How many parks and green spaces are in North Kesteven? 44 public parks
North Kesteven has 44 public parks among 457 green space sites. Green space covers 0.3% of the area: about 26 m² per resident, or 3.6 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 58% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 26 m²
- Less green space than
- 58% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 3.6
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 North KestevenWhat are the largest parks in North Kesteven?
Castle Field is the largest public park in North Kesteven, at 2.4 hectares. 12 of the 44 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Castle Field | 2.4 hectares |
| Greylees Orchard | 2.1 hectares |
| Royal Air Force College Cranwell | 1.6 hectares |
| Hykeham Green | 1.2 hectares |
| The Jungle Conservation Area | 1.2 hectares |
| Swinderby Playground | 8,704 m² |
| Glebe Park | 8,099 m² |
| Gregson Green | 2,388 m² |
| Village Green | 2,382 m² |
| Market Place | 1,754 m² |
| The Green | 1,620 m² |
| Hensons Lawn | 575 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in North Kesteven?
Playing fields cover the most ground in North Kesteven: 161 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 161 hectares · 66 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 31.2 hectares · 89 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 29.3 hectares · 29 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 29 hectares · 44 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 28.9 hectares · 35 sites |
| Cemeteries | 20.3 hectares · 27 sites |
| Play spaces | 13.9 hectares · 116 sites |
| Bowling greens | 7.3 hectares · 29 sites |
| Tennis courts | 1.9 hectares · 15 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 258 hectares · 7 sites |
Does North Kesteven have a lot of green space?
About average. North Kesteven has 26 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 30 m² across Lincolnshire. Less green space per resident than 58% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| North KestevenThis area | 26 m² per resident |
| Lincolnshire | 30 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 26 m² for every resident adds up to 3.6 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 North Kesteven have the most green space?
Leadenham has the most green space per resident of the 75 areas of North Kesteven, at about 408 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 |
|---|---|
| LeadenhamVery High | 408 m² per resident |
| CanwickVery High | 142 m² per resident |
| Aswarby and SwarbyVery High | 101 m² per resident |
| WilsfordVery High | 90 m² per resident |
| ScopwickVery High | 81 m² per resident |
| BlankneyVery High | 81 m² per resident |
| NoctonVery High | 79 m² per resident |
| DigbyVery High | 78 m² per resident |
| OsbournbyVery High | 70 m² per resident |
| Walcot near FolkinghamVery High | 70 m² per resident |
| Potter HanworthVery High | 64 m² per resident |
| Kirkby la ThorpeVery High | 63 m² per resident |
| ScredingtonHigh | 61 m² per resident |
| North ScarleHigh | 60 m² per resident |
| Newton and HacebyHigh | 51 m² per resident |
| NavenbyHigh | 50 m² per resident |
| DunstonHigh | 50 m² per resident |
| ColebyHigh | 49 m² per resident |
| South HykehamHigh | 48 m² per resident |
| Aunsby and DemblebyHigh | 47 m² per resident |
| Brant Broughton and StragglethorpeHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| DorringtonHigh | 43 m² per resident |
| BassinghamHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| Asgarby and HowellHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| WelbournHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| RoxholmHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| MartinTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| SwatonTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| AnwickTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| Boothby GraffoeTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| WellingoreTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| HelpringhamTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| Ewerby and EvedonTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| North RaucebyTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| Little HaleTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| Eagle and SwinethorpeTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| Burton PedwardineTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| HarmstonTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| Temple Bruer with Temple High GrangeTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| WaddingtonTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| BeckinghamTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| HeckingtonTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| StaplefordLow | 24 m² per resident |
| SleafordLow | 24 m² per resident |
| WashingboroughLow | 24 m² per resident |
| ThurlbyLow | 24 m² per resident |
| Carlton-le-MoorlandLow | 23 m² per resident |
| Branston and MereLow | 23 m² per resident |
| TimberlandLow | 23 m² per resident |
| North KymeLow | 23 m² per resident |
| BillinghayLow | 22 m² per resident |
| ThreekinghamLow | 21 m² per resident |
| Culverthorpe and KelbyLow | 20 m² per resident |
| SwinderbyLow | 18 m² per resident |
| Cranwell, Brauncewell and Byard's LeapLow | 17 m² per resident |
| RuskingtonLow | 17 m² per resident |
| Silk WilloughbyLow | 16 m² per resident |
| RowstonLow | 16 m² per resident |
| LeasinghamLow | 16 m² per resident |
| Great HaleLow | 16 m² per resident |
| WalcottLow | 15 m² per resident |
| North HykehamLow | 15 m² per resident |
| Bracebridge HeathVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| Witham St. HughsVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| HeighingtonVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| South KymeVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| SkellingthorpeVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| Aubourn with HaddingtonVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| MetheringhamVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| Thorpe on the HillVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| Ashby de la Launde and BloxholmVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
| Norton DisneyVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
| Doddington and WhisbyVery Low | 7 m² per resident |
| South RaucebyVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| DogdykeVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
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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 02:13 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The North Kesteven dataset covers 3,832 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.