How many parks and green spaces are in Great Faringdon? 7 public parks

Great Faringdon has 7 public parks among 31 green space sites. Green space covers 1.9% of the area: about 33 m² per resident, or 4.6 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 54% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
33 m²
More green space than
54% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
4.6

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 Great Faringdon?

Folly Park is the largest public park in Great Faringdon, at 6.2 hectares. 1 of the 7 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Great Faringdon
ParkSize
Folly Park6.2 hectares

What kinds of green space are there in Great Faringdon?

Other sports facilities cover the most ground in Great Faringdon: 12.3 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Great Faringdon by type
TypeArea
Other sports facilities12.3 hectares · 3 sites
Public parks and gardens8.9 hectares · 7 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces4 hectares · 1 site
Playing fields1.8 hectares · 2 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds8,613 m² · 1 site
Play spaces8,491 m² · 11 sites
Cemeteries6,547 m² · 2 sites
Bowling greens4,427 m² · 2 sites
Tennis courts2,389 m² · 2 sites

Does Great Faringdon have a lot of green space?

About average. Great Faringdon has 33 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 36 m² across Vale of White Horse. More green space per resident than 54% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Great Faringdon compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
Great FaringdonThis area33 m² per resident
Vale of White Horse36 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 33 m² for every resident adds up to 4.6 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 Great Faringdon?

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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 Great Faringdon dataset covers 381 postcodes.

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