How many parks and green spaces are in Reigate and Banstead? 39 public parks

Reigate and Banstead has 39 public parks among 296 green space sites. Green space covers 4.0% of the area: about 34 m² per resident, or 4.8 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 56% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
34 m²
More green space than
56% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
4.8

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 Reigate and Banstead?

Nork Park is the largest public park in Reigate and Banstead, at 42.3 hectares. 16 of the 39 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Reigate and Banstead
ParkSize
Nork Park42.3 hectares
Priory Park41 hectares
Park Downs38.4 hectares
Burgh Heath25.2 hectares
Redhill Common25.2 hectares
Riverside Garden Park13.1 hectares
Wray Common9.7 hectares
Memorial Park3.1 hectares
Preston Park2.5 hectares
Church Meadow1.2 hectares
Churchfields Memorial Gardens1.1 hectares
Woodhatch Park8,618 m²
Crossways Rest Garden8,613 m²
Banstead Wildlife Field6,795 m²
Church Green5,807 m²
Starrock Green2,777 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Reigate and Banstead?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Reigate and Banstead: 257 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Reigate and Banstead by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens257 hectares · 39 sites
Playing fields138 hectares · 43 sites
Other sports facilities87.3 hectares · 36 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces29.1 hectares · 26 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds19.2 hectares · 33 sites
Cemeteries9.5 hectares · 9 sites
Play spaces4.8 hectares · 71 sites
Tennis courts4.7 hectares · 22 sites
Bowling greens3.6 hectares · 9 sites
Golf coursesNot counted486 hectares · 8 sites

Does Reigate and Banstead have a lot of green space?

About average. Reigate and Banstead has 34 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 50 m² across Surrey. More green space per resident than 56% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Reigate and Banstead compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
Reigate and BansteadThis area34 m² per resident
Surrey50 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 34 m² for every resident adds up to 4.8 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 Reigate and Banstead have the most green space?

Banstead has the most green space per resident of the 3 areas of Reigate and Banstead, at about 35 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 Reigate and Banstead
AreaPer resident
BansteadTypical35 m² per resident
Salfords and SidlowTypical29 m² per resident
HorleyLow21 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 03:04 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Reigate and Banstead dataset covers 6,209 postcodes.

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