How many parks and green spaces are in Whitchurch Urban? 5 public parks

Whitchurch Urban has 5 public parks among 32 green space sites. Green space covers 1.3% of the area: about 31 m² per resident, or 4.4 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 52% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
31 m²
More green space than
52% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
4.4

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 Whitchurch Urban?

Jubilee Park is the largest public park in Whitchurch Urban, at 6.1 hectares. 1 of the 5 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Whitchurch Urban
ParkSize
Jubilee Park6.1 hectares

What kinds of green space are there in Whitchurch Urban?

Playing fields cover the most ground in Whitchurch Urban: 16.3 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Whitchurch Urban by type
TypeArea
Playing fields16.3 hectares · 4 sites
Public parks and gardens10 hectares · 5 sites
Cemeteries2.4 hectares · 1 site
Bowling greens1.9 hectares · 4 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds1.1 hectares · 2 sites
Play spaces4,337 m² · 12 sites
Other sports facilities3,660 m² · 2 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces2,121 m² · 1 site
Golf coursesNot counted75.2 hectares · 1 site

Does Whitchurch Urban have a lot of green space?

About average. Whitchurch Urban has 31 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 52% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Whitchurch Urban compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
Whitchurch UrbanThis area31 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. 31 m² for every resident adds up to 4.4 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.

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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 03:38 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Whitchurch Urban dataset covers 482 postcodes.

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