How many parks and green spaces are in West Lancashire? 35 public parks
West Lancashire has 35 public parks among 325 green space sites. Green space covers 1.4% of the area: about 46 m² per resident, or 6.4 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 70% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 46 m²
- More green space than
- 70% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 6.4
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 West LancashireWhat are the largest parks in West Lancashire?
Beacon Park is the largest public park in West Lancashire, at 139 hectares. 16 of the 35 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Beacon Park | 139 hectares |
| Tawd Valley Park | 70.5 hectares |
| Elmers Green Common | 20.8 hectares |
| Hillside Playing Fields | 12 hectares |
| Burscough Brickpits | 7.3 hectares |
| Coronation Park | 6.4 hectares |
| Kiln Lane Playing Fields | 3.8 hectares |
| Chequer Lane Playing Fields | 1.2 hectares |
| Shirdley Hill Village Green | 9,376 m² |
| Sandfield Park | 9,193 m² |
| Stanley Coronation Park | 7,777 m² |
| St Helens Road Park | 4,831 m² |
| Halsall Wildlife and Nature Area | 4,287 m² |
| Halsall Lane Park | 4,187 m² |
| The Green | 1,134 m² |
| Helmsdale Community Garden | 870 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in West Lancashire?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in West Lancashire: 299 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 299 hectares · 35 sites |
| Playing fields | 128 hectares · 44 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 60.4 hectares · 37 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 26.3 hectares · 41 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 15.9 hectares · 24 sites |
| Play spaces | 8.9 hectares · 101 sites |
| Bowling greens | 4.9 hectares · 23 sites |
| Cemeteries | 1.9 hectares · 5 sites |
| Tennis courts | 1.4 hectares · 8 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 262 hectares · 7 sites |
Does West Lancashire have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. West Lancashire has 46 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 70% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| West LancashireThis area | 46 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. 46 m² for every resident adds up to 6.4 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 West Lancashire have the most green space?
Skelmersdale has the most green space per resident of the 22 areas of West Lancashire, at about 84 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 |
|---|---|
| SkelmersdaleVery High | 84 m² per resident |
| DaltonVery High | 67 m² per resident |
| Up HollandVery High | 66 m² per resident |
| HalsallHigh | 42 m² per resident |
| HilldaleTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| Lathom SouthTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| RuffordTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| TarletonLow | 24 m² per resident |
| BickerstaffeLow | 23 m² per resident |
| BurscoughLow | 23 m² per resident |
| NewburghLow | 23 m² per resident |
| Hesketh-with-BecconsallLow | 23 m² per resident |
| ParboldLow | 22 m² per resident |
| Great AltcarLow | 22 m² per resident |
| AughtonLow | 20 m² per resident |
| WrightingtonLow | 18 m² per resident |
| North MeolsLow | 15 m² per resident |
| ScarisbrickVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| DownhollandVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| BisphamVery Low | under 1 m² per resident |
| SimonswoodVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| LathomVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about West Lancashire?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in West Lancashire.
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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 West Lancashire dataset covers 3,771 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.