How many parks and green spaces are in Arun? 59 public parks
Arun has 59 public parks among 417 green space sites. Green space covers 1.4% of the area: about 20 m² per resident, or 2.7 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 70% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 20 m²
- Less green space than
- 70% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 2.7
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 ArunWhat are the largest parks in Arun?
Hotham Park is the largest public park in Arun, at 9 hectares. 18 of the 59 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Hotham Park | 9 hectares |
| Brookfield Park | 8.9 hectares |
| West Park Amenity Area | 5.2 hectares |
| The Green | 5.1 hectares |
| Mewsbrook Park | 4.6 hectares |
| Murrells Field | 3.5 hectares |
| Nepcote Green | 2.8 hectares |
| Arun Crematorium and Memorial Gardens | 2.4 hectares |
| Marine Park Gardens | 1.7 hectares |
| Longbrook Park | 1.4 hectares |
| Caffyns Field | 1.4 hectares |
| Old Rectory Gardens | 6,355 m² |
| Marina Gardens | 4,200 m² |
| Hothamton Gardens | 3,248 m² |
| The Green | 2,708 m² |
| Middleton Green | 1,764 m² |
| Sea Road Gardens | 1,060 m² |
| Bathing Chalets | 81 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Arun?
Playing fields cover the most ground in Arun: 122 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 122 hectares · 49 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 96.4 hectares · 59 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 33.4 hectares · 38 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 30.4 hectares · 35 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 17.7 hectares · 42 sites |
| Cemeteries | 16.2 hectares · 11 sites |
| Play spaces | 8.4 hectares · 151 sites |
| Bowling greens | 3.9 hectares · 10 sites |
| Tennis courts | 2.9 hectares · 17 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 208 hectares · 5 sites |
Does Arun have a lot of green space?
A bit less than most areas. Arun has 20 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 33 m² across West Sussex. Less green space per resident than 70% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| ArunThis area | 20 m² per resident |
| West Sussex | 33 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 20 m² for every resident adds up to 2.7 football pitches of parks, playing fields and other public green space for every 1,000 people.
Low means the second-lowest 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 Arun have the most green space?
Houghton has the most green space per resident of the 30 areas of Arun, at about 155 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 |
|---|---|
| HoughtonVery High | 155 m² per resident |
| MadehurstVery High | 147 m² per resident |
| BurphamVery High | 105 m² per resident |
| SlindonVery High | 86 m² per resident |
| ArundelVery High | 68 m² per resident |
| PatchingVery High | 64 m² per resident |
| KingstonHigh | 49 m² per resident |
| FindonTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| South StokeTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| AngmeringTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| ClimpingTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| AldingbourneTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| YaptonTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| FordLow | 24 m² per resident |
| WalbertonLow | 24 m² per resident |
| LittlehamptonLow | 21 m² per resident |
| ClaphamLow | 20 m² per resident |
| East PrestonLow | 18 m² per resident |
| BerstedLow | 17 m² per resident |
| FelphamLow | 17 m² per resident |
| Lyminster and CrossbushLow | 17 m² per resident |
| Bognor RegisLow | 15 m² per resident |
| AldwickLow | 15 m² per resident |
| Barnham and EastergateVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| FerringVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| PolingVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| Middleton-on-SeaVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| RustingtonVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| PaghamVery Low | 5 m² per resident |
| WarningcampVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Arun?
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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 03:01 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Arun dataset covers 6,612 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.