How many parks and green spaces are in Waverley? 40 public parks
Waverley has 40 public parks among 442 green space sites. Green space covers 3.1% of the area: about 85 m² per resident, or 12 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 87% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 85 m²
- More green space than
- 87% 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 WaverleyWhat are the largest parks in Waverley?
Frensham Common is the largest public park in Waverley, at 360 hectares. 22 of the 40 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Frensham Common (Frensham) | 360 hectares |
| Farnham Park | 131 hectares |
| Tices Meadow Nature Rerserve | 55 hectares |
| Lammas Lands | 30.2 hectares |
| Dunsfold Common | 17.8 hectares |
| Broadwater Park | 17.4 hectares |
| Bishop's Meadow | 13.6 hectares |
| Cranleigh Common | 7.2 hectares |
| Dunsfold Green | 5.8 hectares |
| Phillips Memorial Park | 3.3 hectares |
| Bealeswood Common | 3.1 hectares |
| Ewhurst Green | 3 hectares |
| Lordshill Common | 2.8 hectares |
| Gostrey Meadow Recreation Ground | 2.5 hectares |
| Lion Green | 1.9 hectares |
| Tilford Green | 1.3 hectares |
| Farncombe Community Garden (Lucas) | 9,418 m² |
| Evelyn Borelli Garden of Rest | 7,086 m² |
| Grovers Gardens | 6,333 m² |
| Redhearn Green | 5,310 m² |
| Elstead Green | 1,230 m² |
| Church Green | 743 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Waverley?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Waverley: 689 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 689 hectares · 40 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 165 hectares · 31 sites |
| Playing fields | 150 hectares · 74 sites |
| Cemeteries | 39.9 hectares · 29 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 21.4 hectares · 41 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 21.3 hectares · 33 sites |
| Play spaces | 12.4 hectares · 125 sites |
| Tennis courts | 5.3 hectares · 41 sites |
| Bowling greens | 3.9 hectares · 17 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 552 hectares · 11 sites |
Does Waverley have a lot of green space?
Yes, more than most areas. Waverley has 85 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 87% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| WaverleyThis area | 85 m² per resident |
| Surrey | 50 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 85 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 Waverley have the most green space?
Frensham has the most green space per resident of the 21 areas of Waverley, at about 2,149 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 |
|---|---|
| FrenshamVery High | 2,149 m² per resident |
| DunsfoldVery High | 291 m² per resident |
| EwhurstVery High | 267 m² per resident |
| Peper HarowVery High | 133 m² per resident |
| AlfoldVery High | 97 m² per resident |
| ChiddingfoldVery High | 92 m² per resident |
| WonershVery High | 76 m² per resident |
| DockenfieldVery High | 69 m² per resident |
| HascombeVery High | 67 m² per resident |
| FarnhamVery High | 64 m² per resident |
| HambledonHigh | 55 m² per resident |
| GodalmingHigh | 54 m² per resident |
| ThursleyHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| HaslemereTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| CranleighTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| TilfordTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| ElsteadTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| ChurtTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| WitleyLow | 23 m² per resident |
| BramleyLow | 15 m² per resident |
| BusbridgeVery Low | 5 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Waverley?
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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 03:03 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Waverley dataset covers 6,367 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.