How many parks and green spaces are in Oxford? 43 public parks
Oxford has 43 public parks among 382 green space sites. Green space covers 14.8% of the area: about 42 m² per resident, or 5.8 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 66% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 42 m²
- More green space than
- 66% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 5.8
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
All house prices in OxfordWhat are the largest parks in Oxford?
Wolvercote Common is the largest public park in Oxford, at 154 hectares. 21 of the 43 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Wolvercote Common | 154 hectares |
| University Parks | 28.7 hectares |
| South Park | 22.7 hectares |
| Longbridges Nature Park | 10.3 hectares |
| Florence Park | 8.3 hectares |
| Headington Hill Park | 7.8 hectares |
| Bury Knowle Park | 6.8 hectares |
| Gillians Park | 4.8 hectares |
| Hinksey Park | 4.2 hectares |
| Milham Ford Nature Park | 3.7 hectares |
| Dunstan Park | 3.6 hectares |
| Rivermead Nature Park | 3.5 hectares |
| Spindleberry Nature Park | 3.5 hectares |
| Fry's Hill Park | 3.5 hectares |
| University Botanical Garden | 2.6 hectares |
| Wolvercote Green | 2 hectares |
| Goose Green | 2 hectares |
| Fellows Garden | 9,991 m² |
| Balfour Road Garden | 5,485 m² |
| Overmead Green | 1,410 m² |
| Town Furze | 887 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Oxford?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Oxford: 302 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 302 hectares · 43 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 171 hectares · 73 sites |
| Playing fields | 107 hectares · 47 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 71.3 hectares · 40 sites |
| Cemeteries | 16 hectares · 10 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 12.2 hectares · 31 sites |
| Play spaces | 9.7 hectares · 92 sites |
| Tennis courts | 6 hectares · 36 sites |
| Bowling greens | 3.7 hectares · 8 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 55.8 hectares · 2 sites |
Does Oxford have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. Oxford has 42 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 66% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| OxfordThis area | 42 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. 42 m² for every resident adds up to 5.8 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 Oxford have the most green space?
Lower Wolvercote has the most green space per resident of the 19 areas of Oxford, at about 232 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 |
|---|---|
| Lower WolvercoteVery High | 232 m² per resident |
| Old MarstonVery High | 74 m² per resident |
| South OxfordVery High | 72 m² per resident |
| Upper WolvercoteHigh | 58 m² per resident |
| Florence ParkHigh | 43 m² per resident |
| New MarstonHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| SunnymeadHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| Wood FarmHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| St Clement'sTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| Blackbird LeysLow | 24 m² per resident |
| HeadingtonLow | 21 m² per resident |
| LittlemoreLow | 20 m² per resident |
| City CentreVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| Lye ValleyVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| Risinghurst and SandhillsVery Low | 5 m² per resident |
| Iffley FieldsVery Low | 4 m² per resident |
| JerichoVery Low | 4 m² per resident |
| DonningtonVery Low | 4 m² per resident |
| Robin HoodVery Low | under 1 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Oxford?
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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 02:48 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Oxford dataset covers 6,655 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.