How many parks and green spaces are in Breckland? 52 public parks
Breckland has 52 public parks among 573 green space sites. Green space covers 0.4% of the area: about 40 m² per resident, or 5.6 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 64% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 40 m²
- More green space than
- 64% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 5.6
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 BrecklandWhat are the largest parks in Breckland?
Barnham Cross Common is the largest public park in Breckland, at 79.4 hectares. 20 of the 52 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Barnham Cross Common | 79.4 hectares |
| Neatherd Moor | 20.4 hectares |
| Two Mile Bottom Picnic Area | 17 hectares |
| Church Green | 15.2 hectares |
| Castle Meadow | 5.6 hectares |
| Melford Common | 4.4 hectares |
| South Green | 2.6 hectares |
| Celebration Avenue | 2.1 hectares |
| Goose Green | 1.4 hectares |
| The Green | 9,146 m² |
| Queen Elizabeth II Field | 8,234 m² |
| The Green | 6,639 m² |
| School Plain | 5,204 m² |
| The Green | 2,204 m² |
| The Green | 2,109 m² |
| The Green | 1,596 m² |
| Queen Mother's Garden | 1,094 m² |
| Old School Green | 718 m² |
| The Green | 647 m² |
| Memorial Green | 576 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Breckland?
Playing fields cover the most ground in Breckland: 185 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 185 hectares · 92 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 181 hectares · 52 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 68 hectares · 149 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 59.6 hectares · 25 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 55.7 hectares · 59 sites |
| Cemeteries | 22.1 hectares · 20 sites |
| Play spaces | 11 hectares · 127 sites |
| Bowling greens | 5.3 hectares · 29 sites |
| Tennis courts | 1.4 hectares · 15 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 232 hectares · 5 sites |
Does Breckland have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. Breckland has 40 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 62 m² across Norfolk. More green space per resident than 64% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| BrecklandThis area | 40 m² per resident |
| Norfolk | 62 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 40 m² for every resident adds up to 5.6 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 Breckland have the most green space?
Stanford has the most green space per resident of the 110 areas of Breckland, at about 814 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 |
|---|---|
| StanfordVery High | 814 m² per resident |
| LynfordVery High | 251 m² per resident |
| DidlingtonVery High | 233 m² per resident |
| Great CressinghamVery High | 205 m² per resident |
| MertonVery High | 196 m² per resident |
| RiddlesworthVery High | 176 m² per resident |
| Weasenham All SaintsVery High | 147 m² per resident |
| Old BuckenhamVery High | 144 m² per resident |
| BrettenhamVery High | 118 m² per resident |
| South AcreVery High | 114 m² per resident |
| LitchamVery High | 100 m² per resident |
| Weasenham St. PeterVery High | 100 m² per resident |
| Cockley CleyVery High | 94 m² per resident |
| LonghamVery High | 93 m² per resident |
| WellinghamVery High | 92 m² per resident |
| BradenhamVery High | 89 m² per resident |
| BrisleyVery High | 81 m² per resident |
| New BuckenhamVery High | 79 m² per resident |
| BillingfordVery High | 78 m² per resident |
| TwyfordVery High | 76 m² per resident |
| Newton by Castle AcreVery High | 73 m² per resident |
| LyngVery High | 73 m² per resident |
| GarboldishamVery High | 72 m² per resident |
| ShrophamVery High | 70 m² per resident |
| ThompsonVery High | 70 m² per resident |
| BylaughVery High | 68 m² per resident |
| HardinghamVery High | 66 m² per resident |
| HarlingVery High | 66 m² per resident |
| LexhamVery High | 65 m² per resident |
| East TuddenhamVery High | 64 m² per resident |
| GooderstoneVery High | 63 m² per resident |
| CranworthVery High | 62 m² per resident |
| ColkirkVery High | 62 m² per resident |
| WhissonsettHigh | 60 m² per resident |
| ThetfordHigh | 59 m² per resident |
| North ElmhamHigh | 56 m² per resident |
| WrethamHigh | 56 m² per resident |
| Great DunhamHigh | 55 m² per resident |
| RocklandsHigh | 53 m² per resident |
| Beeston with BitteringHigh | 52 m² per resident |
| Holme HaleHigh | 51 m² per resident |
| NarboroughHigh | 51 m² per resident |
| GateleyHigh | 51 m² per resident |
| HockhamHigh | 48 m² per resident |
| North PickenhamHigh | 48 m² per resident |
| AshillHigh | 48 m² per resident |
| Whinburgh and WestfieldHigh | 46 m² per resident |
| BridghamHigh | 46 m² per resident |
| Swanton MorleyHigh | 46 m² per resident |
| North LophamHigh | 43 m² per resident |
| MundfordHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| ElsingHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| CranwichHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| RoughamTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| HilboroughTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| GressenhallTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| BintreeTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| DerehamTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| Saham ToneyTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| Little DunhamTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| FouldenTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| OvingtonTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| SwaffhamTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| BeetleyTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| Great EllinghamTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| Stow BedonTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| KilverstoneTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| MilehamTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| South LophamTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| BeachamwellTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| HockeringTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| KenninghallTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| ScarningTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| BawdeswellTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| ShipdhamTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| Little CressinghamTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| HoeTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| AttleboroughTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| YaxhamTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| QuidenhamLow | 25 m² per resident |
| TittleshallLow | 25 m² per resident |
| Weeting-with-BroomhillLow | 23 m² per resident |
| IckburghLow | 22 m² per resident |
| GarvestoneLow | 20 m² per resident |
| South PickenhamLow | 20 m² per resident |
| Little EllinghamLow | 19 m² per resident |
| HorningtoftLow | 19 m² per resident |
| North TuddenhamLow | 19 m² per resident |
| WattonLow | 19 m² per resident |
| ScoultonLow | 19 m² per resident |
| Sporle with PalgraveLow | 18 m² per resident |
| GuistLow | 17 m² per resident |
| CarbrookeLow | 17 m² per resident |
| MattishallLow | 17 m² per resident |
| FranshamLow | 17 m² per resident |
| NectonLow | 16 m² per resident |
| CroxtonLow | 16 m² per resident |
| SnettertonVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| OxboroughVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| StanfieldVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| Blo' NortonVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| SparhamVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| Roudham and LarlingVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| WendlingVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| BanhamVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| CastonVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| GristonVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| FoxleyVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| BesthorpeVery Low | 6 m² per resident |
| KempstoneVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Breckland?
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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 02:16 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Breckland dataset covers 5,299 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.