How many parks and green spaces are in Scarborough? 64 public parks
Scarborough has 64 public parks among 406 green space sites. Green space covers 0.5% of the area: about 40 m² per resident, or 5.7 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 65% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 40 m²
- More green space than
- 65% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 5.7
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 ScarboroughWhat are the largest parks in Scarborough?
Filey Country Park is the largest public park in Scarborough, at 24.2 hectares. These are the 25 largest of 26 named public parks.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Filey Country Park | 24.2 hectares |
| Clarence Gardens | 16.6 hectares |
| Italian Gardens | 14.8 hectares |
| South Cliff Gardens | 14.4 hectares |
| Peasholm Park | 13.6 hectares |
| Royal Albert Park | 13.4 hectares |
| South Cliff Gardens | 9.6 hectares |
| Falsgrave Park | 7.6 hectares |
| Calla Beck | 5.6 hectares |
| Crescent Gardens | 5.1 hectares |
| Glen Gardens | 5.1 hectares |
| Holbeck Gardens | 5 hectares |
| Pannett Park | 3.2 hectares |
| Abbey Plain | 1.2 hectares |
| Crescent Gardens | 7,520 m² |
| St Nicholas Gardens | 7,109 m² |
| Royal Crescent Gardens | 6,942 m² |
| Prince of Wales Gardens | 6,927 m² |
| Eastgate Park | 4,589 m² |
| Weir Green | 3,771 m² |
| Shuttleworth Garden | 3,487 m² |
| Crown Gardens | 3,184 m² |
| Quarry Mount Park | 1,621 m² |
| The Little Park | 1,140 m² |
| The Green | 1,125 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Scarborough?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Scarborough: 194 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 194 hectares · 64 sites |
| Playing fields | 116 hectares · 50 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 61.1 hectares · 34 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 40.8 hectares · 63 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 30.6 hectares · 33 sites |
| Cemeteries | 30.6 hectares · 22 sites |
| Play spaces | 11.4 hectares · 100 sites |
| Bowling greens | 7 hectares · 19 sites |
| Tennis courts | 1.3 hectares · 12 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 230 hectares · 9 sites |
Does Scarborough have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. Scarborough 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 65% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| ScarboroughThis area | 40 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. 40 m² for every resident adds up to 5.7 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 Scarborough have the most green space?
Wykeham has the most green space per resident of the 52 areas of Scarborough, at about 329 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 |
|---|---|
| WykehamVery High | 329 m² per resident |
| SilphoVery High | 261 m² per resident |
| LytheVery High | 118 m² per resident |
| WesterdaleVery High | 106 m² per resident |
| GrosmontVery High | 74 m² per resident |
| DanbyVery High | 71 m² per resident |
| HunmanbyVery High | 67 m² per resident |
| FileyVery High | 66 m² per resident |
| FolktonVery High | 63 m² per resident |
| GoathlandVery High | 61 m² per resident |
| Stainton DaleHigh | 59 m² per resident |
| WhitbyHigh | 57 m² per resident |
| EgtonHigh | 56 m² per resident |
| FylingdalesHigh | 55 m² per resident |
| GristhorpeHigh | 55 m² per resident |
| HacknessHigh | 54 m² per resident |
| CaytonHigh | 51 m² per resident |
| RoxbyHigh | 47 m² per resident |
| MustonHigh | 46 m² per resident |
| BromptonHigh | 43 m² per resident |
| SnaintonHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| UgthorpeHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| Darncombe-cum-Langdale EndHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| HinderwellHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| GlaisdaleTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| Hutton BuscelTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| OsgodbyTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| Newby and ScalbyTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| CloughtonTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| EastfieldTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| West AytonLow | 23 m² per resident |
| SeamerLow | 20 m² per resident |
| Harwood DaleLow | 20 m² per resident |
| SneatonLow | 19 m² per resident |
| CommondaleLow | 18 m² per resident |
| AislabyLow | 17 m² per resident |
| Hawsker-cum-StainsacreVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| Eskdaleside cum UgglebarnbyVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| East AytonVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| BurnistonVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| ReightonVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
| Newholm-cum-DunsleyVery Low | under 1 m² per resident |
| Broxa-cum-TroutsdaleVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| Newton MulgraveVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| LCPs of Fylingdales and Hawsker-cum-StainsacreVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| MicklebyVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| EllerbyVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| IrtonVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| BarnbyVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| LebberstonVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| BorrowbyVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| Suffield-cum-EverleyVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Scarborough?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Scarborough.
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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 Scarborough dataset covers 4,567 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.