How many parks and green spaces are in Hartlepool? 29 public parks
Hartlepool has 29 public parks among 169 green space sites. Green space covers 3.1% of the area: about 33 m² per resident, or 4.7 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 55% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 33 m²
- More green space than
- 55% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 4.7
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 HartlepoolWhat are the largest parks in Hartlepool?
Summerhill Country Park is the largest public park in Hartlepool, at 38.4 hectares. 11 of the 29 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Summerhill Country Park | 38.4 hectares |
| Burn Valley Gardens | 10 hectares |
| Ward Jackson Park | 6.9 hectares |
| The Green | 5.2 hectares |
| Rossmere Park | 4.3 hectares |
| Middlewarren Playground | 1.3 hectares |
| The Green | 3,377 m² |
| Croft Gardens | 3,291 m² |
| Redheugh Gardens | 1,894 m² |
| Bowes Green | 1,301 m² |
| The Green | 1,258 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Hartlepool?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Hartlepool: 126 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 126 hectares · 29 sites |
| Playing fields | 67.1 hectares · 20 sites |
| Cemeteries | 42.5 hectares · 6 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 40.9 hectares · 22 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 25.5 hectares · 17 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 7.5 hectares · 21 sites |
| Play spaces | 6.3 hectares · 34 sites |
| Bowling greens | 3 hectares · 11 sites |
| Tennis courts | 1.7 hectares · 6 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 168 hectares · 3 sites |
Does Hartlepool have a lot of green space?
About average. Hartlepool has 33 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 36 m² across Tees Valley. More green space per resident than 55% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| HartlepoolThis area | 33 m² per resident |
| Tees Valley | 36 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 33 m² for every resident adds up to 4.7 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 Hartlepool have the most green space?
Newton Bewley has the most green space per resident of the 7 areas of Hartlepool, at about 1,938 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 |
|---|---|
| Newton BewleyVery High | 1,938 m² per resident |
| GreathamHigh | 50 m² per resident |
| HeadlandHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| Dalton PiercyVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| ElwickVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| HartVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| BriertonVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Hartlepool?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Hartlepool.
- What is the average house price in Hartlepool?
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- How many properties are being sold in Hartlepool?
- What type of properties are sold in Hartlepool?
- What price range do most homes sell for in Hartlepool?
- What is the most expensive (and cheapest) area of Hartlepool?
- How do Hartlepool house prices compare with another area?
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 03:20 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Hartlepool dataset covers 3,446 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.