How many parks and green spaces are in Melton? 20 public parks
Melton has 20 public parks among 271 green space sites. Green space covers 0.6% of the area: about 53 m² per resident, or 7.5 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 76% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 53 m²
- More green space than
- 76% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 7.5
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 MeltonWhat are the largest parks in Melton?
Melton Country Park is the largest public park in Melton, at 54.8 hectares. 11 of the 20 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Melton Country Park | 54.8 hectares |
| Burrough Hill Country Park | 33.7 hectares |
| New Park | 6 hectares |
| Kirby Fields Park | 4.1 hectares |
| Wilton Park | 1.5 hectares |
| Egerton Lodge Memorial Gardens | 1.2 hectares |
| The Green | 3,205 m² |
| Village Green | 1,793 m² |
| The Green | 922 m² |
| Bottesford Friendly Garden | 356 m² |
| The Green | 270 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Melton?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Melton: 105 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 105 hectares · 20 sites |
| Playing fields | 97.3 hectares · 47 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 22.2 hectares · 12 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 21.4 hectares · 63 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 20.5 hectares · 39 sites |
| Cemeteries | 8.7 hectares · 19 sites |
| Play spaces | 5.5 hectares · 54 sites |
| Bowling greens | 2.5 hectares · 6 sites |
| Tennis courts | 1.4 hectares · 7 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 170 hectares · 4 sites |
Does Melton have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. Melton has 53 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 76% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| MeltonThis area | 53 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. 53 m² for every resident adds up to 7.5 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 Melton have the most green space?
Somerby has the most green space per resident of the 26 areas of Melton, at about 273 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 |
|---|---|
| SomerbyVery High | 273 m² per resident |
| BelvoirVery High | 179 m² per resident |
| Burton and DalbyVery High | 163 m² per resident |
| BuckminsterVery High | 135 m² per resident |
| Hoby with RotherbyVery High | 124 m² per resident |
| GaddesbyVery High | 120 m² per resident |
| Knossington and Cold OvertonVery High | 96 m² per resident |
| GarthorpeVery High | 85 m² per resident |
| EatonVery High | 72 m² per resident |
| WymondhamVery High | 67 m² per resident |
| Ab KettlebyVery High | 64 m² per resident |
| Croxton KerrialHigh | 58 m² per resident |
| Waltham on the Wolds and Thorpe ArnoldHigh | 50 m² per resident |
| AsfordbyHigh | 48 m² per resident |
| BottesfordHigh | 48 m² per resident |
| SproxtonHigh | 46 m² per resident |
| Frisby on the WreakeHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| ScalfordHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| Clawson, Hose and HarbyHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| FreebyTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| RedmileTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| Broughton and Old DalbyTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| Twyford and ThorpeLow | 20 m² per resident |
| StathernLow | 17 m² per resident |
| GrimstonLow | 15 m² per resident |
| Kirby BellarsVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Melton?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Melton.
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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 Melton dataset covers 1,937 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.