How many parks and green spaces are in Godalming? 10 public parks

Godalming has 10 public parks among 67 green space sites. Green space covers 12.9% of the area: about 54 m² per resident, or 7.5 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 76% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
54 m²
More green space than
76% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
7.5

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 Godalming?

Lammas Lands is the largest public park in Godalming, at 30.2 hectares. 4 of the 10 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Godalming
ParkSize
Lammas Lands30.2 hectares
Broadwater Park17.4 hectares
Phillips Memorial Park3.3 hectares
Farncombe Community Garden (Lucas)9,418 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Godalming?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Godalming: 61.5 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Godalming by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens61.5 hectares · 10 sites
Other sports facilities30.6 hectares · 7 sites
Playing fields24.6 hectares · 8 sites
Cemeteries7.8 hectares · 3 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces6.2 hectares · 9 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds1.2 hectares · 3 sites
Tennis courts1.1 hectares · 7 sites
Play spaces9,264 m² · 17 sites
Bowling greens4,423 m² · 2 sites
Golf coursesNot counted20 hectares · 1 site

Does Godalming have a lot of green space?

A bit more than most areas. Godalming has 54 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 85 m² across Waverley. More green space per resident than 76% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Godalming compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
GodalmingThis area54 m² per resident
Waverley85 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 54 m² for every resident adds up to 7.5 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.

What else do people ask about Godalming?

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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 03:52 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Godalming dataset covers 1,245 postcodes.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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