How many parks and green spaces are in Bentswood? 3 public parks

Bentswood has 3 public parks among 12 green space sites. Green space covers 11.0% of the area: about 23 m² per resident, or 3.2 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 64% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
23 m²
Less green space than
64% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
3.2

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

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What kinds of green space are there in Bentswood?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Bentswood: 10.5 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Bentswood by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens10.5 hectares · 3 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces1.5 hectares · 2 sites
Playing fields1.5 hectares · 1 site
Cemeteries6,862 m² · 0 sites
Play spaces3,304 m² · 5 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds1,649 m² · 1 site

Does Bentswood have a lot of green space?

A bit less than most areas. Bentswood has 23 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 30 m² across Haywards Heath. Less green space per resident than 64% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Bentswood compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
BentswoodThis area23 m² per resident
Haywards Heath30 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 23 m² for every resident adds up to 3.2 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 04:07 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Bentswood dataset covers 157 postcodes.

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