How many parks and green spaces are in Horsham? 43 public parks
Horsham has 43 public parks among 455 green space sites. Green space covers 1.0% of the area: about 36 m² per resident, or 5.1 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 59% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 36 m²
- More green space than
- 59% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 5.1
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 HorshamWhat are the largest parks in Horsham?
Buchan Country Park is the largest public park in Horsham, at 75.1 hectares. 8 of the 43 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Buchan Country Park | 75.1 hectares |
| Southwater Country Park | 30.5 hectares |
| Sullington Warren | 25.5 hectares |
| Denne Park | 23.6 hectares |
| Horsham Park | 22.9 hectares |
| Henfield Common | 18 hectares |
| Ashington Millennium Garden | 5,549 m² |
| Marehill Common | 1,587 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Horsham?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Horsham: 255 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 255 hectares · 43 sites |
| Playing fields | 154 hectares · 67 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 52.3 hectares · 28 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 29.8 hectares · 57 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 28.2 hectares · 40 sites |
| Cemeteries | 11.2 hectares · 14 sites |
| Play spaces | 10.8 hectares · 162 sites |
| Bowling greens | 2.9 hectares · 9 sites |
| Tennis courts | 2.4 hectares · 26 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 516 hectares · 9 sites |
Does Horsham have a lot of green space?
About average. Horsham has 36 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 59% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| HorshamThis area | 36 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. 36 m² for every resident adds up to 5.1 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 Horsham have the most green space?
Colgate has the most green space per resident of the 32 areas of Horsham, at about 238 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 |
|---|---|
| ColgateVery High | 238 m² per resident |
| WoodmancoteVery High | 96 m² per resident |
| AshurstVery High | 92 m² per resident |
| Storrington and SullingtonVery High | 83 m² per resident |
| ParhamHigh | 61 m² per resident |
| SouthwaterHigh | 60 m² per resident |
| ItchingfieldHigh | 57 m² per resident |
| WistonHigh | 56 m² per resident |
| AmberleyHigh | 55 m² per resident |
| CowfoldHigh | 48 m² per resident |
| HenfieldHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| SteyningHigh | 42 m² per resident |
| ColdwalthamHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| ThakehamTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| ShipleyTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| WarnhamTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| West GrinsteadTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| BillingshurstTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| Lower BeedingTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| Broadbridge HeathLow | 22 m² per resident |
| RudgwickLow | 21 m² per resident |
| SlinfoldLow | 18 m² per resident |
| RusperLow | 17 m² per resident |
| West ChiltingtonLow | 17 m² per resident |
| WashingtonLow | 15 m² per resident |
| AshingtonLow | 15 m² per resident |
| North HorshamLow | 15 m² per resident |
| Upper BeedingLow | 15 m² per resident |
| PulboroughVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| BramberVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| NuthurstVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| ShermanburyVery Low | 6 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Horsham?
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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 Horsham dataset covers 6,655 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.