How many parks and green spaces are in Ribble Valley? 21 public parks
Ribble Valley has 21 public parks among 249 green space sites. Green space covers 0.3% of the area: about 29 m² per resident, or 4 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 53% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 29 m²
- Less green space than
- 53% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 4
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 Ribble ValleyWhat are the largest parks in Ribble Valley?
Brungerley Park is the largest public park in Ribble Valley, at 12.4 hectares. 7 of the 21 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Brungerley Park | 12.4 hectares |
| Primrose Nature Reserve | 4.4 hectares |
| Henthorn Park | 1.6 hectares |
| Towneley Gardens | 6,184 m² |
| The Green | 3,126 m² |
| Ribble Valley Rememberence Park | 1,854 m² |
| Vale Gardens | 873 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Ribble Valley?
Playing fields cover the most ground in Ribble Valley: 78.6 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 78.6 hectares · 41 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 37.9 hectares · 21 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 21 hectares · 21 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 20.5 hectares · 41 sites |
| Cemeteries | 11.2 hectares · 19 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 9.6 hectares · 20 sites |
| Play spaces | 6.5 hectares · 57 sites |
| Bowling greens | 2.7 hectares · 14 sites |
| Tennis courts | 1 hectares · 9 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 190 hectares · 6 sites |
Does Ribble Valley have a lot of green space?
About average. Ribble Valley has 29 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 38 m² across Lancashire. Less green space per resident than 53% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Ribble ValleyThis area | 29 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. 29 m² for every resident adds up to 4 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 Ribble Valley have the most green space?
Easington has the most green space per resident of the 49 areas of Ribble Valley, at about 95 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 |
|---|---|
| EasingtonVery High | 95 m² per resident |
| SalesburyVery High | 91 m² per resident |
| OsbaldestonVery High | 75 m² per resident |
| Thornley-with-WheatleyVery High | 73 m² per resident |
| ChippingHigh | 53 m² per resident |
| PendletonHigh | 53 m² per resident |
| Bolton-by-BowlandHigh | 48 m² per resident |
| Bowland Forest HighHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| Great MittonHigh | 42 m² per resident |
| ReadHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| RimingtonHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| ClitheroeHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| GisburnHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| RamsgreaveTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| Aighton, Bailey and ChaigleyTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| WhalleyTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| WaddingtonTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| RibchesterTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| ChatburnTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| Billington and LanghoTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| SlaidburnTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| MellorTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| West BradfordTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| GrindletonLow | 23 m² per resident |
| LongridgeLow | 22 m² per resident |
| SabdenLow | 18 m² per resident |
| BalderstoneLow | 16 m² per resident |
| Bowland Forest LowLow | 15 m² per resident |
| Gisburn ForestVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| SimonstoneVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| Clayton-le-DaleVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| TwistonVery Low | 6 m² per resident |
| DuttonVery Low | 6 m² per resident |
| SawleyVery Low | 4 m² per resident |
| BarrowVery Low | 3 m² per resident |
| WilpshireVery Low | 3 m² per resident |
| NewtonVery Low | 1 m² per resident |
| Bowland-with-LeagramVery Low | under 1 m² per resident |
| HortonVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| DinckleyVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| WiswellVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| PaythorneVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| Bashall EavesVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| Little MittonVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| MearleyVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| WorstonVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| HothersallVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| MiddopVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| NewsholmeVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Ribble Valley?
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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 02:36 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Ribble Valley dataset covers 2,658 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.