How many parks and green spaces are in Stoke-on-Trent? 132 public parks

Stoke-on-Trent has 132 public parks among 557 green space sites. Green space covers 16.9% of the area: about 61 m² per resident, or 8.6 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 80% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
61 m²
More green space than
80% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
8.6

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

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What are the largest parks in Stoke-on-Trent?

Berry Hill Fields is the largest public park in Stoke-on-Trent, at 229 hectares. These are the 25 largest of 37 named public parks.

Largest public parks in Stoke-on-Trent
ParkSize
Berry Hill Fields229 hectares
Chatterley Whitfield Heritage Country Park61.6 hectares
Whitfield Valley Local Nature Reserve56.9 hectares
Central Forest Park47.1 hectares
Westport Lake Park30.2 hectares
Grange Park29.8 hectares
Hanley Park22 hectares
Festival Park18.7 hectares
Queen's Park17.8 hectares
Sneyd Hill Park16.2 hectares
Tunstall Park15 hectares
Fenton Park14.8 hectares
Monks-Neil Park14.3 hectares
Harthill Park13.6 hectares
Sproson Park13.2 hectares
Fenpark13 hectares
Hulton Abbey Park10.7 hectares
Finney Gardens10.2 hectares
Heath House Lane Open Space9.2 hectares
Burslem Park8.5 hectares
Glebedale Park7 hectares
Cobridge Park5.1 hectares
Northwood Park3.6 hectares
Etruria Park3.6 hectares
Priors Fields2.9 hectares

What kinds of green space are there in Stoke-on-Trent?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Stoke-on-Trent: 12 km². Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Stoke-on-Trent by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens12 km² · 132 sites
Playing fields189 hectares · 72 sites
Cemeteries81.4 hectares · 12 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces73.6 hectares · 72 sites
Other sports facilities68.2 hectares · 87 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds23.5 hectares · 45 sites
Play spaces7.8 hectares · 94 sites
Bowling greens7.5 hectares · 31 sites
Tennis courts1.7 hectares · 9 sites
Golf coursesNot counted99.6 hectares · 3 sites

Does Stoke-on-Trent have a lot of green space?

A bit more than most areas. Stoke-on-Trent has 61 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 38 m² across England. More green space per resident than 80% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Stoke-on-Trent compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
Stoke-on-TrentThis area61 m² per resident
England38 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 61 m² for every resident adds up to 8.6 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.

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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 01:41 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Stoke-on-Trent dataset covers 8,878 postcodes.

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