How many parks and green spaces are in East Staffordshire? 43 public parks

East Staffordshire has 43 public parks among 392 green space sites. Green space covers 0.9% of the area: about 30 m² per resident, or 4.2 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 51% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
30 m²
Less green space than
51% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
4.2

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 East Staffordshire?

Branston Water Park is the largest public park in East Staffordshire, at 23.8 hectares. 4 of the 43 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in East Staffordshire
ParkSize
Branston Water Park23.8 hectares
Stapenhill Gardens1.7 hectares
Outwoods Pleasure Ground1.4 hectares
Tutbury Mill Picnic Area1.3 hectares

What kinds of green space are there in East Staffordshire?

Playing fields cover the most ground in East Staffordshire: 139 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in East Staffordshire by type
TypeArea
Playing fields139 hectares · 58 sites
Public parks and gardens99.7 hectares · 43 sites
Other sports facilities60.1 hectares · 26 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces23.7 hectares · 36 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds21.8 hectares · 45 sites
Cemeteries17 hectares · 5 sites
Play spaces9 hectares · 126 sites
Bowling greens5.4 hectares · 27 sites
Tennis courts2.2 hectares · 17 sites
Golf coursesNot counted282 hectares · 9 sites

Does East Staffordshire have a lot of green space?

About average. East Staffordshire has 30 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 68 m² across Staffordshire. Less green space per resident than 51% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in East Staffordshire compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
East StaffordshireThis area30 m² per resident
Staffordshire68 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 30 m² for every resident adds up to 4.2 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 East Staffordshire have the most green space?

Rocester has the most green space per resident of the 38 areas of East Staffordshire, at about 137 m² per resident. The labels place each area among every area in England and Wales, in fifths from Very Low to Very High.

Green space per resident in each area of East Staffordshire
AreaPer resident
RocesterVery High137 m² per resident
WoottonVery High126 m² per resident
DunstallVery High81 m² per resident
BurtonVery High68 m² per resident
TatenhillHigh57 m² per resident
Abbots BromleyHigh56 m² per resident
BrizlincoteHigh56 m² per resident
HanburyHigh54 m² per resident
MarchingtonHigh52 m² per resident
DenstoneHigh44 m² per resident
Barton-under-NeedwoodHigh44 m² per resident
ShobnallHigh40 m² per resident
EllastoneHigh39 m² per resident
Rolleston on DoveHigh39 m² per resident
BranstonHigh39 m² per resident
LeighTypical36 m² per resident
KingstoneTypical34 m² per resident
OkeoverTypical33 m² per resident
YoxallTypical31 m² per resident
NewboroughTypical28 m² per resident
UttoxeterTypical27 m² per resident
TutburyTypical27 m² per resident
MayfieldTypical27 m² per resident
WinshillTypical27 m² per resident
OutwoodsTypical25 m² per resident
Hoar CrossLow18 m² per resident
StrettonLow17 m² per resident
BlithfieldLow16 m² per resident
WychnorVery Low11 m² per resident
StapenhillVery Low11 m² per resident
Uttoxeter RuralVery Low11 m² per resident
Horninglow and EtonVery Low11 m² per resident
CroxdenVery Low10 m² per resident
Draycott in the ClayVery Low8 m² per resident
AnslowVery Low8 m² per resident
AngleseyVery Low8 m² per resident
RamshornVery Low8 m² per resident
StantonVery Low7 m² per resident

What else do people ask about East Staffordshire?

More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in East Staffordshire.

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 02:43 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The East Staffordshire dataset covers 3,837 postcodes.

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