How many parks and green spaces are in North Lincolnshire? 50 public parks

North Lincolnshire has 50 public parks among 523 green space sites. Green space covers 0.7% of the area: about 38 m² per resident, or 5.4 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 62% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
38 m²
More green space than
62% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
5.4

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 Lincolnshire?

Scawby Park is the largest public park in North Lincolnshire, at 81.9 hectares. 19 of the 50 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in North Lincolnshire
ParkSize
Scawby Park81.9 hectares
Waters' Edge Country Park44.1 hectares
Kingsway Local Nature Reserve21.9 hectares
Queen's Gardens18 hectares
Manor Park16.2 hectares
Beckside Linear Park13.8 hectares
Baysgarth Park10.6 hectares
Silica Country Park8.9 hectares
Kingsway Gardens5.1 hectares
Sheffield Park4.2 hectares
Village Green2.2 hectares
Jubilee Park1.8 hectares
Festival Gardens1.8 hectares
Wootton Pocket Park1.6 hectares
The Green7,924 m²
Berkeley Park7,303 m²
Midby Park5,706 m²
Millennium Green1,908 m²
Cross Hill Market Place805 m²

What kinds of green space are there in North Lincolnshire?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in North Lincolnshire: 284 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in North Lincolnshire by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens284 hectares · 50 sites
Playing fields191 hectares · 86 sites
Other sports facilities79.7 hectares · 46 sites
Cemeteries36.1 hectares · 30 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds33.5 hectares · 75 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces25.3 hectares · 26 sites
Play spaces18.1 hectares · 152 sites
Bowling greens8.7 hectares · 28 sites
Tennis courts2.3 hectares · 21 sites
Golf coursesNot counted408 hectares · 9 sites

Does North Lincolnshire have a lot of green space?

A bit more than most areas. North Lincolnshire has 38 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 38 m² across England. More green space per resident than 62% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in North Lincolnshire compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
North LincolnshireThis area38 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. 38 m² for every resident adds up to 5.4 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 North Lincolnshire have the most green space?

Scawby has the most green space per resident of the 56 areas of North Lincolnshire, at about 398 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 Lincolnshire
AreaPer resident
ScawbyVery High398 m² per resident
WoottonVery High133 m² per resident
East ButterwickVery High131 m² per resident
KirmingtonVery High99 m² per resident
West HaltonVery High87 m² per resident
Barton-upon-HumberVery High68 m² per resident
Luddington and HaldenbyVery High63 m² per resident
MessinghamHigh56 m² per resident
North KillingholmeHigh55 m² per resident
CroxtonHigh55 m² per resident
BottesfordHigh55 m² per resident
ApplebyHigh54 m² per resident
WorlabyHigh51 m² per resident
New HollandHigh51 m² per resident
AlkboroughHigh45 m² per resident
South FerribyHigh44 m² per resident
WrootHigh44 m² per resident
Ashby ParklandTypical36 m² per resident
HorkstowTypical32 m² per resident
BonbyTypical32 m² per resident
WinteringhamTypical30 m² per resident
Garthorpe and FockerbyTypical30 m² per resident
BurringhamTypical30 m² per resident
West ButterwickTypical29 m² per resident
East HaltonTypical28 m² per resident
BriggTypical28 m² per resident
FlixboroughTypical27 m² per resident
GoxhillTypical27 m² per resident
Melton RossTypical26 m² per resident
Kirton in LindseyTypical26 m² per resident
Owston FerryTypical25 m² per resident
EpworthTypical25 m² per resident
Barnetby le WoldLow24 m² per resident
Barrow upon HumberLow24 m² per resident
RedbourneLow23 m² per resident
Burton upon StatherLow23 m² per resident
South KillingholmeLow22 m² per resident
WintertonLow22 m² per resident
BeltonLow21 m² per resident
Keadby with AlthorpeLow21 m² per resident
Crowle and EalandLow18 m² per resident
MantonLow18 m² per resident
HibaldstowLow17 m² per resident
HaxeyLow17 m² per resident
UlcebyLow17 m² per resident
Saxby All SaintsLow16 m² per resident
CadneyLow15 m² per resident
WrawbyLow15 m² per resident
GunnessLow15 m² per resident
BroughtonVery Low14 m² per resident
EastoftVery Low14 m² per resident
Roxby cum RisbyVery Low14 m² per resident
Thornton CurtisVery Low14 m² per resident
AmcottsVery Low13 m² per resident
WhittonVery Low13 m² per resident
ElshamVery Low3 m² per resident

What else do people ask about North Lincolnshire?

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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 01:19 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The North Lincolnshire dataset covers 5,980 postcodes.

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