How many parks and green spaces are in Great Yarmouth? 27 public parks
Great Yarmouth has 27 public parks among 280 green space sites. Green space covers 1.9% of the area: about 35 m² per resident, or 4.9 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 58% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 35 m²
- More green space than
- 58% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 4.9
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 Great YarmouthWhat are the largest parks in Great Yarmouth?
Bure Park is the largest public park in Great Yarmouth, at 23.5 hectares. 13 of the 27 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Bure Park | 23.5 hectares |
| Gorleston Clifftop Gardens | 8.9 hectares |
| Meadow Park | 1.7 hectares |
| St George's Park | 1.6 hectares |
| The Green | 1.1 hectares |
| Priory Gardens | 9,761 m² |
| Crescent Gardens | 9,436 m² |
| Pleasure Beach Gardens | 8,186 m² |
| The Green | 7,745 m² |
| Gipsies Green | 5,689 m² |
| The Green | 5,425 m² |
| Fun Park | 3,001 m² |
| Spinney | 2,225 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Great Yarmouth?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Great Yarmouth: 134 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 134 hectares · 27 sites |
| Playing fields | 101 hectares · 29 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 48.1 hectares · 25 sites |
| Cemeteries | 32.7 hectares · 13 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 24.1 hectares · 28 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 18.8 hectares · 33 sites |
| Play spaces | 10 hectares · 96 sites |
| Bowling greens | 3.6 hectares · 18 sites |
| Tennis courts | 1 hectares · 6 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 179 hectares · 5 sites |
Does Great Yarmouth have a lot of green space?
About average. Great Yarmouth has 35 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 58% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Great YarmouthThis area | 35 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. 35 m² for every resident adds up to 4.9 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 Great Yarmouth have the most green space?
Fritton and St. Olaves has the most green space per resident of the 21 areas of Great Yarmouth, at about 796 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 |
|---|---|
| Fritton and St. OlavesVery High | 796 m² per resident |
| Belton with BrowstonVery High | 144 m² per resident |
| Hopton-on-SeaHigh | 60 m² per resident |
| ThurneHigh | 59 m² per resident |
| Repps with BastwickHigh | 59 m² per resident |
| RollesbyHigh | 50 m² per resident |
| Winterton-on-SeaHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| FilbyHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| Stokesby with HerringbyHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| MautbyTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| FleggburghTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| BradwellTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| SomertonTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| MarthamTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| HemsbyLow | 24 m² per resident |
| Burgh CastleLow | 22 m² per resident |
| Caister-on-SeaLow | 21 m² per resident |
| Ormesby St. Margaret with ScratbyLow | 19 m² per resident |
| Ormesby St. MichaelLow | 15 m² per resident |
| West CaisterVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| Ashby with ObyVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Great Yarmouth?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Great Yarmouth.
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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 Great Yarmouth dataset covers 3,301 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.