How many parks and green spaces are in Surrey Heath? 34 public parks

Surrey Heath has 34 public parks among 212 green space sites. Green space covers 3.3% of the area: about 35 m² per resident, or 4.9 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 57% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
35 m²
More green space than
57% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
4.9

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 Surrey Heath?

Lightwater Country Park is the largest public park in Surrey Heath, at 64.6 hectares. 15 of the 34 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Surrey Heath
ParkSize
Lightwater Country Park64.6 hectares
Barossa Common26.4 hectares
Bisley Common23.7 hectares
Earlswood Park7.5 hectares
Crabtree Park7 hectares
Bisley Green6.3 hectares
Watchetts Lakes5 hectares
Little Heath4.5 hectares
Burrow Hill Green4.1 hectares
Village Green2.2 hectares
Tomlin's Pond2.2 hectares
Miles Green2.1 hectares
Southcote Park1.8 hectares
Warren Wood1.3 hectares
Frimley Green5,066 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Surrey Heath?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Surrey Heath: 171 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Surrey Heath by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens171 hectares · 34 sites
Playing fields121 hectares · 34 sites
Other sports facilities16.1 hectares · 16 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds11.7 hectares · 17 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces11.6 hectares · 15 sites
Play spaces4.7 hectares · 67 sites
Cemeteries3.9 hectares · 3 sites
Tennis courts2.3 hectares · 15 sites
Bowling greens1.8 hectares · 6 sites
Golf coursesNot counted478 hectares · 5 sites

Does Surrey Heath have a lot of green space?

About average. Surrey Heath has 35 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 57% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Surrey Heath compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
Surrey HeathThis area35 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. 35 m² for every resident adds up to 4.9 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 Surrey Heath have the most green space?

Bisley has the most green space per resident of the 14 areas of Surrey Heath, at about 78 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 Surrey Heath
AreaPer resident
BisleyVery High78 m² per resident
WindleshamVery High62 m² per resident
Chobham WardHigh53 m² per resident
Town WardHigh52 m² per resident
Watchetts WardHigh51 m² per resident
Frimley Green WardHigh46 m² per resident
Mytchett and Deepcut WardHigh43 m² per resident
FrimleyLow17 m² per resident
West EndLow15 m² per resident
St Michaels WardVery Low13 m² per resident
Heatherside WardVery Low11 m² per resident
Old Dean WardVery Low10 m² per resident
Parkside WardVery Low6 m² per resident
St Pauls WardVery Low2 m² per resident

What else do people ask about Surrey Heath?

More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Surrey Heath.

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 Surrey Heath dataset covers 4,177 postcodes.

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