How many parks and green spaces are in Sprowston? 7 public parks

Sprowston has 7 public parks among 41 green space sites. Green space covers 5.9% of the area: about 33 m² per resident, or 4.6 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 54% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
33 m²
More green space than
54% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
4.6

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

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What kinds of green space are there in Sprowston?

Playing fields cover the most ground in Sprowston: 34.3 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Sprowston by type
TypeArea
Playing fields34.3 hectares · 6 sites
Public parks and gardens14.9 hectares · 7 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds4.1 hectares · 2 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces2.4 hectares · 1 site
Play spaces1.2 hectares · 12 sites
Tennis courts6,272 m² · 6 sites
Other sports facilities5,226 m² · 4 sites
Bowling greens4,064 m² · 2 sites
Golf coursesNot counted59.9 hectares · 1 site

Does Sprowston have a lot of green space?

About average. Sprowston has 33 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 39 m² across Broadland. More green space per resident than 54% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Sprowston compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
SprowstonThis area33 m² per resident
Broadland39 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 33 m² for every resident adds up to 4.6 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.

What else do people ask about Sprowston?

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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 03:33 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Sprowston dataset covers 1,607 postcodes.

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