How many parks and green spaces are in Harborough? 40 public parks
Harborough has 40 public parks among 410 green space sites. Green space covers 0.5% of the area: about 31 m² per resident, or 4.4 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 51% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 31 m²
- More green space than
- 51% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 4.4
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 HarboroughWhat are the largest parks in Harborough?
Welland Park is the largest public park in Harborough, at 9.7 hectares. 6 of the 40 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Welland Park | 9.7 hectares |
| Lutterworth Country Park | 7 hectares |
| Edith Cole Memorial Park | 1.7 hectares |
| The Green | 4,007 m² |
| The Green | 759 m² |
| The Green | 289 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Harborough?
Playing fields cover the most ground in Harborough: 131 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 131 hectares · 58 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 48 hectares · 40 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 45.3 hectares · 21 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 32.7 hectares · 86 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 29.3 hectares · 43 sites |
| Cemeteries | 17.5 hectares · 24 sites |
| Play spaces | 13.2 hectares · 99 sites |
| Bowling greens | 2.7 hectares · 10 sites |
| Tennis courts | 2.5 hectares · 24 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 223 hectares · 5 sites |
Does Harborough have a lot of green space?
About average. Harborough has 31 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 52 m² across Leicestershire. More green space per resident than 51% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| HarboroughThis area | 31 m² per resident |
| Leicestershire | 52 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 31 m² for every resident adds up to 4.4 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 Harborough have the most green space?
Nevill Holt has the most green space per resident of the 88 areas of Harborough, at about 1,517 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 |
|---|---|
| Nevill HoltVery High | 1,517 m² per resident |
| LowesbyVery High | 402 m² per resident |
| Illston on the HillVery High | 168 m² per resident |
| Bitteswell with BittesbyVery High | 126 m² per resident |
| StockerstonVery High | 91 m² per resident |
| CranoeVery High | 87 m² per resident |
| MedbourneVery High | 84 m² per resident |
| Claybrooke ParvaVery High | 81 m² per resident |
| HallatonVery High | 73 m² per resident |
| Stonton WyvilleVery High | 69 m² per resident |
| Great BowdenVery High | 68 m² per resident |
| Dunton BassettVery High | 67 m² per resident |
| East LangtonVery High | 66 m² per resident |
| MowsleyVery High | 64 m² per resident |
| BringhurstVery High | 62 m² per resident |
| Carlton CarlieuHigh | 60 m² per resident |
| Smeeton WesterbyHigh | 58 m² per resident |
| SwinfordHigh | 54 m² per resident |
| StoughtonHigh | 52 m² per resident |
| CotesbachHigh | 50 m² per resident |
| North KilworthHigh | 50 m² per resident |
| ScraptoftHigh | 50 m² per resident |
| South KilworthHigh | 50 m² per resident |
| Kibworth BeauchampHigh | 48 m² per resident |
| Little StrettonHigh | 45 m² per resident |
| GilmortonHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| BruntingthorpeHigh | 43 m² per resident |
| Husbands BosworthHigh | 43 m² per resident |
| WelhamHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| GloostonHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| FoxtonTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| ArnesbyTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| CatthorpeTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| Owston and NewboldTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| LutterworthTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| AllextonTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| Misterton with WalcoteTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| LoddingtonTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| SaddingtonTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| Ashby MagnaTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| BillesdonTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| HorningholdTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| KnaptoftTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| LeireLow | 24 m² per resident |
| King's NortonLow | 24 m² per resident |
| LaughtonLow | 23 m² per resident |
| Houghton on the HillLow | 23 m² per resident |
| TheddingworthLow | 21 m² per resident |
| UllesthorpeLow | 21 m² per resident |
| Willoughby WaterleysLow | 21 m² per resident |
| GaulbyLow | 20 m² per resident |
| GoadbyLow | 20 m² per resident |
| Great GlenLow | 19 m² per resident |
| Broughton AstleyLow | 19 m² per resident |
| East NortonLow | 18 m² per resident |
| SlawstonLow | 18 m² per resident |
| Tugby and KeythorpeLow | 18 m² per resident |
| Great EastonLow | 17 m² per resident |
| Kibworth HarcourtLow | 17 m² per resident |
| Ashby ParvaLow | 16 m² per resident |
| Kimcote and WaltonLow | 16 m² per resident |
| Claybrooke MagnaLow | 16 m² per resident |
| ShangtonLow | 16 m² per resident |
| FleckneyLow | 16 m² per resident |
| KeyhamLow | 16 m² per resident |
| Peatling MagnaLow | 15 m² per resident |
| Tilton on the Hill and HalsteadLow | 15 m² per resident |
| HungartonLow | 15 m² per resident |
| Thurnby and BushbyLow | 15 m² per resident |
| WistowVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| ShawellVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| LubenhamVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| Peatling ParvaVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| SkeffingtonVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| Thorpe LangtonVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| Burton OveryVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| FrolesworthVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| ShearsbyVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| Tur LangtonVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| GumleyVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| DraytonVery Low | 4 m² per resident |
| FrisbyVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| BlastonVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| MarefieldVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| RollestonVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| West LangtonVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| Cold NewtonVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| WithcoteVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Harborough?
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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 02:55 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Harborough dataset covers 3,451 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.