How many parks and green spaces are in Shropshire? 89 public parks
Shropshire has 89 public parks among 1,252 green space sites. Green space covers 0.4% of the area: about 37 m² per resident, or 5.2 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 60% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 37 m²
- More green space than
- 60% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 5.2
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 ShropshireWhat are the largest parks in Shropshire?
The Mere at Ellesmere is the largest public park in Shropshire, at 63.4 hectares. 25 of the 89 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| The Mere at Ellesmere | 63.4 hectares |
| Highley Mine (Severn Valley Country Park) | 59.2 hectares |
| Colemere | 48.7 hectares |
| Nesscliffe Hill Country Park | 36.5 hectares |
| Stanmore Country Park | 15.8 hectares |
| The Quarry | 11 hectares |
| Springfield Recreation Ground | 9 hectares |
| Severn Park | 7.9 hectares |
| Jubilee Park | 6.1 hectares |
| Copthorne Park Countryside Site | 5.6 hectares |
| Cae Glas Park | 3.9 hectares |
| Myddle | 2.5 hectares |
| Burr's Field | 2.4 hectares |
| Abbey Gardens | 2.1 hectares |
| Rad Valley Countryside Site | 2 hectares |
| The Castle Grounds | 1 hectares |
| The Common | 5,531 m² |
| The Gravel Hole | 4,417 m² |
| The Green | 1,958 m² |
| Bridgnorth Community Garden | 1,499 m² |
| Quantum Leap Garden | 1,379 m² |
| Woodlands Green | 1,352 m² |
| Dinham Millennium Green | 1,248 m² |
| Alexandra Park | 954 m² |
| Hermitage Walk Recreation Ground | 572 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Shropshire?
Playing fields cover the most ground in Shropshire: 365 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 365 hectares · 182 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 361 hectares · 89 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 244 hectares · 105 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 108 hectares · 296 sites |
| Cemeteries | 64 hectares · 74 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 42.4 hectares · 71 sites |
| Play spaces | 24.2 hectares · 264 sites |
| Bowling greens | 20.3 hectares · 83 sites |
| Tennis courts | 8.2 hectares · 63 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 11 km² · 25 sites |
Does Shropshire have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. Shropshire has 37 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 37 m² across Shropshire (Ceremonial). More green space per resident than 60% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| ShropshireThis area | 37 m² per resident |
| Shropshire (Ceremonial) | 37 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 37 m² for every resident adds up to 5.2 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 Shropshire have the most green space?
Bedstone has the most green space per resident of the 200 areas of Shropshire, at about 749 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 |
|---|---|
| BedstoneVery High | 749 m² per resident |
| Welshampton and LynealVery High | 562 m² per resident |
| SheriffhalesVery High | 414 m² per resident |
| UffingtonVery High | 407 m² per resident |
| Hope BagotVery High | 404 m² per resident |
| Great NessVery High | 383 m² per resident |
| Neen SavageVery High | 263 m² per resident |
| BaschurchVery High | 263 m² per resident |
| AlveleyVery High | 220 m² per resident |
| BurwartonVery High | 184 m² per resident |
| WithingtonVery High | 180 m² per resident |
| Quatt MalvernVery High | 176 m² per resident |
| BromfieldVery High | 171 m² per resident |
| BuildwasVery High | 158 m² per resident |
| Ellesmere UrbanVery High | 152 m² per resident |
| WorfieldVery High | 123 m² per resident |
| Cleobury NorthVery High | 94 m² per resident |
| RushburyVery High | 92 m² per resident |
| NorburyVery High | 87 m² per resident |
| CondoverVery High | 78 m² per resident |
| StocktonVery High | 77 m² per resident |
| HighleyVery High | 73 m² per resident |
| Upton MagnaVery High | 72 m² per resident |
| LydhamVery High | 70 m² per resident |
| Much WenlockVery High | 68 m² per resident |
| Bishop's CastleVery High | 67 m² per resident |
| Newcastle on ClunVery High | 66 m² per resident |
| IghtfieldVery High | 63 m² per resident |
| CoundVery High | 62 m² per resident |
| Wroxeter and UppingtonHigh | 60 m² per resident |
| ClungunfordHigh | 60 m² per resident |
| Abdon and HeathHigh | 60 m² per resident |
| SidburyHigh | 60 m² per resident |
| Llanfair WaterdineHigh | 59 m² per resident |
| KnockinHigh | 58 m² per resident |
| BeckburyHigh | 56 m² per resident |
| GrinshillHigh | 55 m² per resident |
| Stanton LacyHigh | 52 m² per resident |
| WoolstastonHigh | 52 m² per resident |
| WhittingtonHigh | 50 m² per resident |
| Ashford CarbonelHigh | 49 m² per resident |
| StoweHigh | 46 m² per resident |
| GlazeleyHigh | 45 m² per resident |
| Stanton upon Hine HeathHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| Church PreenHigh | 43 m² per resident |
| CheswardineHigh | 43 m² per resident |
| MunslowHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| ChelmarshHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| Child's ErcallHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| DoningtonHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| Cleobury MortimerHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| BictonHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| ShawburyHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| PontesburyHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| Norton in HalesHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| CulmingtonHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| NashTypical | 37 m² per resident |
| LudlowTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| CliveTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| Acton ScottTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| Ditton PriorsTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| Myddle and BroughtonTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| WheathillTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| MainstoneTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| ClunTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| Church StrettonTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| Aston EyreTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| BridgnorthTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| Whitchurch UrbanTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| BucknellTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| MoreTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| LlanyblodwelTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| Worthen with ShelveTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| WhittonTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| HodnetTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| Ruyton-XI-TownsTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| Ashford BowdlerTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| BarrowTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| HopesayTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| ShrewsburyTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| Ellesmere RuralTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| Aston BotterellTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| CockshuttTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| Acton RoundTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| Sutton Upon TernTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| MilsonLow | 24 m² per resident |
| Bettws-y-CrwynLow | 24 m² per resident |
| Neen SollarsLow | 24 m² per resident |
| BurfordLow | 24 m² per resident |
| LongdenLow | 23 m² per resident |
| HinstockLow | 23 m² per resident |
| WestburyLow | 23 m² per resident |
| Weston RhynLow | 23 m² per resident |
| Great HanwoodLow | 23 m² per resident |
| Hopton CastleLow | 23 m² per resident |
| SheintonLow | 22 m² per resident |
| Wem UrbanLow | 22 m² per resident |
| NeentonLow | 22 m² per resident |
| Bayston HillLow | 22 m² per resident |
| TongLow | 22 m² per resident |
| MyndtownLow | 22 m² per resident |
| OswestryLow | 22 m² per resident |
| FordLow | 21 m² per resident |
| GreeteLow | 21 m² per resident |
| BorastonLow | 20 m² per resident |
| CressageLow | 20 m² per resident |
| Sutton MaddockLow | 20 m² per resident |
| ShifnalLow | 19 m² per resident |
| Selattyn and GobowenLow | 19 m² per resident |
| WooreLow | 19 m² per resident |
| MontfordLow | 19 m² per resident |
| Market DraytonLow | 19 m² per resident |
| PimhillLow | 19 m² per resident |
| ClaverleyLow | 18 m² per resident |
| PreesLow | 18 m² per resident |
| RytonLow | 18 m² per resident |
| AlbrightonLow | 18 m² per resident |
| BerringtonLow | 18 m² per resident |
| HarleyLow | 17 m² per resident |
| Craven ArmsLow | 17 m² per resident |
| HughleyLow | 17 m² per resident |
| Lydbury NorthLow | 17 m² per resident |
| Chirbury with BromptonLow | 17 m² per resident |
| BroseleyLow | 17 m² per resident |
| EdgtonLow | 17 m² per resident |
| Moreton Corbet and Lee BrockhurstLow | 17 m² per resident |
| BadgerLow | 17 m² per resident |
| Acton BurnellLow | 16 m² per resident |
| Eaton-under-HeywoodLow | 16 m² per resident |
| StottesdonLow | 15 m² per resident |
| LeebotwoodLow | 15 m² per resident |
| Sibdon CarwoodLow | 15 m² per resident |
| CaynhamLow | 15 m² per resident |
| SmethcottLow | 15 m² per resident |
| ShiptonLow | 15 m² per resident |
| KinletVery Low | 15 m² per resident |
| KinnerleyVery Low | 15 m² per resident |
| HordleyVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| RatlinghopeVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| Hope BowdlerVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| Llanymynech and PantVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| Clee St. MargaretVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| WentnorVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| MinsterleyVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| Hopton WafersVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| Hopton CangefordVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| KembertonVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| AdderleyVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| Weston-under-RedcastleVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| MorvilleVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| Oswestry RuralVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| Leighton and Eaton ConstantineVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| Stoke St. MilboroughVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| West FeltonVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| Whitchurch RuralVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| PettonVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| Stoke upon TernVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| OniburyVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| WistanstowVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| St. Martin'sVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| Alberbury with CardestonVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| BitterleyVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| AtchamVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| WhixallVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| Moreton SayVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| KenleyVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| LoppingtonVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| CardingtonVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| Wem RuralVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| ClunburyVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| Church PulverbatchVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| Stanton LongVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| CoreleyVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| MelverleyVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| FarlowVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| MonkhoptonVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
| DiddleburyVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
| FrodesleyVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
| Astley AbbottsVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
| TasleyVery Low | 7 m² per resident |
| Middleton ScrivenVery Low | 7 m² per resident |
| BillingsleyVery Low | 7 m² per resident |
| Little NessVery Low | 7 m² per resident |
| HadnallVery Low | 6 m² per resident |
| LudfordVery Low | 6 m² per resident |
| BoningaleVery Low | 6 m² per resident |
| LongnorVery Low | 6 m² per resident |
| ChettonVery Low | 4 m² per resident |
| AstleyVery Low | 4 m² per resident |
| PitchfordVery Low | 3 m² per resident |
| Ruckley and LangleyVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| RomsleyVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| EasthopeVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| RudgeVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| DeuxhillVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| EardingtonVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| BoscobelVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| ColebatchVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| All StrettonVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| Upton CressettVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Shropshire?
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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 02:30 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Shropshire dataset covers 15,286 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.