How many parks and green spaces are in Yeovil? 10 public parks
Yeovil has 10 public parks among 81 green space sites. Green space covers 13.1% of the area: about 40 m² per resident, or 5.6 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 64% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 40 m²
- More green space than
- 64% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 5.6
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 YeovilWhat are the largest parks in Yeovil?
Yeovil Country Park is the largest public park in Yeovil, at 62 hectares. 5 of the 10 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Yeovil Country Park | 62 hectares |
| Birchfield Park | 4.8 hectares |
| Pen Hill Park | 4.4 hectares |
| Sidney Gardens | 1.2 hectares |
| Preston Park | 1 hectares |
What kinds of green space are there in Yeovil?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Yeovil: 71.3 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 71.3 hectares · 10 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 24.1 hectares · 12 sites |
| Playing fields | 18.9 hectares · 10 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 7.9 hectares · 13 sites |
| Cemeteries | 6.1 hectares · 1 site |
| Play spaces | 2.9 hectares · 22 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 2.7 hectares · 8 sites |
| Bowling greens | 8,125 m² · 2 sites |
| Tennis courts | 3,065 m² · 3 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 8.7 hectares · 0 sites |
Does Yeovil have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. Yeovil has 40 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 42 m² across South Somerset. More green space per resident than 64% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| YeovilThis area | 40 m² per resident |
| South Somerset | 42 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 40 m² for every resident adds up to 5.6 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.
What else do people ask about Yeovil?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Yeovil.
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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 Yeovil dataset covers 1,312 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.