How many parks and green spaces are in Worksop? 11 public parks

Worksop has 11 public parks among 91 green space sites. Green space covers 2.4% of the area: about 30 m² per resident, or 4.2 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 51% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
30 m²
Less green space than
51% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
4.2

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 Worksop?

Memorial Avenue Gardens is the largest public park in Worksop, at 4.3 hectares. 2 of the 11 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Worksop
ParkSize
Memorial Avenue Gardens4.3 hectares
Shipside Memorial Garden1,149 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Worksop?

Other sports facilities cover the most ground in Worksop: 47.3 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Worksop by type
TypeArea
Other sports facilities47.3 hectares · 23 sites
Playing fields37.8 hectares · 11 sites
Public parks and gardens19.4 hectares · 11 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces14.4 hectares · 12 sites
Cemeteries8.4 hectares · 2 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds5.4 hectares · 8 sites
Bowling greens1.7 hectares · 6 sites
Play spaces9,607 m² · 14 sites
Tennis courts2,845 m² · 1 site
Golf coursesNot counted175 hectares · 3 sites

Does Worksop have a lot of green space?

About average. Worksop has 30 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 36 m² across Bassetlaw. Less green space per resident than 51% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Worksop compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
WorksopThis area30 m² per resident
Bassetlaw36 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 30 m² for every resident adds up to 4.2 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.

What else do people ask about Worksop?

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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 03:48 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Worksop dataset covers 1,604 postcodes.

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