How many parks and green spaces are in Church Stretton? 1 public park

Church Stretton has 1 public park among 23 green space sites. Green space covers 0.5% 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

All house prices in Church Stretton

What kinds of green space are there in Church Stretton?

Playing fields cover the most ground in Church Stretton: 7.7 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Church Stretton by type
TypeArea
Playing fields7.7 hectares · 3 sites
Other sports facilities4.1 hectares · 3 sites
Cemeteries1.2 hectares · 2 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds9,659 m² · 4 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces9,640 m² · 1 site
Play spaces8,125 m² · 3 sites
Tennis courts3,742 m² · 4 sites
Bowling greens2,313 m² · 1 site
Public parks and gardens1,347 m² · 1 site
Golf coursesNot counted61.6 hectares · 1 site

Does Church Stretton have a lot of green space?

About average. Church Stretton has 33 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 37 m² across Shropshire. More green space per resident than 54% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Church Stretton compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
Church StrettonThis area33 m² per resident
Shropshire37 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 Church Stretton?

More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Church Stretton.

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 03:38 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Church Stretton dataset covers 219 postcodes.

Read our full data methodology

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

About·Data methodology·Buying checklist