How many parks and green spaces are in Southampton Itchen? 36 public parks
Southampton Itchen has 36 public parks among 160 green space sites. Green space covers 9.7% of the area: about 22 m² per resident, or 3.1 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 64% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 22 m²
- Less green space than
- 64% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 3.1
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 Southampton ItchenWhat are the largest parks in Southampton Itchen?
Riverside Park is the largest public park in Southampton Itchen, at 34.1 hectares. 17 of the 36 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Riverside Park | 34.1 hectares |
| Mayfield Park | 29.5 hectares |
| Weston Shore City Park | 24.9 hectares |
| East Park | 6.9 hectares |
| Hoglands Park | 5.4 hectares |
| Freemantle Common | 4.5 hectares |
| Mayflower Park | 3.9 hectares |
| Palmerston Park | 3.4 hectares |
| Watts Park | 2.9 hectares |
| Deep Dene Recreation Ground | 2.7 hectares |
| Sholing Common | 2.2 hectares |
| Houndwell Park | 1.9 hectares |
| Queen's Park | 1.9 hectares |
| Sholing Wild Park | 1.2 hectares |
| The Vokes Memorial Gardens | 3,807 m² |
| Keynsham Feild | 1,445 m² |
| Town Quay Park | 1,132 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Southampton Itchen?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Southampton Itchen: 181 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 181 hectares · 36 sites |
| Playing fields | 41 hectares · 11 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 23.4 hectares · 8 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 17.9 hectares · 25 sites |
| Cemeteries | 7.1 hectares · 1 site |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 6 hectares · 14 sites |
| Play spaces | 5.9 hectares · 59 sites |
| Bowling greens | 9,281 m² · 3 sites |
| Tennis courts | 3,213 m² · 3 sites |
Does Southampton Itchen have a lot of green space?
A bit less than most areas. Southampton Itchen has 22 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 27 m² across Southampton. Less green space per resident than 64% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Southampton ItchenThis area | 22 m² per resident |
| Southampton | 27 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 22 m² for every resident adds up to 3.1 football pitches of parks, playing fields and other public green space for every 1,000 people.
Low means the second-lowest 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 Southampton Itchen?
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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 03:26 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Southampton Itchen dataset covers 6,498 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.