How many parks and green spaces are in South Oxfordshire? 61 public parks
South Oxfordshire has 61 public parks among 627 green space sites. Green space covers 1.1% of the area: about 51 m² per resident, or 7.2 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 75% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 51 m²
- More green space than
- 75% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 7.2
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
All house prices in South OxfordshireWhat are the largest parks in South Oxfordshire?
Shotover Country Park is the largest public park in South Oxfordshire, at 123 hectares. 20 of the 61 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Shotover Country Park | 123 hectares |
| Cow Common | 22.7 hectares |
| Waterperry Gardens | 9.5 hectares |
| Marsh Meadows | 9.2 hectares |
| Marsh Baldon Green | 6.5 hectares |
| The Green | 4.6 hectares |
| Riverside Park | 4.4 hectares |
| Memorial Park | 4.2 hectares |
| Kine Croft | 3.4 hectares |
| Crockerand Green | 1.8 hectares |
| Whitchurch Village Green | 1.6 hectares |
| Ishree Bagh | 1.5 hectares |
| Smallbone Recreation Park | 7,787 m² |
| The Green | 7,281 m² |
| The Green | 6,959 m² |
| The Green | 5,926 m² |
| The Rectory Garden | 1,903 m² |
| The Memorial Garden | 987 m² |
| The Green | 916 m² |
| Thame Youth Memorial Garden | 64 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in South Oxfordshire?
Playing fields cover the most ground in South Oxfordshire: 262 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 262 hectares · 99 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 247 hectares · 61 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 141 hectares · 48 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 56 hectares · 66 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 42.4 hectares · 113 sites |
| Play spaces | 17.8 hectares · 158 sites |
| Cemeteries | 15.5 hectares · 23 sites |
| Tennis courts | 5.8 hectares · 39 sites |
| Bowling greens | 1.8 hectares · 10 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 641 hectares · 10 sites |
Does South Oxfordshire have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. South Oxfordshire has 51 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 75% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| South OxfordshireThis area | 51 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. 51 m² for every resident adds up to 7.2 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 South Oxfordshire have the most green space?
Forest Hill with Shotover has the most green space per resident of the 85 areas of South Oxfordshire, at about 580 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 |
|---|---|
| Forest Hill with ShotoverVery High | 580 m² per resident |
| HorspathVery High | 533 m² per resident |
| Waterperry with ThomleyVery High | 489 m² per resident |
| EwelmeVery High | 299 m² per resident |
| CulhamVery High | 285 m² per resident |
| PyrtonVery High | 246 m² per resident |
| Marsh BaldonVery High | 241 m² per resident |
| HoltonVery High | 185 m² per resident |
| HarpsdenVery High | 164 m² per resident |
| WoodcoteVery High | 144 m² per resident |
| Cuddesdon and DentonVery High | 123 m² per resident |
| Aston RowantVery High | 115 m² per resident |
| TowerseyVery High | 113 m² per resident |
| Britwell SalomeVery High | 104 m² per resident |
| South MoretonVery High | 97 m² per resident |
| Kidmore EndVery High | 85 m² per resident |
| Great HaseleyVery High | 85 m² per resident |
| SwyncombeVery High | 82 m² per resident |
| Bix and AssendonVery High | 81 m² per resident |
| East HagbourneVery High | 80 m² per resident |
| Stoke RowVery High | 75 m² per resident |
| Berrick SalomeVery High | 72 m² per resident |
| Pishill with StonorVery High | 69 m² per resident |
| Aston TirroldVery High | 69 m² per resident |
| MoulsfordVery High | 69 m² per resident |
| Stanton St JohnVery High | 69 m² per resident |
| CrowmarshVery High | 68 m² per resident |
| Stoke TalmageVery High | 67 m² per resident |
| DorchesterVery High | 66 m² per resident |
| CheckendonVery High | 64 m² per resident |
| NettlebedVery High | 63 m² per resident |
| Brightwell BaldwinVery High | 61 m² per resident |
| WarboroughHigh | 60 m² per resident |
| IpsdenHigh | 60 m² per resident |
| HighmoorHigh | 60 m² per resident |
| Drayton St. LeonardHigh | 58 m² per resident |
| North MoretonHigh | 57 m² per resident |
| MapledurhamHigh | 55 m² per resident |
| ChalgroveHigh | 55 m² per resident |
| StadhamptonHigh | 54 m² per resident |
| Sandford-on-ThamesHigh | 54 m² per resident |
| Binfield HeathHigh | 51 m² per resident |
| Eye and DunsdenHigh | 50 m² per resident |
| Beckley and StowoodHigh | 49 m² per resident |
| LewknorHigh | 47 m² per resident |
| WallingfordHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| Long WittenhamHigh | 43 m² per resident |
| Little MiltonHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| BerinsfieldHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| Great MiltonHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| Whitchurch-on-ThamesHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| South StokeHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| Brightwell-cum-SotwellHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| ThameHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| BensonHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| Clifton HampdenTypical | 37 m² per resident |
| ShirburnTypical | 37 m² per resident |
| ShiplakeTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| Rotherfield GreysTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| CholseyTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| TetsworthTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| NewingtonTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| Rotherfield PeppardTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| Tiddington-with-AlburyTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| Sonning CommonTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| GarsingtonTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| Goring-on-ThamesTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| Henley-on-ThamesTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| NuffieldTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| CrowellLow | 24 m² per resident |
| SydenhamLow | 24 m² per resident |
| DidcotLow | 23 m² per resident |
| WaterstockLow | 23 m² per resident |
| Nuneham CourtenayLow | 22 m² per resident |
| Cuxham with EasingtonLow | 21 m² per resident |
| ChinnorLow | 20 m² per resident |
| Little WittenhamLow | 19 m² per resident |
| Toot BaldonLow | 18 m² per resident |
| WatlingtonLow | 18 m² per resident |
| ElsfieldLow | 18 m² per resident |
| WoodeatonLow | 16 m² per resident |
| Goring HeathLow | 15 m² per resident |
| West HagbourneVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| WheatleyVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| Aston UpthorpeVery Low | 4 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about South Oxfordshire?
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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 South Oxfordshire dataset covers 8,828 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.