How many parks and green spaces are in Rushcliffe? 40 public parks

Rushcliffe has 40 public parks among 370 green space sites. Green space covers 1.7% of the area: about 57 m² per resident, or 8 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 78% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
57 m²
More green space than
78% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
8

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 Rushcliffe?

Holme Pierrepont National Water Sports Centre and Country Park is the largest public park in Rushcliffe, at 131 hectares. 17 of the 40 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Rushcliffe
ParkSize
Holme Pierrepont National Water Sports Centre and Country Park131 hectares
Rushcliffe83 hectares
Skylarks Nature Reserve53 hectares
Trent Fields15.2 hectares
Bingham Linear Park9.9 hectares
Bridgford Park8.8 hectares
Meadow Park7.7 hectares
Large Green5.6 hectares
The Green Line4.4 hectares
Collington Common2.8 hectares
Willoughby Community Park1.7 hectares
Rockley Memorial Garden1 hectares
Cotgrave Field of Hope1 hectares
Boundary Road Park9,205 m²
The Green2,861 m²
The Pinfold Village Pound642 m²
The Green574 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Rushcliffe?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Rushcliffe: 377 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Rushcliffe by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens377 hectares · 40 sites
Playing fields120 hectares · 47 sites
Other sports facilities75.6 hectares · 36 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces42.6 hectares · 37 sites
Cemeteries37.5 hectares · 20 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds21.4 hectares · 61 sites
Play spaces6.5 hectares · 95 sites
Tennis courts3.8 hectares · 14 sites
Bowling greens3.5 hectares · 13 sites
Golf coursesNot counted355 hectares · 7 sites

Does Rushcliffe have a lot of green space?

A bit more than most areas. Rushcliffe has 57 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 78% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Rushcliffe compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
RushcliffeThis area57 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. 57 m² for every resident adds up to 8 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 Rushcliffe have the most green space?

Holme Pierrepont has the most green space per resident of the 60 areas of Rushcliffe, at about 3,594 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 Rushcliffe
AreaPer resident
Holme PierrepontVery High3,594 m² per resident
Car ColstonVery High394 m² per resident
Wiverton HallVery High168 m² per resident
RuddingtonVery High131 m² per resident
Colston BassettVery High102 m² per resident
NewtonVery High98 m² per resident
PlumtreeVery High95 m² per resident
WidmerpoolVery High82 m² per resident
Cropwell ButlerVery High79 m² per resident
ThrumptonVery High78 m² per resident
OrstonHigh59 m² per resident
FlinthamHigh55 m² per resident
GothamHigh54 m² per resident
Upper BroughtonHigh52 m² per resident
Normanton on SoarHigh50 m² per resident
ShelfordHigh48 m² per resident
GamstonHigh48 m² per resident
Radcliffe on TrentHigh46 m² per resident
BinghamHigh42 m² per resident
KneetonHigh41 m² per resident
Sutton BoningtonHigh41 m² per resident
Willoughby on the WoldsHigh40 m² per resident
West LeakeHigh40 m² per resident
Typical36 m² per resident
Whatton-in-the-ValeTypical33 m² per resident
East LeakeTypical33 m² per resident
CotgraveTypical33 m² per resident
Stanford on SoarTypical32 m² per resident
KinoultonTypical31 m² per resident
TithbyTypical31 m² per resident
Langar cum BarnstoneTypical31 m² per resident
BunnyLow24 m² per resident
East BridgfordLow23 m² per resident
Barton in FabisLow23 m² per resident
RempstoneLow23 m² per resident
ScrevetonLow21 m² per resident
Elton-on-the-HillLow21 m² per resident
OwthorpeLow20 m² per resident
Cropwell BishopLow20 m² per resident
KeyworthLow18 m² per resident
FlawboroughLow17 m² per resident
SibthorpeLow17 m² per resident
Stanton on the WoldsLow17 m² per resident
Ratcliffe on SoarLow15 m² per resident
Kingston on SoarLow15 m² per resident
GranbyLow15 m² per resident
HawksworthVery Low14 m² per resident
ThorotonVery Low14 m² per resident
WysallVery Low14 m² per resident
HicklingVery Low12 m² per resident
ScarringtonVery Low12 m² per resident
TollertonVery Low10 m² per resident
SheltonVery Low9 m² per resident
AslocktonVery Low8 m² per resident
CostockVery Low3 m² per resident
BradmoreVery Low3 m² per resident
Normanton on the WoldsVery Low0 m² per resident
Thorpe in the GlebeVery Low0 m² per resident
SaxondaleVery Low0 m² per resident
ClipstonVery Low0 m² per resident

What else do people ask about Rushcliffe?

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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 02:54 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Rushcliffe dataset covers 3,219 postcodes.

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