How many parks and green spaces are in Babergh? 46 public parks
Babergh has 46 public parks among 461 green space sites. Green space covers 0.7% of the area: about 47 m² per resident, or 6.6 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 72% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 47 m²
- More green space than
- 72% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 6.6
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 BaberghWhat are the largest parks in Babergh?
Shalford Meadow is the largest public park in Babergh, at 35.7 hectares. 22 of the 46 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Shalford Meadow | 35.7 hectares |
| North Meadow Common | 17.4 hectares |
| Great Cornard | 14.4 hectares |
| Dyehouse Meadow | 11.6 hectares |
| Little Fullingpit Meadow | 9.4 hectares |
| Great Fullingpit Meadow | 8.8 hectares |
| Melford Country Park | 7.6 hectares |
| Friar's Meadow | 6.6 hectares |
| Freemen's Great Common | 6.2 hectares |
| Freemen's Little Common | 2.6 hectares |
| Melford Green | 2.4 hectares |
| Belle Vue Park | 2.1 hectares |
| The Common | 1.7 hectares |
| Alton Green | 1.1 hectares |
| Tye Green | 7,152 m² |
| Hartest Green | 5,114 m² |
| Primrose Wood | 4,719 m² |
| The Common | 2,490 m² |
| Elmsett Green | 2,345 m² |
| Parsonage Green | 2,183 m² |
| The Green | 1,114 m² |
| The Green | 241 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Babergh?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Babergh: 177 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 177 hectares · 46 sites |
| Playing fields | 130 hectares · 68 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 42.7 hectares · 98 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 42.5 hectares · 28 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 33 hectares · 43 sites |
| Cemeteries | 15.2 hectares · 19 sites |
| Play spaces | 10 hectares · 112 sites |
| Bowling greens | 3.9 hectares · 16 sites |
| Tennis courts | 2.4 hectares · 24 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 283 hectares · 7 sites |
Does Babergh have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. Babergh has 47 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 49 m² across Suffolk. More green space per resident than 72% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| BaberghThis area | 47 m² per resident |
| Suffolk | 49 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 47 m² for every resident adds up to 6.6 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.
Which parts of Babergh have the most green space?
Little Cornard has the most green space per resident of the 76 areas of Babergh, at about 1,200 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 |
|---|---|
| Little CornardVery High | 1,200 m² per resident |
| WhersteadVery High | 293 m² per resident |
| StuttonVery High | 240 m² per resident |
| WoolverstoneVery High | 224 m² per resident |
| MildenVery High | 154 m² per resident |
| Stoke-by-NaylandVery High | 136 m² per resident |
| ChelsworthVery High | 108 m² per resident |
| NewtonVery High | 92 m² per resident |
| Copdock and WashbrookVery High | 92 m² per resident |
| Bures St. MaryVery High | 85 m² per resident |
| FrestonVery High | 80 m² per resident |
| Long MelfordVery High | 75 m² per resident |
| KerseyVery High | 74 m² per resident |
| Wenham ParvaVery High | 69 m² per resident |
| ShimplingVery High | 65 m² per resident |
| TattingstoneVery High | 62 m² per resident |
| WhatfieldHigh | 57 m² per resident |
| East BergholtHigh | 57 m² per resident |
| CockfieldHigh | 56 m² per resident |
| WattishamHigh | 55 m² per resident |
| RaydonHigh | 54 m² per resident |
| Little WaldingfieldHigh | 54 m² per resident |
| KettlebastonHigh | 53 m² per resident |
| LawshallHigh | 53 m² per resident |
| HighamHigh | 48 m² per resident |
| SudburyHigh | 47 m² per resident |
| BildestonHigh | 46 m² per resident |
| ElmsettHigh | 45 m² per resident |
| HarksteadHigh | 45 m² per resident |
| LayhamHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| HintleshamHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| HadleighHigh | 43 m² per resident |
| SproughtonHigh | 43 m² per resident |
| BoxfordHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| Monks EleighHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| AssingtonHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| ShelleyHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| BentleyHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| LavenhamHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| Great CornardTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| SomertonTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| ShotleyTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| AlphetonTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| ErwartonTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| PinewoodTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| ChelmondistonTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| PolsteadTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| ChattishamTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| BoxtedTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| Great WaldingfieldTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| Preston St. MaryTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| SemerTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| HartestLow | 24 m² per resident |
| Capel St. MaryLow | 24 m² per resident |
| ActonLow | 23 m² per resident |
| HolbrookLow | 22 m² per resident |
| Thorpe MorieuxLow | 21 m² per resident |
| Brent EleighLow | 21 m² per resident |
| EdwardstoneLow | 21 m² per resident |
| BranthamLow | 20 m² per resident |
| LeavenheathLow | 20 m² per resident |
| BelsteadLow | 20 m² per resident |
| BrettenhamLow | 19 m² per resident |
| Nedging-with-NaughtonLow | 18 m² per resident |
| Nayland-with-WissingtonLow | 17 m² per resident |
| GlemsfordLow | 17 m² per resident |
| HitchamLow | 16 m² per resident |
| Wenham MagnaLow | 16 m² per resident |
| GrotonLow | 16 m² per resident |
| LindseyLow | 16 m² per resident |
| AldhamVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| ChiltonVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| StansteadVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| BurstallVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| Holton St MaryVery Low | 7 m² per resident |
| Stratford St. MaryVery Low | 6 m² per resident |
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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 02:20 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Babergh dataset covers 4,551 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.