How many parks and green spaces are in Barnoldswick? 5 public parks

Barnoldswick has 5 public parks among 31 green space sites. Green space covers 4.6% of the area: about 29 m² per resident, or 4.1 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 52% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
29 m²
Less green space than
52% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
4.1

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

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What are the largest parks in Barnoldswick?

Letcliffe Park is the largest public park in Barnoldswick, at 4.6 hectares. 1 of the 5 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Barnoldswick
ParkSize
Letcliffe Park4.6 hectares

What kinds of green space are there in Barnoldswick?

Playing fields cover the most ground in Barnoldswick: 12.5 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Barnoldswick by type
TypeArea
Playing fields12.5 hectares · 1 site
Other sports facilities6.8 hectares · 3 sites
Public parks and gardens6.6 hectares · 5 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces2.8 hectares · 9 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds1.8 hectares · 2 sites
Cemeteries9,997 m² · 1 site
Play spaces4,764 m² · 8 sites
Bowling greens1,689 m² · 1 site
Tennis courts1,201 m² · 1 site
Golf coursesNot counted1,833 m² · 0 sites

Does Barnoldswick have a lot of green space?

About average. Barnoldswick has 29 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 43 m² across Pendle. Less green space per resident than 52% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Barnoldswick compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
BarnoldswickThis area29 m² per resident
Pendle43 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 29 m² for every resident adds up to 4.1 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 Barnoldswick?

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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 03:41 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Barnoldswick dataset covers 743 postcodes.

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