How many parks and green spaces are in Broadland? 45 public parks
Broadland has 45 public parks among 475 green space sites. Green space covers 0.9% of the area: about 39 m² per resident, or 5.5 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 63% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 39 m²
- More green space than
- 63% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 5.5
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 BroadlandWhat are the largest parks in Broadland?
Broadland Country Park is the largest public park in Broadland, at 78.7 hectares. 17 of the 45 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Broadland Country Park | 78.7 hectares |
| Catton Park | 28.1 hectares |
| Cary's Meadow | 8.2 hectares |
| Brundall Countryside Park | 5.2 hectares |
| Greenhouse Park | 3.4 hectares |
| Lingwood Village Green | 2.9 hectares |
| Mountfield Park | 2 hectares |
| Caen Meadow | 1.8 hectares |
| Ling Common | 1.2 hectares |
| The Common | 1.1 hectares |
| The Green | 6,596 m² |
| Brandiston Common | 4,279 m² |
| Swannington Common | 4,210 m² |
| Heydon Green | 3,452 m² |
| The Walled Garden | 3,231 m² |
| River Green | 3,040 m² |
| Greenlanes Community Garden | 1,257 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Broadland?
Playing fields cover the most ground in Broadland: 181 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 181 hectares · 60 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 170 hectares · 45 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 60.9 hectares · 37 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 42.4 hectares · 91 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 34 hectares · 38 sites |
| Cemeteries | 18.8 hectares · 25 sites |
| Play spaces | 11.3 hectares · 114 sites |
| Bowling greens | 5.8 hectares · 31 sites |
| Tennis courts | 3.3 hectares · 29 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 350 hectares · 5 sites |
Does Broadland have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. Broadland has 39 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 63% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| BroadlandThis area | 39 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. 39 m² for every resident adds up to 5.5 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 Broadland have the most green space?
Felthorpe has the most green space per resident of the 65 areas of Broadland, at about 809 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 |
|---|---|
| FelthorpeVery High | 809 m² per resident |
| BlicklingVery High | 366 m² per resident |
| SalleVery High | 308 m² per resident |
| ColtishallVery High | 148 m² per resident |
| Postwick with WittonVery High | 103 m² per resident |
| HorsfordVery High | 100 m² per resident |
| HainfordVery High | 97 m² per resident |
| BrandistonVery High | 91 m² per resident |
| HeydonVery High | 83 m² per resident |
| Old CattonVery High | 66 m² per resident |
| Upton with FishleyVery High | 63 m² per resident |
| Weston LongvilleHigh | 60 m² per resident |
| HalvergateHigh | 56 m² per resident |
| CantleyHigh | 54 m² per resident |
| CrostwickHigh | 48 m² per resident |
| South WalshamHigh | 47 m² per resident |
| Great WitchinghamHigh | 46 m² per resident |
| GuestwickHigh | 45 m² per resident |
| ReedhamHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| SwanningtonHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| Morton on the HillTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| Buxton with LamasTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| BramptonTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| ReephamTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| Thorpe St AndrewTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| BlofieldTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| Lingwood and BurlinghamTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| ThemelthorpeTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| SprowstonTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| FreethorpeTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| AylshamTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| Horsham St. Faith and Newton St. FaithTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| WoodbastwickTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| RackheathTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| FrettenhamTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| HoninghamTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| CawstonTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| Wood DallingTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| AlderfordTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| Horstead with StanninghallTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| BootonLow | 25 m² per resident |
| FoulshamLow | 23 m² per resident |
| SalhouseLow | 23 m² per resident |
| OultonLow | 23 m² per resident |
| HevinghamLow | 23 m² per resident |
| BrundallLow | 21 m² per resident |
| TaverhamLow | 21 m² per resident |
| Burgh and TuttingtonLow | 20 m² per resident |
| WroxhamLow | 20 m² per resident |
| BelaughLow | 19 m² per resident |
| Stratton StrawlessLow | 19 m² per resident |
| DraytonLow | 19 m² per resident |
| AcleLow | 18 m² per resident |
| StrumpshawLow | 18 m² per resident |
| HellesdonLow | 18 m² per resident |
| Great and Little PlumsteadLow | 17 m² per resident |
| BeightonLow | 15 m² per resident |
| RinglandVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| HemblingtonVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| AttlebridgeVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| MarshamVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| SpixworthVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| Beeston St. AndrewVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
| HaveringlandVery Low | 7 m² per resident |
| Little WitchinghamVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Broadland?
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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 02:18 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Broadland dataset covers 5,543 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.