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 229 hectares · 31 sites |
| Playing fields | 74.8 hectares · 28 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 43.2 hectares · 72 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 31 hectares · 35 sites |
| Cemeteries | 17.3 hectares · 16 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 14.8 hectares · 31 sites |
| Play spaces | 3.9 hectares · 53 sites |
| Bowling greens | 3.1 hectares · 14 sites |
| Tennis courts | 8,837 m² · 12 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 116 hectares · 4 sites |
Does Pendle have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. Pendle has 43 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 38 m² across Lancashire. More green space per resident than 67% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| PendleThis area | 43 m² per resident |
| Lancashire | 38 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 43 m² for every resident adds up to 6 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 Pendle have the most green space?
Trawden Forest has the most green space per resident of the 19 areas of Pendle, at about 567 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 |
|---|---|
| Trawden ForestVery High | 567 m² per resident |
| Reedley HallowsHigh | 58 m² per resident |
| Goldshaw BoothHigh | 50 m² per resident |
| Barley-with-Wheatley BoothHigh | 47 m² per resident |
| BarrowfordHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| ColneTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| Old Laund BoothTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| BarnoldswickTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| FoulridgeTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| Higham-with-West Close BoothLow | 25 m² per resident |
| NelsonLow | 24 m² per resident |
| BlackoLow | 23 m² per resident |
| EarbyLow | 22 m² per resident |
| Bracewell and BrogdenLow | 18 m² per resident |
| BrierfieldLow | 17 m² per resident |
| SalterforthLow | 15 m² per resident |
| Kelbrook and SoughVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| Laneshaw BridgeVery Low | 6 m² per resident |
| Roughlee BoothVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Pendle?
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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 02:37 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Pendle dataset covers 4,293 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.