How many parks and green spaces are in Ryedale? 19 public parks

Ryedale has 19 public parks among 317 green space sites. Green space covers 0.1% of the area: about 40 m² per resident, or 5.5 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 63% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
40 m²
More green space than
63% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
5.5

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

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What are the largest parks in Ryedale?

The Green is the largest public park in Ryedale, at 3 hectares. 11 of the 19 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Ryedale
ParkSize
The Green3 hectares
The Green2.1 hectares
The Green9,439 m²
Village Green3,640 m²
The Green2,961 m²
The Green2,426 m²
The Green1,488 m²
Hall Green1,167 m²
Little Green1,119 m²
The Green701 m²
The Green239 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Ryedale?

Playing fields cover the most ground in Ryedale: 77 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Ryedale by type
TypeArea
Playing fields77 hectares · 49 sites
Other sports facilities37.1 hectares · 18 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds36.1 hectares · 90 sites
Public parks and gardens21.9 hectares · 19 sites
Cemeteries20.7 hectares · 23 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces19 hectares · 23 sites
Play spaces7.6 hectares · 56 sites
Bowling greens3 hectares · 14 sites
Tennis courts1.4 hectares · 17 sites
Golf coursesNot counted311 hectares · 8 sites

Does Ryedale have a lot of green space?

A bit more than most areas. Ryedale has 40 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 63% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Ryedale compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
RyedaleThis area40 m² per resident
North Yorkshire39 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 40 m² for every resident adds up to 5.5 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 Ryedale have the most green space?

Kirby Misperton has the most green space per resident of the 112 areas of Ryedale, at about 568 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 Ryedale
AreaPer resident
Kirby MispertonVery High568 m² per resident
Cold KirbyVery High399 m² per resident
LangtonVery High279 m² per resident
WelburnVery High160 m² per resident
WelburnVery High160 m² per resident
Rosedale East SideVery High136 m² per resident
HeslertonVery High134 m² per resident
CroptonVery High118 m² per resident
Hutton-le-HoleVery High117 m² per resident
FlaxtonVery High108 m² per resident
GillamoorVery High107 m² per resident
AmpleforthVery High100 m² per resident
HartonVery High94 m² per resident
Huttons AmboVery High94 m² per resident
HovinghamVery High94 m² per resident
FoxholesVery High93 m² per resident
WestowVery High91 m² per resident
SettringtonVery High86 m² per resident
LocktonVery High79 m² per resident
Whitwell-on-the-HillVery High78 m² per resident
Buttercrambe with BossallVery High76 m² per resident
GantonVery High75 m² per resident
Sheriff HuttonVery High69 m² per resident
TerringtonVery High68 m² per resident
SinningtonVery High66 m² per resident
ThixendaleVery High66 m² per resident
HaromeVery High66 m² per resident
NawtonVery High64 m² per resident
LastinghamVery High64 m² per resident
Farndale EastHigh59 m² per resident
CrambeHigh57 m² per resident
BurythorpeHigh56 m² per resident
SaltonHigh53 m² per resident
Thornton-le-DaleHigh53 m² per resident
SwintonHigh53 m² per resident
NewtonHigh53 m² per resident
WintringhamHigh48 m² per resident
SherburnHigh47 m² per resident
Ebberston and YedinghamHigh45 m² per resident
MaltonHigh44 m² per resident
WillerbyHigh44 m² per resident
WombletonHigh40 m² per resident
Upper HelmsleyHigh40 m² per resident
FadmoorHigh39 m² per resident
BirdsallHigh37 m² per resident
WharramTypical34 m² per resident
Appleton-le-Street with EasthorpeTypical34 m² per resident
FostonTypical33 m² per resident
HabtonTypical30 m² per resident
PickeringTypical30 m² per resident
StonegraveTypical28 m² per resident
WeaverthorpeTypical28 m² per resident
HawnbyTypical26 m² per resident
HelmsleyTypical26 m² per resident
Old Byland and ScawtonLow24 m² per resident
Gilling EastLow24 m² per resident
Thorpe BassettLow23 m² per resident
Sand HuttonLow23 m² per resident
LevishamLow21 m² per resident
HowshamLow21 m² per resident
Barton-le-StreetLow21 m² per resident
KirkbymoorsideLow21 m² per resident
RillingtonLow20 m² per resident
OswaldkirkLow20 m² per resident
SlingsbyLow20 m² per resident
LeaveningLow19 m² per resident
ScrayinghamLow18 m² per resident
AmotherbyLow18 m² per resident
NormanbyLow17 m² per resident
BulmerLow17 m² per resident
AllerstonLow17 m² per resident
Kirby GrindalytheLow15 m² per resident
Appleton-le-MoorsLow15 m² per resident
NunningtonVery Low14 m² per resident
Norton-on-DerwentVery Low14 m² per resident
RievaulxVery Low14 m² per resident
CawtonVery Low13 m² per resident
MiddletonVery Low13 m² per resident
EdstoneVery Low12 m² per resident
WarthillVery Low12 m² per resident
PockleyVery Low11 m² per resident
ScackletonVery Low11 m² per resident
LuttonsVery Low9 m² per resident
WiltonVery Low8 m² per resident
Gate HelmsleyVery Low8 m² per resident
SproxtonVery Low8 m² per resident
ScagglethorpeVery Low7 m² per resident
Farndale WestVery Low6 m² per resident
Barton-le-WillowsVery Low4 m² per resident
WreltonVery Low3 m² per resident
ScampstonVery Low2 m² per resident
GrimstoneVery Low0 m² per resident
StapeVery Low0 m² per resident
Thornton-le-ClayVery Low0 m² per resident
Rosedale West SideVery Low0 m² per resident
AislabyVery Low0 m² per resident
CoultonVery Low0 m² per resident
Lillings AmboVery Low0 m² per resident
HartoftVery Low0 m² per resident
Barugh (Great and Little)Very Low0 m² per resident
ClaxtonVery Low0 m² per resident
OldsteadVery Low0 m² per resident
MarishesVery Low0 m² per resident
BeadlamVery Low0 m² per resident
SpauntonVery Low0 m² per resident
BroughtonVery Low0 m² per resident
MartonVery Low0 m² per resident
Byland with WassVery Low0 m² per resident
FrytonVery Low0 m² per resident
South HolmeVery Low0 m² per resident
AcklamVery Low0 m² per resident
BrawbyVery Low0 m² per resident

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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 02:06 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Ryedale dataset covers 3,962 postcodes.

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