How many parks and green spaces are in North East Lincolnshire? 23 public parks

North East Lincolnshire has 23 public parks among 260 green space sites. Green space covers 2.0% of the area: about 26 m² per resident, or 3.7 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 58% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
26 m²
Less green space than
58% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
3.7

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 are the largest parks in North East Lincolnshire?

Cleethorpes Country Park is the largest public park in North East Lincolnshire, at 62.5 hectares. 13 of the 23 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in North East Lincolnshire
ParkSize
Cleethorpes Country Park62.5 hectares
People's Park9.9 hectares
Haverstoe Park6.1 hectares
Sidney Park4.9 hectares
Duke of York Gardens3.8 hectares
Grant Thorold Park3.7 hectares
Kingston Gardens2.8 hectares
Grove Park2.6 hectares
Sutherland Park1.6 hectares
Pier Gardens1.5 hectares
Capes Recreation Ground1.5 hectares
Kingsway Gardens5,240 m²
Dolphin Gardens3,884 m²

What kinds of green space are there in North East Lincolnshire?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in North East Lincolnshire: 143 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in North East Lincolnshire by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens143 hectares · 23 sites
Playing fields114 hectares · 36 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces55.5 hectares · 16 sites
Other sports facilities40.4 hectares · 28 sites
Cemeteries40.2 hectares · 7 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds12.5 hectares · 37 sites
Play spaces7.4 hectares · 73 sites
Bowling greens5.5 hectares · 20 sites
Tennis courts2.1 hectares · 11 sites
Golf coursesNot counted285 hectares · 9 sites

Does North East Lincolnshire have a lot of green space?

About average. North East Lincolnshire has 26 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 38 m² across England. Less green space per resident than 58% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in North East Lincolnshire compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
North East LincolnshireThis area26 m² per resident
England38 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 26 m² for every resident adds up to 3.7 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 North East Lincolnshire have the most green space?

Aylesby has the most green space per resident of the 21 areas of North East Lincolnshire, at about 65 m² per resident. The labels place each area among every area in England and Wales, in fifths from Very Low to Very High.

Green space per resident in each area of North East Lincolnshire
AreaPer resident
AylesbyVery High65 m² per resident
Wold NewtonHigh55 m² per resident
Great CoatesHigh45 m² per resident
HabroughHigh40 m² per resident
BeelsbyTypical33 m² per resident
Grimsby and CleethorpesTypical28 m² per resident
WalthamTypical27 m² per resident
StallingboroughTypical26 m² per resident
ImminghamTypical25 m² per resident
East RavendaleLow23 m² per resident
HealingLow23 m² per resident
LacebyLow21 m² per resident
IrbyLow21 m² per resident
BrigsleyLow19 m² per resident
HumberstonLow18 m² per resident
HatcliffeLow17 m² per resident
BradleyLow15 m² per resident
Ashby cum FenbyVery Low13 m² per resident
New WalthamVery Low8 m² per resident
Barnoldby Le Beck CPVery Low6 m² per resident
Hawerby cum BeesbyVery Low0 m² per resident

What else do people ask about North East Lincolnshire?

More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in North East Lincolnshire.

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 01:36 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The North East Lincolnshire dataset covers 6,030 postcodes.

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