How many parks and green spaces are in Sonning Common? 2 public parks

Sonning Common has 2 public parks among 15 green space sites. Green space covers 3.4% of the area: about 31 m² per resident, or 4.3 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 50% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
31 m²
More green space than
50% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
4.3

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 Sonning Common?

Memorial Park is the largest public park in Sonning Common, at 4.2 hectares. 1 of the 2 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Sonning Common
ParkSize
Memorial Park4.2 hectares

What kinds of green space are there in Sonning Common?

Playing fields cover the most ground in Sonning Common: 6 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Sonning Common by type
TypeArea
Playing fields6 hectares · 1 site
Public parks and gardens4.4 hectares · 2 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces1.1 hectares · 1 site
Play spaces9,539 m² · 6 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds4,578 m² · 3 sites
Other sports facilities1,574 m² · 1 site
Tennis courts1,097 m² · 1 site

Does Sonning Common have a lot of green space?

About average. Sonning Common has 31 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 51 m² across South Oxfordshire. More green space per resident than 50% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Sonning Common compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
Sonning CommonThis area31 m² per resident
South Oxfordshire51 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 31 m² for every resident adds up to 4.3 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 Sonning Common?

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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 03:44 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Sonning Common dataset covers 117 postcodes.

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