How many parks and green spaces are in Craven? 23 public parks
Craven has 23 public parks among 277 green space sites. Green space covers 0.2% of the area: about 32 m² per resident, or 4.5 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 53% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 32 m²
- More green space than
- 53% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 4.5
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 CravenWhat are the largest parks in Craven?
Aireville Park is the largest public park in Craven, at 10.7 hectares. 14 of the 23 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Aireville Park | 10.7 hectares |
| Middle Green | 2.1 hectares |
| Lothersdale Recreation Ground and Woodland | 1.8 hectares |
| Low Green | 9,785 m² |
| Shortbank Road Recreation Ground | 8,726 m² |
| Burnsall Green | 6,101 m² |
| The Green | 4,842 m² |
| The Green | 3,561 m² |
| Village Green | 3,082 m² |
| The Green | 1,506 m² |
| Vicki Cartman Millenium Green | 1,197 m² |
| Maypole Green | 827 m² |
| The Green | 285 m² |
| The Pinfold | 139 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Craven?
Playing fields cover the most ground in Craven: 71.7 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 71.7 hectares · 48 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 33.5 hectares · 27 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 24.7 hectares · 52 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 24.5 hectares · 23 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 17 hectares · 28 sites |
| Cemeteries | 12.8 hectares · 17 sites |
| Play spaces | 5.4 hectares · 55 sites |
| Bowling greens | 2.7 hectares · 14 sites |
| Tennis courts | 1.8 hectares · 9 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 124 hectares · 4 sites |
Does Craven have a lot of green space?
About average. Craven has 32 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 39 m² across North Yorkshire. More green space per resident than 53% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| CravenThis area | 32 m² per resident |
| North Yorkshire | 39 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 32 m² for every resident adds up to 4.5 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 Craven have the most green space?
Bolton Abbey has the most green space per resident of the 70 areas of Craven, at about 249 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 |
|---|---|
| Bolton AbbeyVery High | 249 m² per resident |
| GiggleswickVery High | 115 m² per resident |
| BurnsallVery High | 112 m² per resident |
| ArncliffeVery High | 103 m² per resident |
| LintonVery High | 100 m² per resident |
| RylstoneVery High | 93 m² per resident |
| RathmellVery High | 81 m² per resident |
| Horton in RibblesdaleVery High | 71 m² per resident |
| Kirkby MalhamVery High | 70 m² per resident |
| LothersdaleVery High | 67 m² per resident |
| KildwickVery High | 62 m² per resident |
| GargraveHigh | 55 m² per resident |
| Coniston ColdHigh | 54 m² per resident |
| HebdenHigh | 49 m² per resident |
| BroughtonHigh | 47 m² per resident |
| GrassingtonHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| SkiptonHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| AustwickHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| Long PrestonHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| Thornton in CravenTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| Kettlewell with StarbottonTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| Clapham cum NewbyTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| ThreshfieldTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| CononleyTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| SettleTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| LangcliffeTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| BenthamTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| CowlingTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| CarletonTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| Conistone with KilnseyTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| IngletonLow | 24 m² per resident |
| Glusburn and Cross HillsLow | 20 m² per resident |
| StainforthLow | 18 m² per resident |
| HellifieldLow | 18 m² per resident |
| BuckdenLow | 18 m² per resident |
| Martons BothLow | 15 m² per resident |
| SuttonLow | 15 m² per resident |
| Bradleys BothVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| Thornton in LonsdaleVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| Embsay with EastbyVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| ElslackVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| Halton EastVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| Burton in LonsdaleVery Low | 5 m² per resident |
| Stirton with ThorlbyVery Low | 4 m² per resident |
| LawklandVery Low | 3 m² per resident |
| HartlingtonVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| CaltonVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| Bank NewtonVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| DraughtonVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| Flasby with WinterburnVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| AppletreewickVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| HawkswickVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| Hetton-cum-BordleyVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| Hazlewood with StorithsVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| MalhamVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| ScosthropVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| BeamsleyVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| ThorpeVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| HanlithVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| Malham MoorVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| Halton WestVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| AirtonVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| Halton GillVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| CracoeVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| WigglesworthVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| EshtonVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| FarnhillVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| OtterburnVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| BardenVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| LittonVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Craven?
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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 02:07 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Craven dataset covers 3,328 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.