How many parks and green spaces are in Bassetlaw? 32 public parks

Bassetlaw has 32 public parks among 410 green space sites. Green space covers 0.7% of the area: about 36 m² per resident, or 5.1 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 59% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
36 m²
More green space than
59% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
5.1

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 Bassetlaw?

Langold Country Park is the largest public park in Bassetlaw, at 55.4 hectares. 7 of the 32 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Bassetlaw
ParkSize
Langold Country Park55.4 hectares
Kings' Park10.4 hectares
Memorial Avenue Gardens4.3 hectares
Parish Pasture3.3 hectares
Spa Common9,361 m²
Church Green2,801 m²
Shipside Memorial Garden1,149 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Bassetlaw?

Playing fields cover the most ground in Bassetlaw: 160 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Bassetlaw by type
TypeArea
Playing fields160 hectares · 76 sites
Public parks and gardens98.1 hectares · 32 sites
Other sports facilities72.4 hectares · 49 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces36.5 hectares · 42 sites
Cemeteries33.4 hectares · 28 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds31.2 hectares · 68 sites
Play spaces7 hectares · 77 sites
Bowling greens4.9 hectares · 22 sites
Tennis courts1.5 hectares · 9 sites
Golf coursesNot counted320 hectares · 7 sites

Does Bassetlaw have a lot of green space?

About average. Bassetlaw has 36 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 45 m² across Nottinghamshire. More green space per resident than 59% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Bassetlaw compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
BassetlawThis area36 m² per resident
Nottinghamshire45 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 36 m² for every resident adds up to 5.1 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.

Which parts of Bassetlaw have the most green space?

Nether Langwith has the most green space per resident of the 65 areas of Bassetlaw, at about 210 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 Bassetlaw
AreaPer resident
Nether LangwithVery High210 m² per resident
WisetonVery High200 m² per resident
Norton and CuckneyVery High175 m² per resident
TorworthVery High153 m² per resident
East DraytonVery High149 m² per resident
HodsockVery High109 m² per resident
ScroobyVery High103 m² per resident
West BurtonVery High102 m² per resident
BothamsallVery High86 m² per resident
MatterseyVery High83 m² per resident
Carlton in LindrickVery High80 m² per resident
FledboroughVery High74 m² per resident
Styrrup with OldcotesVery High63 m² per resident
HolbeckHigh59 m² per resident
LoundHigh55 m² per resident
Clarborough and WelhamHigh50 m² per resident
DarltonHigh47 m² per resident
Barnby MoorHigh47 m² per resident
West MarkhamHigh43 m² per resident
North and South WheatleyHigh41 m² per resident
Rampton and WoodbeckHigh39 m² per resident
ShireoaksHigh38 m² per resident
East MarkhamHigh37 m² per resident
HaytonHigh37 m² per resident
Gringley on the HillTypical34 m² per resident
Normanton on TrentTypical32 m² per resident
East Retford (Unparished)Typical32 m² per resident
EvertonTypical30 m² per resident
WorksopTypical30 m² per resident
StokehamTypical30 m² per resident
Sturton le SteepleTypical29 m² per resident
BeckinghamTypical29 m² per resident
MarnhamTypical29 m² per resident
SaundbyTypical29 m² per resident
CarburtonTypical28 m² per resident
BlythTypical28 m² per resident
CottamTypical26 m² per resident
Dunham-on-TrentTypical25 m² per resident
ElkesleyTypical25 m² per resident
EatonLow24 m² per resident
Harworth BircotesLow23 m² per resident
MistertonLow21 m² per resident
TuxfordLow21 m² per resident
WalkeringhamLow21 m² per resident
GroveLow20 m² per resident
AskhamLow20 m² per resident
TreswellLow19 m² per resident
BabworthLow19 m² per resident
BoleLow17 m² per resident
SuttonLow16 m² per resident
ClayworthLow15 m² per resident
GamstonVery Low14 m² per resident
Headon cum UptonVery Low14 m² per resident
South LevertonVery Low13 m² per resident
North Leverton with HabblesthorpeVery Low12 m² per resident
West DraytonVery Low11 m² per resident
LanehamVery Low10 m² per resident
RanskillVery Low9 m² per resident
MissonVery Low7 m² per resident
RhodesiaVery Low3 m² per resident
West StockwithVery Low3 m² per resident
HaughtonVery Low0 m² per resident
RagnallVery Low0 m² per resident
WallingwellsVery Low0 m² per resident
BevercotesVery 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 02:53 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Bassetlaw dataset covers 4,702 postcodes.

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