How many parks and green spaces are in Chichester? 42 public parks
Chichester has 42 public parks among 497 green space sites. Green space covers 1.0% of the area: about 66 m² per resident, or 9.2 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 82% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 66 m²
- More green space than
- 82% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 9.2
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 ChichesterWhat are the largest parks in Chichester?
Petworth Park is the largest public park in Chichester, at 285 hectares. 18 of the 42 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Petworth Park | 285 hectares |
| Goodwood Country Park | 72.1 hectares |
| Oaklands Park | 14 hectares |
| John Cowdray Arboretum | 6.4 hectares |
| The Walled Garden | 4.6 hectares |
| Priory Park | 4 hectares |
| South Gardens | 2.7 hectares |
| Hampers Common | 1.7 hectares |
| Bishops Palace Garden | 1.5 hectares |
| Jubilee Park | 9,534 m² |
| Lickfold Green | 6,315 m² |
| Woolbeding Garden | 4,790 m² |
| Wardley Green | 4,393 m² |
| Quay Meadow | 4,138 m² |
| Fernhurst Green | 3,442 m² |
| Cartersland Green | 2,877 m² |
| Rosemary Gardens | 2,004 m² |
| The Woolbeding Glasshouse | 281 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Chichester?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Chichester: 421 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 421 hectares · 42 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 195 hectares · 43 sites |
| Playing fields | 149 hectares · 78 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 31.8 hectares · 95 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 19.2 hectares · 39 sites |
| Cemeteries | 18.8 hectares · 28 sites |
| Play spaces | 11.5 hectares · 116 sites |
| Tennis courts | 3.7 hectares · 36 sites |
| Bowling greens | 3.2 hectares · 14 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 394 hectares · 6 sites |
Does Chichester have a lot of green space?
Yes, more than most areas. Chichester has 66 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 33 m² across West Sussex. More green space per resident than 82% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| ChichesterThis area | 66 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. 66 m² for every resident adds up to 9.2 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 Chichester have the most green space?
Tillington has the most green space per resident of the 65 areas of Chichester, at about 3,146 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 |
|---|---|
| TillingtonVery High | 3,146 m² per resident |
| SingletonVery High | 1,160 m² per resident |
| GraffhamVery High | 1,150 m² per resident |
| East DeanVery High | 1,010 m² per resident |
| East LavingtonVery High | 751 m² per resident |
| PetworthVery High | 478 m² per resident |
| DunctonVery High | 460 m² per resident |
| EarthamVery High | 286 m² per resident |
| EasebourneVery High | 224 m² per resident |
| StoughtonVery High | 135 m² per resident |
| Elsted and TreyfordVery High | 105 m² per resident |
| ComptonVery High | 86 m² per resident |
| LodsworthVery High | 63 m² per resident |
| LurgashallHigh | 61 m² per resident |
| MillandHigh | 58 m² per resident |
| West DeanHigh | 55 m² per resident |
| Woolbeding with RedfordHigh | 49 m² per resident |
| EbernoeHigh | 49 m² per resident |
| LinchHigh | 48 m² per resident |
| Stedham with IpingHigh | 47 m² per resident |
| UpwalthamHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| HartingHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| BuryHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| KirdfordHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| LavantHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| West ItchenorTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| BirdhamTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| BoxgroveTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| WestbourneTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| FittleworthTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| SidleshamTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| SuttonTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| MardenTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| LoxwoodTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| FishbourneTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| StophamTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| HunstonTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| Wisborough GreenTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| FernhurstLow | 24 m² per resident |
| WesthampnettLow | 24 m² per resident |
| West WitteringLow | 24 m² per resident |
| FuntingtonLow | 22 m² per resident |
| BignorLow | 22 m² per resident |
| North MundhamLow | 22 m² per resident |
| TangmereLow | 22 m² per resident |
| RogateLow | 21 m² per resident |
| OvingLow | 21 m² per resident |
| LinchmereLow | 20 m² per resident |
| HeyshottLow | 20 m² per resident |
| SelseyLow | 18 m² per resident |
| MidhurstLow | 18 m² per resident |
| BoshamLow | 16 m² per resident |
| Trotton with ChithurstLow | 15 m² per resident |
| East WitteringVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| AppledramVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| BeptonVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| PlaistowVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| NorthchapelVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| SouthbourneVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| DonningtonVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| West LavingtonVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| CockingVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| BarlavingtonVery Low | 7 m² per resident |
| EarnleyVery Low | 4 m² per resident |
| Chidham and HambrookVery Low | 2 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Chichester?
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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 03:00 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Chichester dataset covers 7,290 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.