How many parks and green spaces are in Cherwell? 73 public parks
Cherwell has 73 public parks among 696 green space sites. Green space covers 0.9% of the area: about 34 m² per resident, or 4.7 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 55% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 34 m²
- More green space than
- 55% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 4.7
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 CherwellWhat are the largest parks in Cherwell?
Spiceball Country Park is the largest public park in Cherwell, at 18.8 hectares. 22 of the 73 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Spiceball Country Park | 18.8 hectares |
| Hanwell Fields | 12.6 hectares |
| Bure Park Nature | 10.5 hectares |
| Princess Diana Park | 5 hectares |
| People's Park | 4.4 hectares |
| Garth Park | 3.5 hectares |
| Bankside Park | 3.3 hectares |
| Browning Road Park | 3 hectares |
| The Bretch | 2.5 hectares |
| The Green | 1 hectares |
| The Green | 9,001 m² |
| Bucknell Playing Field | 8,098 m² |
| Grimsbury Square Gardens | 4,044 m² |
| The Green | 3,897 m² |
| The Green | 3,552 m² |
| The Green | 3,476 m² |
| The Green | 3,054 m² |
| The Green | 2,912 m² |
| The Green | 2,474 m² |
| The Green | 897 m² |
| The Green | 643 m² |
| The Green | 605 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Cherwell?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Cherwell: 185 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 185 hectares · 73 sites |
| Playing fields | 169 hectares · 74 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 88.2 hectares · 47 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 46.9 hectares · 76 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 32.7 hectares · 81 sites |
| Play spaces | 18.5 hectares · 293 sites |
| Cemeteries | 15.6 hectares · 20 sites |
| Bowling greens | 2.1 hectares · 10 sites |
| Tennis courts | 1.4 hectares · 13 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 429 hectares · 9 sites |
Does Cherwell have a lot of green space?
About average. Cherwell has 34 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 40 m² across Oxfordshire. More green space per resident than 55% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| CherwellThis area | 34 m² per resident |
| Oxfordshire | 40 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 34 m² for every resident adds up to 4.7 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 Cherwell have the most green space?
Hardwick with Tusmore has the most green space per resident of the 78 areas of Cherwell, at about 370 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 |
|---|---|
| Hardwick with TusmoreVery High | 370 m² per resident |
| Stratton AudleyVery High | 245 m² per resident |
| KirtlingtonVery High | 147 m² per resident |
| Middleton StoneyVery High | 130 m² per resident |
| ChestertonVery High | 121 m² per resident |
| HetheVery High | 113 m² per resident |
| NokeVery High | 107 m² per resident |
| WroxtonVery High | 99 m² per resident |
| WardingtonVery High | 98 m² per resident |
| Upper HeyfordVery High | 97 m² per resident |
| SouldernVery High | 94 m² per resident |
| BodicoteVery High | 89 m² per resident |
| North NewingtonVery High | 88 m² per resident |
| North AstonVery High | 87 m² per resident |
| BroughtonVery High | 84 m² per resident |
| ArncottVery High | 82 m² per resident |
| CropredyVery High | 80 m² per resident |
| MertonVery High | 78 m² per resident |
| Charlton-on-OtmoorVery High | 76 m² per resident |
| Stoke LyneVery High | 71 m² per resident |
| IslipVery High | 65 m² per resident |
| Lower HeyfordVery High | 63 m² per resident |
| FinmereVery High | 62 m² per resident |
| GodingtonVery High | 62 m² per resident |
| Horton-cum-StudleyHigh | 57 m² per resident |
| HorntonHigh | 53 m² per resident |
| Gosford and Water EatonHigh | 52 m² per resident |
| HanwellHigh | 51 m² per resident |
| FringfordHigh | 50 m² per resident |
| CottisfordHigh | 47 m² per resident |
| MiltonHigh | 47 m² per resident |
| HorleyHigh | 46 m² per resident |
| BletchingdonHigh | 45 m² per resident |
| WiggintonHigh | 43 m² per resident |
| DeddingtonHigh | 43 m² per resident |
| BloxhamHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| BucknellHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| ArdleyHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| BegbrokeTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| CaversfieldTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| Steeple AstonTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| ShutfordTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| FritwellTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| WendleburyTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| MollingtonTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| Weston-on-the-GreenTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| Hook NortonTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| BanburyTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| Hampton Gay and PoyleTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| Barford St. John and St. MichaelTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| LauntonTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| Shenington with AlkertonTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| BicesterTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| BourtonLow | 25 m² per resident |
| Middle AstonLow | 25 m² per resident |
| South NewingtonLow | 24 m² per resident |
| SwalcliffeLow | 24 m² per resident |
| AdderburyLow | 22 m² per resident |
| EpwellLow | 22 m² per resident |
| KidlingtonLow | 22 m² per resident |
| Claydon with ClattercotLow | 19 m² per resident |
| SomertonLow | 19 m² per resident |
| AmbrosdenLow | 18 m² per resident |
| Newton Purcell with ShelswellLow | 18 m² per resident |
| Shipton-on-Cherwell and ThruppLow | 17 m² per resident |
| PiddingtonLow | 17 m² per resident |
| YarntonLow | 16 m² per resident |
| DraytonLow | 16 m² per resident |
| OddingtonLow | 16 m² per resident |
| MixburyLow | 15 m² per resident |
| MilcombeVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| Duns TewVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| BlackthornVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| Sibford GowerVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| TadmartonVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
| Heyford ParkVery Low | 5 m² per resident |
| Sibford FerrisVery Low | 1 m² per resident |
| Fencott and MurcottVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Cherwell?
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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 02:47 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Cherwell dataset covers 9,040 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.