How many parks and green spaces are in St Edmundsbury? 55 public parks
St Edmundsbury has 55 public parks among 450 green space sites. Green space covers 1.5% of the area: about 87 m² per resident, or 12 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 88% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 87 m²
- More green space than
- 88% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 12
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 St EdmundsburyWhat are the largest parks in St Edmundsbury?
West Stow Country Park is the largest public park in St Edmundsbury, at 193 hectares. These are the 25 largest of 29 named public parks.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| West Stow Country Park | 193 hectares |
| Nowton Park | 69.2 hectares |
| Hardwick Heath | 27 hectares |
| Holywater Meadows | 12.2 hectares |
| Clare Castle Country Park | 10.1 hectares |
| Lower Common | 7.4 hectares |
| Emperor's Green | 7 hectares |
| Abbey Gardens | 6.2 hectares |
| No Man's Meadows | 5.4 hectares |
| Haverhill Recreation Ground | 4.5 hectares |
| King's Picnic Place | 4.4 hectares |
| Flying Fortress Park | 4.2 hectares |
| Ten Acre Field | 4 hectares |
| Hawkedon Green | 1.4 hectares |
| The Green | 1.2 hectares |
| The Green | 1 hectares |
| The Green | 9,097 m² |
| Town Green | 8,048 m² |
| Bradfield Green | 5,821 m² |
| The Green | 5,267 m² |
| Burton Green | 4,250 m² |
| Jubilee Park | 3,219 m² |
| Pound Green | 2,308 m² |
| The Green | 1,716 m² |
| Barrow Green | 1,584 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in St Edmundsbury?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in St Edmundsbury: 717 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 717 hectares · 55 sites |
| Playing fields | 135 hectares · 57 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 44.8 hectares · 99 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 38.2 hectares · 34 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 31.3 hectares · 38 sites |
| Cemeteries | 21.1 hectares · 28 sites |
| Play spaces | 8.7 hectares · 104 sites |
| Bowling greens | 3.2 hectares · 16 sites |
| Tennis courts | 1.2 hectares · 15 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 146 hectares · 4 sites |
Does St Edmundsbury have a lot of green space?
Yes, more than most areas. St Edmundsbury has 87 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 65 m² across West Suffolk. More green space per resident than 88% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| St EdmundsburyThis area | 87 m² per resident |
| West Suffolk | 65 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 87 m² for every resident adds up to 12 football pitches of parks, playing fields and other public green space for every 1,000 people.
Very High means the top 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 St Edmundsbury have the most green space?
Knettishall has the most green space per resident of the 79 areas of St Edmundsbury, at about 69,215 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 |
|---|---|
| KnettishallVery High | 69,215 m² per resident |
| IckworthVery High | 51,676 m² per resident |
| West StowVery High | 5,948 m² per resident |
| NowtonVery High | 5,562 m² per resident |
| LackfordVery High | 2,885 m² per resident |
| FlemptonVery High | 2,424 m² per resident |
| EustonVery High | 792 m² per resident |
| WordwellVery High | 726 m² per resident |
| AmptonVery High | 603 m² per resident |
| HorringerVery High | 552 m² per resident |
| WithersfieldVery High | 253 m² per resident |
| HawkedonVery High | 139 m² per resident |
| Great ThurlowVery High | 137 m² per resident |
| ClareVery High | 134 m² per resident |
| Stoke-by-ClareVery High | 96 m² per resident |
| StansfieldVery High | 94 m² per resident |
| Coney WestonVery High | 93 m² per resident |
| OusdenVery High | 89 m² per resident |
| BardwellVery High | 74 m² per resident |
| Great BradleyVery High | 73 m² per resident |
| Little ThurlowVery High | 69 m² per resident |
| HundonVery High | 69 m² per resident |
| TrostonVery High | 66 m² per resident |
| BrockleyVery High | 65 m² per resident |
| WhepsteadVery High | 65 m² per resident |
| Bradfield St GeorgeVery High | 64 m² per resident |
| HoningtonHigh | 60 m² per resident |
| PoslingfordHigh | 54 m² per resident |
| CavendishHigh | 52 m² per resident |
| Bradfield Combust with StanningfieldHigh | 51 m² per resident |
| TimworthHigh | 51 m² per resident |
| Fakenham MagnaHigh | 47 m² per resident |
| Great WhelnethamHigh | 46 m² per resident |
| Rushbrooke with RoughamHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| Ixworth ThorpeHigh | 43 m² per resident |
| Little BradleyHigh | 43 m² per resident |
| Fornham All SaintsHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| WickhambrookHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| Great LivermereHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| RisbyHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| KedingtonHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| PakenhamHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| StradishallTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| Fornham St. GenevieveTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| DenstonTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| HepworthTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| Bury St EdmundsTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| DepdenTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| StantonTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| Little WrattingTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| RedeTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| BarrowTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| LidgateTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| Little WhelnethamTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| Great BartonLow | 24 m² per resident |
| WixoeLow | 23 m² per resident |
| BarnardistonLow | 23 m² per resident |
| Great WrattingLow | 23 m² per resident |
| WestleyLow | 22 m² per resident |
| HoptonLow | 22 m² per resident |
| Market WestonLow | 21 m² per resident |
| ThelnethamLow | 20 m² per resident |
| HaverhillLow | 19 m² per resident |
| ChedburghLow | 18 m² per resident |
| IxworthLow | 18 m² per resident |
| The SaxhamsLow | 17 m² per resident |
| HargraveLow | 17 m² per resident |
| DenhamLow | 16 m² per resident |
| HengraveLow | 15 m² per resident |
| SapistonVery Low | 15 m² per resident |
| Bradfield St ClareVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| HawsteadVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| ChevingtonVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| Fornham St MartinVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| InghamVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| BarnhamVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| CulfordVery Low | 6 m² per resident |
| BarninghamVery Low | 5 m² per resident |
| CowlingeVery Low | 4 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 St Edmundsbury dataset covers 4,550 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.