How many parks and green spaces are in Thornton in Craven? 0 public parks

Thornton in Craven has 0 public parks among 2 green space sites. Green space covers 0.2% of the area: about 35 m² per resident, or 4.9 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 57% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
35 m²
More green space than
57% 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

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What kinds of green space are there in Thornton in Craven?

Churchyards and religious grounds cover the most ground in Thornton in Craven: 7,818 m². Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Thornton in Craven by type
TypeArea
Churchyards and religious grounds7,818 m² · 1 site
Playing fields7,122 m² · 1 site
Cemeteries471 m² · 0 sites
Golf coursesNot counted7.3 hectares · 0 sites

Does Thornton in Craven have a lot of green space?

About average. Thornton in Craven has 35 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 32 m² across Craven. More green space per resident than 57% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Thornton in Craven compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
Thornton in CravenThis area35 m² per resident
Craven32 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 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.

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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 03:29 with the latest Land Registry data (July 2026). The Thornton in Craven dataset covers 28 postcodes.

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