How many parks and green spaces are in Medway? 74 public parks
Medway has 74 public parks among 469 green space sites. Green space covers 3.2% of the area: about 31 m² per resident, or 4.3 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 50% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 31 m²
- More green space than
- 50% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 4.3
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 MedwayWhat are the largest parks in Medway?
Ranscombe Farm Country Park is the largest public park in Medway, at 282 hectares. These are the 25 largest of 32 named public parks.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Ranscombe Farm Country Park | 282 hectares |
| Capstone Farm Country Park | 64.5 hectares |
| Riverside Country Park | 30.2 hectares |
| Isle of Grain Coastal Park | 19.9 hectares |
| Rede Common | 11.2 hectares |
| Cozenton Park | 6.6 hectares |
| Gillingham Park | 6.3 hectares |
| Lower Lines Park | 5.6 hectares |
| Broom Hill Park | 4.7 hectares |
| Millennium Green | 3.6 hectares |
| Victoria Gardens | 3.5 hectares |
| Wigmore Park | 3.1 hectares |
| Rainham Park | 2.7 hectares |
| Vinall Park | 2.4 hectares |
| Church Field Recreation Ground | 2.2 hectares |
| Copperfield Open Space | 2.1 hectares |
| Watts Meadow | 2.1 hectares |
| Cherry Tree Orchard | 1.8 hectares |
| Castle Gardens | 1.5 hectares |
| Town Hall Gardens | 1.4 hectares |
| Vines Gardens | 1.2 hectares |
| Countryside (Azure) | 1.2 hectares |
| Riverside Gardens | 1.1 hectares |
| Balmoral Gardens | 8,216 m² |
| Clarence Gardens | 6,970 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Medway?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Medway: 507 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 507 hectares · 74 sites |
| Playing fields | 180 hectares · 64 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 80.1 hectares · 57 sites |
| Cemeteries | 40.7 hectares · 13 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 30 hectares · 35 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 21.9 hectares · 46 sites |
| Play spaces | 12.6 hectares · 150 sites |
| Tennis courts | 4.9 hectares · 16 sites |
| Bowling greens | 4.3 hectares · 12 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 106 hectares · 2 sites |
Does Medway have a lot of green space?
About average. Medway has 31 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 38 m² across England. More green space per resident than 50% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| MedwayThis area | 31 m² per resident |
| England | 38 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 4.3 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 Medway have the most green space?
Cuxton has the most green space per resident of the 15 areas of Medway, at about 919 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 |
|---|---|
| CuxtonVery High | 919 m² per resident |
| Isle of GrainVery High | 132 m² per resident |
| AllhallowsTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| HallingTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| Cliffe and Cliffe WoodsLow | 24 m² per resident |
| RochesterLow | 23 m² per resident |
| ChathamLow | 23 m² per resident |
| GillinghamLow | 22 m² per resident |
| Hoo St. WerburghLow | 21 m² per resident |
| CoolingLow | 21 m² per resident |
| High HalstowLow | 18 m² per resident |
| StroodLow | 16 m² per resident |
| StokeVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| FrindsburyVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| St. Mary HooVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Medway?
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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 01:32 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Medway dataset covers 8,467 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.