How many parks and green spaces are in Taunton Deane? 34 public parks
Taunton Deane has 34 public parks among 418 green space sites. Green space covers 0.7% of the area: about 28 m² per resident, or 3.9 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
- 28 m²
- Less green space than
- 55% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 3.9
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 Taunton DeaneWhat are the largest parks in Taunton Deane?
Lyngford Park is the largest public park in Taunton Deane, at 2.2 hectares. 6 of the 34 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Lyngford Park | 2.2 hectares |
| The Park | 1.7 hectares |
| Goodland Gardens | 6,272 m² |
| Crufts Meadow | 1,547 m² |
| Trull Green | 1,125 m² |
| Millennum Garden | 57 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Taunton Deane?
Playing fields cover the most ground in Taunton Deane: 137 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 137 hectares · 66 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 70.6 hectares · 29 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 51 hectares · 34 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 31.1 hectares · 31 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 25.7 hectares · 72 sites |
| Cemeteries | 17.6 hectares · 10 sites |
| Play spaces | 14.6 hectares · 146 sites |
| Tennis courts | 4.1 hectares · 22 sites |
| Bowling greens | 5,828 m² · 2 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 133 hectares · 6 sites |
Does Taunton Deane have a lot of green space?
About average. Taunton Deane has 28 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 29 m² across Somerset West and Taunton. Less green space per resident than 55% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Taunton DeaneThis area | 28 m² per resident |
| Somerset West and Taunton | 29 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 28 m² for every resident adds up to 3.9 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 Taunton Deane have the most green space?
Trull has the most green space per resident of the 20 areas of Taunton Deane, at about 652 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 |
|---|---|
| TrullVery High | 652 m² per resident |
| Bishop's Lydeard District WardVery High | 587 m² per resident |
| West Monkton District WardVery High | 97 m² per resident |
| Neroche District WardVery High | 74 m² per resident |
| Rowbarton and Staplegrove EDVery High | 65 m² per resident |
| Staplegrove District WardHigh | 51 m² per resident |
| Milverton and North Deane District WardHigh | 45 m² per resident |
| Bishops Hull and Taunton West EDHigh | 42 m² per resident |
| Blackdown District WardHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| Taunton South EDTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| Ruishton & Creech District WardTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| Lydeard EDTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| WellingtonTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| Monkton and North Curry EDTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| Wiveliscombe and West Deane District WardTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| Monument District WardLow | 23 m² per resident |
| Comeytrowe and Trull EDLow | 20 m² per resident |
| Taunton East EDLow | 16 m² per resident |
| Bradford-on-Tone District WardVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| Taunton North EDVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Taunton Deane?
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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 Taunton Deane dataset covers 4,889 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.