How many parks and green spaces are in Bradford? 141 public parks
Bradford has 141 public parks among 1,027 green space sites. Green space covers 3.3% of the area: about 22 m² per resident, or 3.1 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 65% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 22 m²
- Less green space than
- 65% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 3.1
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 BradfordWhat are the largest parks in Bradford?
Penistone Hill Country Park is the largest public park in Bradford, at 70.5 hectares. These are the 25 largest of 48 named public parks.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Penistone Hill Country Park | 70.5 hectares |
| Bowling Park | 27.8 hectares |
| Peel Park | 26.1 hectares |
| Lister Park | 22.4 hectares |
| Harold Park | 17.8 hectares |
| Cliffe Castle Park | 14.4 hectares |
| Littlemoor Park (Foster Park) | 13 hectares |
| Horton Park | 12.7 hectares |
| Horton Bank Country Park | 12.4 hectares |
| High Park | 11.6 hectares |
| Wibsey Park | 11.2 hectares |
| Myrtle Park | 8.8 hectares |
| Pit Hill Park | 8.3 hectares |
| Prince of Wales Park | 7.4 hectares |
| Holden Park | 6.4 hectares |
| Victoria Park | 6.3 hectares |
| Bradford Moor Park | 5.9 hectares |
| Lund Park | 5.7 hectares |
| Knowles Park | 5.4 hectares |
| Roberts Park | 5.3 hectares |
| Springfield Community Garden | 4.7 hectares |
| Black Mountain Millennium Green | 4.7 hectares |
| Devonshire Park | 4.6 hectares |
| Victoria Park | 4.4 hectares |
| Shay Grange Crematorium | 4.4 hectares |
What kinds of green space are there in Bradford?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Bradford: 452 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 452 hectares · 141 sites |
| Playing fields | 382 hectares · 192 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 167 hectares · 108 sites |
| Cemeteries | 128 hectares · 67 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 90.7 hectares · 97 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 41.2 hectares · 121 sites |
| Play spaces | 17 hectares · 197 sites |
| Bowling greens | 13.6 hectares · 54 sites |
| Tennis courts | 4.7 hectares · 28 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 632 hectares · 22 sites |
Does Bradford have a lot of green space?
A bit less than most areas. Bradford has 22 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 32 m² across West Yorkshire. Less green space per resident than 65% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| BradfordThis area | 22 m² per resident |
| West Yorkshire | 32 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 22 m² for every resident adds up to 3.1 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 Bradford have the most green space?
Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury has the most green space per resident of the 21 areas of Bradford, at about 123 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 |
|---|---|
| Haworth, Cross Roads and StanburyVery High | 123 m² per resident |
| AddinghamHigh | 55 m² per resident |
| SilsdenHigh | 53 m² per resident |
| DenholmeHigh | 42 m² per resident |
| IlkleyHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| ShipleyTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| BingleyTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| Queensbury WardTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| OxenhopeTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| KeighleyLow | 23 m² per resident |
| BurleyLow | 21 m² per resident |
| HardenLow | 20 m² per resident |
| BaildonLow | 19 m² per resident |
| ClaytonLow | 17 m² per resident |
| WroseLow | 15 m² per resident |
| MenstonVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| Steeton with EastburnVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| CullingworthVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| Sandy LaneVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| WilsdenVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| TridentVery Low | 5 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Bradford?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Bradford.
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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 02:58 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Bradford dataset covers 20,788 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.