How many parks and green spaces are in Colne? 7 public parks

Colne has 7 public parks among 66 green space sites. Green space covers 5.8% of the area: about 35 m² per resident, or 4.9 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 58% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
35 m²
More green space than
58% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
4.9

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

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What are the largest parks in Colne?

Alkincoats Park is the largest public park in Colne, at 17.2 hectares. 5 of the 7 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Colne
ParkSize
Alkincoats Park17.2 hectares
Langroyd Country Park9.9 hectares
Greenfield Nature Reserve2.2 hectares
Pendle View Gardens1,341 m²
The Park1,175 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Colne?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Colne: 31.7 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Colne by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens31.7 hectares · 7 sites
Playing fields19.5 hectares · 4 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces5.6 hectares · 25 sites
Cemeteries5.6 hectares · 2 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds1.5 hectares · 6 sites
Other sports facilities9,068 m² · 6 sites
Bowling greens7,000 m² · 3 sites
Play spaces4,646 m² · 10 sites
Tennis courts2,399 m² · 2 sites
Golf coursesNot counted19.3 hectares · 1 site

Does Colne have a lot of green space?

About average. Colne has 35 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 43 m² across Pendle. More green space per resident than 58% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Colne compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
ColneThis area35 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. 35 m² for every resident adds up to 4.9 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 Colne?

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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 Colne dataset covers 677 postcodes.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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