How many parks and green spaces are in North Northamptonshire? 139 public parks
North Northamptonshire has 139 public parks among 1,023 green space sites. Green space covers 1.8% of the area: about 50 m² per resident, or 6.9 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 73% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 50 m²
- More green space than
- 73% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 6.9
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
All house prices in North NorthamptonshireWhat are the largest parks in North Northamptonshire?
Stanwick Lakes Country Park is the largest public park in North Northamptonshire, at 238 hectares. These are the 25 largest of 32 named public parks.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Stanwick Lakes Country Park | 238 hectares |
| Fermyn Woods | 113 hectares |
| Irchester Country Park | 78.7 hectares |
| Sywell Country Park | 57.4 hectares |
| East Carlton Park | 32 hectares |
| Croyland Park | 27.7 hectares |
| Weldon Woodland Park | 18.5 hectares |
| Finedon Pocket Park | 16.7 hectares |
| Barnwell Country Park | 15.3 hectares |
| Hall Park | 13.9 hectares |
| Oakley Park | 9.9 hectares |
| Castle Fields | 6.8 hectares |
| Manor Park | 5.1 hectares |
| Bassett's Close | 3.9 hectares |
| Dale End Park | 3.7 hectares |
| Swanspool Gardens | 3.2 hectares |
| Coronation Park | 2.8 hectares |
| Dog Kennel Spinney | 2.4 hectares |
| Westfield Gardens | 2.4 hectares |
| Peace Memorial Park | 1.1 hectares |
| Pocket Park | 1 hectares |
| Exeter Open Space | 7,449 m² |
| The Green | 3,917 m² |
| Manor House Gardens | 3,391 m² |
| The Green | 2,223 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in North Northamptonshire?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in North Northamptonshire: 997 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 997 hectares · 139 sites |
| Playing fields | 369 hectares · 136 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 181 hectares · 83 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 129 hectares · 108 sites |
| Cemeteries | 60.8 hectares · 42 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 55.5 hectares · 155 sites |
| Play spaces | 23.8 hectares · 284 sites |
| Bowling greens | 10.3 hectares · 28 sites |
| Tennis courts | 4.8 hectares · 37 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 337 hectares · 11 sites |
Does North Northamptonshire have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. North Northamptonshire has 50 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 43 m² across Northamptonshire. More green space per resident than 73% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| North NorthamptonshireThis area | 50 m² per resident |
| Northamptonshire | 43 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 50 m² for every resident adds up to 6.9 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 North Northamptonshire have the most green space?
Strixton has the most green space per resident of the 57 areas of North Northamptonshire, at about 1,533 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 |
|---|---|
| StrixtonVery High | 1,533 m² per resident |
| East CarltonVery High | 1,236 m² per resident |
| Mears AshbyVery High | 434 m² per resident |
| EctonVery High | 389 m² per resident |
| SywellVery High | 275 m² per resident |
| IrchesterVery High | 189 m² per resident |
| RushtonVery High | 167 m² per resident |
| WeekleyVery High | 158 m² per resident |
| RockinghamVery High | 150 m² per resident |
| Great DoddingtonVery High | 111 m² per resident |
| PytchleyVery High | 94 m² per resident |
| GrendonVery High | 86 m² per resident |
| WilbarstonVery High | 84 m² per resident |
| East NorthamptonshireVery High | 71 m² per resident |
| WilbyVery High | 71 m² per resident |
| FinedonVery High | 67 m² per resident |
| IshamHigh | 61 m² per resident |
| AshleyHigh | 52 m² per resident |
| LoddingtonHigh | 49 m² per resident |
| HarringtonHigh | 47 m² per resident |
| Thorpe MalsorHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| WeldonHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| CorbyHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| BroughtonHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| WellingboroughHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| GeddingtonTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| Stoke AlbanyTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| RothwellTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| KetteringTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| GrettonTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| Easton MauditTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| Grafton UnderwoodTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| Little HarrowdenTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| WarktonTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| Brampton AshTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| CottinghamTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| Earls BartonTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| Great HarrowdenTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| StanionTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| HardwickLow | 24 m² per resident |
| BozeatLow | 23 m² per resident |
| WollastonLow | 21 m² per resident |
| BraybrookeLow | 21 m² per resident |
| Weston by WellandLow | 20 m² per resident |
| Newton and Little OakleyLow | 20 m² per resident |
| MiddletonLow | 19 m² per resident |
| Little StanionLow | 18 m² per resident |
| CranfordLow | 16 m² per resident |
| MawsleyVery Low | 15 m² per resident |
| DesboroughVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| DingleyVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| Burton LatimerVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| CransleyVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| OrlingburyVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| Barton SeagraveVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| Sutton BassettVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| OrtonVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about North Northamptonshire?
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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 02:52 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The North Northamptonshire dataset covers 11,523 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.