How many parks and green spaces are in Waveney? 54 public parks
Waveney has 54 public parks among 433 green space sites. Green space covers 1.5% of the area: about 48 m² per resident, or 6.7 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
- 48 m²
- More green space than
- 72% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 6.7
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 WaveneyWhat are the largest parks in Waveney?
Fritton Lake is the largest public park in Waveney, at 242 hectares. These are the 25 largest of 29 named public parks.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Fritton Lake | 242 hectares |
| Beccles Common | 37.8 hectares |
| Normanston Park | 15.8 hectares |
| Bond's Meadow | 6.1 hectares |
| Nicholas Everitt Park | 5.1 hectares |
| Kirkley Fen Park | 4.8 hectares |
| Great Eastern Linear Park | 4.3 hectares |
| Pakefield Park | 4.3 hectares |
| Blacksmith's Common | 3.4 hectares |
| Rosedale Park | 3 hectares |
| Bellevue Park | 2.7 hectares |
| Little Common | 2.4 hectares |
| Wellington Gardens | 2.2 hectares |
| Kensington Gardens | 1.9 hectares |
| Church Green | 1.7 hectares |
| Waveney Meadow | 1.5 hectares |
| St Margaret's Green | 1.4 hectares |
| Town Park | 1.3 hectares |
| Lound | 1.3 hectares |
| Tooks Common | 1.1 hectares |
| The Green | 6,776 m² |
| Pakefield Green | 4,961 m² |
| Harts Meadow Park | 4,486 m² |
| South Green | 3,854 m² |
| St Edmund's Green | 3,495 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Waveney?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Waveney: 298 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 298 hectares · 54 sites |
| Playing fields | 130 hectares · 56 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 47.2 hectares · 35 sites |
| Cemeteries | 37.8 hectares · 12 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 37.4 hectares · 76 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 35 hectares · 53 sites |
| Play spaces | 11.3 hectares · 111 sites |
| Bowling greens | 4 hectares · 19 sites |
| Tennis courts | 1.9 hectares · 14 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 165 hectares · 3 sites |
Does Waveney have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. Waveney has 48 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 46 m² across East Suffolk. More green space per resident than 72% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| WaveneyThis area | 48 m² per resident |
| East Suffolk | 46 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 48 m² for every resident adds up to 6.7 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 Waveney have the most green space?
Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet has the most green space per resident of the 58 areas of Waveney, at about 3,999 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 |
|---|---|
| Somerleyton, Ashby and HerringfleetVery High | 3,999 m² per resident |
| St Andrew, IlketshallVery High | 286 m² per resident |
| ElloughVery High | 202 m² per resident |
| St Margaret, South ElmhamVery High | 188 m² per resident |
| South CoveVery High | 175 m² per resident |
| SouthwoldVery High | 149 m² per resident |
| RingsfieldVery High | 122 m² per resident |
| LoundVery High | 119 m² per resident |
| GislehamVery High | 114 m² per resident |
| FrostendenVery High | 112 m² per resident |
| MettinghamVery High | 104 m² per resident |
| SpexhallVery High | 93 m² per resident |
| ShadingfieldVery High | 92 m² per resident |
| WesthallVery High | 89 m² per resident |
| St Peter, South ElmhamVery High | 81 m² per resident |
| BecclesVery High | 79 m² per resident |
| WissettVery High | 76 m² per resident |
| RumburghVery High | 74 m² per resident |
| CortonVery High | 71 m² per resident |
| SotterleyVery High | 71 m² per resident |
| Brampton with StovenHigh | 61 m² per resident |
| BenacreHigh | 61 m² per resident |
| St Michael, South ElmhamHigh | 53 m² per resident |
| Wangford with HenhamHigh | 52 m² per resident |
| WrenthamHigh | 52 m² per resident |
| ReydonHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| St Cross, South ElmhamHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| BlyfordHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| North CoveHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| St John, IlketshallHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| MutfordHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| St. Mary, South Elmham Otherwise HomersfieldHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| SothertonTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| UggeshallTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| RushmereTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| ShipmeadowTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| BarshamTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| LowestoftTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| St Margaret, IlketshallTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| HalesworthLow | 24 m² per resident |
| FlixtonLow | 22 m² per resident |
| FlixtonLow | 22 m² per resident |
| BlundestonLow | 22 m² per resident |
| RedishamLow | 21 m² per resident |
| All Saints and St Nicholas, South ElmhamLow | 20 m² per resident |
| WestonLow | 17 m² per resident |
| Henstead with Hulver StreetLow | 17 m² per resident |
| KessinglandLow | 16 m² per resident |
| St Lawrence, IlketshallLow | 16 m² per resident |
| Oulton BroadLow | 16 m² per resident |
| WorlinghamLow | 16 m² per resident |
| BungayLow | 16 m² per resident |
| Carlton ColvilleLow | 15 m² per resident |
| St James, South ElmhamVery Low | 15 m² per resident |
| Willingham St MaryVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| HoltonVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| OultonVery Low | 7 m² per resident |
| BarnbyVery 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 03:34 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Waveney dataset covers 4,295 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.