How many parks and green spaces are in Stockton-on-Tees? 64 public parks
Stockton-on-Tees has 64 public parks among 308 green space sites. Green space covers 3.8% of the area: about 40 m² per resident, or 5.7 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 65% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 40 m²
- More green space than
- 65% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 5.7
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 Stockton-on-TeesWhat are the largest parks in Stockton-on-Tees?
Wynyard Woodland Park is the largest public park in Stockton-on-Tees, at 178 hectares. 19 of the 64 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Wynyard Woodland Park | 178 hectares |
| Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park | 104 hectares |
| Billingham Beck Valley Country Park | 55.3 hectares |
| Preston Park | 35.4 hectares |
| Newham Grange Park | 20.9 hectares |
| Rose Garden | 15.1 hectares |
| Grangefield Park | 10.2 hectares |
| John Whitehead Park | 7.1 hectares |
| Trinity Green | 3.8 hectares |
| Willey Flatts Park | 3.6 hectares |
| The Green | 3.2 hectares |
| The Green | 1.5 hectares |
| Snaith's Field | 8,985 m² |
| Tinkers Yard Pocket Park | 8,934 m² |
| Kennedy Gardens | 8,081 m² |
| The Green | 4,597 m² |
| The Green | 3,773 m² |
| Pennyman Green | 1,746 m² |
| The Green | 1,666 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Stockton-on-Tees?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Stockton-on-Tees: 515 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 515 hectares · 64 sites |
| Playing fields | 142 hectares · 44 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 44.4 hectares · 37 sites |
| Cemeteries | 38.7 hectares · 8 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 38.7 hectares · 30 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 16.3 hectares · 42 sites |
| Play spaces | 7.9 hectares · 55 sites |
| Bowling greens | 4 hectares · 12 sites |
| Tennis courts | 1.7 hectares · 10 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 284 hectares · 6 sites |
Does Stockton-on-Tees have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. Stockton-on-Tees has 40 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 65% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Stockton-on-TeesThis area | 40 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. 40 m² for every resident adds up to 5.7 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.
Which parts of Stockton-on-Tees have the most green space?
Grindon and Thorpe Thewles has the most green space per resident of the 20 areas of Stockton-on-Tees, at about 495 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 |
|---|---|
| Grindon and Thorpe ThewlesVery High | 495 m² per resident |
| Preston-on-TeesVery High | 240 m² per resident |
| WynyardVery High | 237 m² per resident |
| RedmarshallVery High | 188 m² per resident |
| BillinghamVery High | 66 m² per resident |
| ThornabyHigh | 48 m² per resident |
| CarltonHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| KirklevingtonHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| Stillington and WhittonTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| WolvistonTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| YarmTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| MaltbyTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| EgglescliffeLow | 23 m² per resident |
| LongnewtonLow | 21 m² per resident |
| Ingleby BarwickLow | 17 m² per resident |
| EltonVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| HiltonVery Low | 5 m² per resident |
| AislabyVery Low | 1 m² per resident |
| CastlelevingtonVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| NewshamVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Stockton-on-Tees?
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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 03:20 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Stockton-on-Tees dataset covers 7,178 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.