How many parks and green spaces are in Blyth? 13 public parks

Blyth has 13 public parks among 100 green space sites. Green space covers 5.8% of the area: about 29 m² per resident, or 4.1 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 52% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
29 m²
Less green space than
52% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
4.1

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 Blyth?

Ridley Park is the largest public park in Blyth, at 5.3 hectares. 2 of the 13 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Blyth
ParkSize
Ridley Park5.3 hectares
Beach Gardens2.1 hectares

What kinds of green space are there in Blyth?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Blyth: 38.4 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Blyth by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens38.4 hectares · 13 sites
Playing fields37 hectares · 14 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces17.8 hectares · 12 sites
Cemeteries10.9 hectares · 2 sites
Other sports facilities7.9 hectares · 12 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds3.4 hectares · 8 sites
Play spaces2.4 hectares · 28 sites
Bowling greens8,357 m² · 4 sites
Tennis courts4,319 m² · 6 sites
Golf coursesNot counted50.4 hectares · 1 site

Does Blyth have a lot of green space?

About average. Blyth has 29 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 49 m² across Northumberland. Less green space per resident than 52% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Blyth compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
BlythThis area29 m² per resident
Northumberland49 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 29 m² for every resident adds up to 4.1 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 03:32 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Blyth dataset covers 1,339 postcodes.

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