How many parks and green spaces are in Mendip? 27 public parks
Mendip has 27 public parks among 449 green space sites. Green space covers 0.4% of the area: about 27 m² per resident, or 3.8 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 55% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 27 m²
- Less green space than
- 55% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 3.8
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 MendipWhat are the largest parks in Mendip?
Collett Park is the largest public park in Mendip, at 7.6 hectares. 11 of the 27 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Collett Park | 7.6 hectares |
| Wirrall Park | 5.8 hectares |
| Victoria Park | 2.4 hectares |
| Abbey Park | 1.3 hectares |
| Merriman Park | 8,446 m² |
| Cathedral Green | 7,450 m² |
| Priddy Green | 4,801 m² |
| Jill's Close | 4,353 m² |
| Wraxhill Park | 3,304 m² |
| Village Green | 1,476 m² |
| Binegar Green | 1,195 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Mendip?
Playing fields cover the most ground in Mendip: 178 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 178 hectares · 82 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 43 hectares · 29 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 33.9 hectares · 96 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 30.6 hectares · 27 sites |
| Cemeteries | 19.4 hectares · 19 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 17.8 hectares · 46 sites |
| Play spaces | 10.3 hectares · 118 sites |
| Bowling greens | 2.3 hectares · 7 sites |
| Tennis courts | 1.9 hectares · 18 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 232 hectares · 7 sites |
Does Mendip have a lot of green space?
About average. Mendip has 27 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 33 m² across Somerset. Less green space per resident than 55% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| MendipThis area | 27 m² per resident |
| Somerset | 33 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 27 m² for every resident adds up to 3.8 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.
Which parts of Mendip have the most green space?
Berkley has the most green space per resident of the 62 areas of Mendip, at about 310 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 |
|---|---|
| BerkleyVery High | 310 m² per resident |
| Stratton on the FosseVery High | 228 m² per resident |
| KilmersdonVery High | 100 m² per resident |
| WhatleyVery High | 86 m² per resident |
| Norton St PhilipVery High | 82 m² per resident |
| DitcheatVery High | 78 m² per resident |
| MellsHigh | 60 m² per resident |
| CranmoreHigh | 48 m² per resident |
| Chewton MendipHigh | 47 m² per resident |
| LullingtonHigh | 46 m² per resident |
| Witham FriaryHigh | 46 m² per resident |
| ButleighHigh | 45 m² per resident |
| BatcombeHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| Lydford-on-FosseHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| AshwickHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| WookeyHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| BaltonsboroughHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| WaltonTypical | 37 m² per resident |
| St Cuthbert OutTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| EvercreechTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| ChilcomptonTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| GodneyTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| Leigh-on-MendipTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| BeckingtonTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| Stoke St MichaelTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| GlastonburyTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| Milton ClevedonTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| PriddyTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| StreetTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| WellsTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| SelwoodTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| PiltonLow | 24 m² per resident |
| CroscombeLow | 24 m² per resident |
| WanstrowLow | 23 m² per resident |
| HemingtonLow | 23 m² per resident |
| West BradleyLow | 22 m² per resident |
| Shepton MalletLow | 22 m² per resident |
| DownheadLow | 21 m² per resident |
| WestburyLow | 20 m² per resident |
| RodeLow | 20 m² per resident |
| MeareLow | 19 m² per resident |
| EmboroughLow | 19 m² per resident |
| HolcombeLow | 18 m² per resident |
| BinegarLow | 18 m² per resident |
| LamyattLow | 18 m² per resident |
| Rodney StokeLow | 16 m² per resident |
| ColefordLow | 15 m² per resident |
| Buckland DinhamVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| DoultingVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| FromeVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| Great ElmVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| LittonVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| PylleVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| Upton NobleVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| Ston EastonVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| NunneyVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| TrudoxhillVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
| East PennardVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
| TellisfordVery Low | 7 m² per resident |
| North WoottonVery Low | 7 m² per resident |
| West PennardVery Low | 7 m² per resident |
| SharphamVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Mendip?
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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 02:33 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Mendip dataset covers 5,638 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.