How many parks and green spaces are in Barrow upon Soar? 4 public parks
Barrow upon Soar has 4 public parks among 21 green space sites. Green space covers 2.0% of the area: about 30 m² per resident, or 4.2 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 51% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 30 m²
- Less green space than
- 51% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 4.2
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 Barrow upon SoarWhat are the largest parks in Barrow upon Soar?
Barrow upon Soar Millennium Park is the largest public park in Barrow upon Soar, at 2.2 hectares. 1 of the 4 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Barrow upon Soar Millennium Park | 2.2 hectares |
What kinds of green space are there in Barrow upon Soar?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Barrow upon Soar: 9.6 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 9.6 hectares · 4 sites |
| Playing fields | 6.6 hectares · 3 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 1.9 hectares · 3 sites |
| Cemeteries | 1.2 hectares · 1 site |
| Play spaces | 8,177 m² · 7 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 5,099 m² · 1 site |
| Other sports facilities | 388 m² · 2 sites |
Does Barrow upon Soar have a lot of green space?
About average. Barrow upon Soar has 30 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 76 m² across Charnwood. Less green space per resident than 51% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Barrow upon SoarThis area | 30 m² per resident |
| Charnwood | 76 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 30 m² for every resident adds up to 4.2 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 Barrow upon Soar?
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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 03:49 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Barrow upon Soar dataset covers 149 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.