How many parks and green spaces are in Weston-super-Mare? 29 public parks

Weston-super-Mare has 29 public parks among 128 green space sites. Green space covers 5.0% of the area: about 20 m² per resident, or 2.8 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 70% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
20 m²
Less green space than
70% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
2.8

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 Weston-super-Mare?

Ashcombe Park is the largest public park in Weston-super-Mare, at 13.5 hectares. 11 of the 29 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Weston-super-Mare
ParkSize
Ashcombe Park13.5 hectares
Plumley Park11.8 hectares
Clarence Park6.5 hectares
Beach Lawns5.2 hectares
Grove Park3.4 hectares
Worle Moor3.3 hectares
Ellenborough Park3 hectares
Italian Gardens1.1 hectares
Prince Consort Gardens6,609 m²
Coniston Green6,035 m²
The Potteries Millennium Green4,866 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Weston-super-Mare?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Weston-super-Mare: 72.1 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Weston-super-Mare by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens72.1 hectares · 29 sites
Other sports facilities36.6 hectares · 16 sites
Playing fields25 hectares · 11 sites
Cemeteries12.7 hectares · 2 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces9.9 hectares · 7 sites
Play spaces4.1 hectares · 39 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds3.3 hectares · 11 sites
Bowling greens2 hectares · 4 sites
Tennis courts8,793 m² · 6 sites
Golf coursesNot counted74.6 hectares · 3 sites

Does Weston-super-Mare have a lot of green space?

A bit less than most areas. Weston-super-Mare has 20 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 41 m² across North Somerset. Less green space per resident than 70% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Weston-super-Mare compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
Weston-super-MareThis area20 m² per resident
North Somerset41 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 20 m² for every resident adds up to 2.8 football pitches of parks, playing fields and other public green space for every 1,000 people.

Low means the second-lowest 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.

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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 03:21 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Weston-super-Mare dataset covers 3,297 postcodes.

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