How many parks and green spaces are in Burgess Hill? 16 public parks

Burgess Hill has 16 public parks among 101 green space sites. Green space covers 5.6% of the area: about 16 m² per resident, or 2.3 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 77% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
16 m²
Less green space than
77% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
2.3

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

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What are the largest parks in Burgess Hill?

St John's Park is the largest public park in Burgess Hill, at 4.8 hectares. 2 of the 16 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Burgess Hill
ParkSize
St John's Park4.8 hectares
Marle Place Park1.1 hectares

What kinds of green space are there in Burgess Hill?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Burgess Hill: 21 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Burgess Hill by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens21 hectares · 16 sites
Playing fields15.4 hectares · 6 sites
Other sports facilities7.8 hectares · 10 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds4.3 hectares · 8 sites
Play spaces3.3 hectares · 51 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces2.9 hectares · 5 sites
Tennis courts2,688 m² · 4 sites
Bowling greens2,472 m² · 1 site

Does Burgess Hill have a lot of green space?

A bit less than most areas. Burgess Hill has 16 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 36 m² across Mid Sussex. Less green space per resident than 77% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Burgess Hill compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
Burgess HillThis area16 m² per resident
Mid Sussex36 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 16 m² for every resident adds up to 2.3 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.

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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 03:51 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Burgess Hill dataset covers 1,144 postcodes.

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