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

Rawdon has 3 public parks among 21 green space sites. Green space covers 4.3% of the area: about 33 m² per resident, or 4.6 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 54% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
33 m²
More green space than
54% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
4.6

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 Rawdon?

Micklefield Park is the largest public park in Rawdon, at 4.1 hectares. 2 of the 3 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Rawdon
ParkSize
Micklefield Park4.1 hectares
Little Moor9,634 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Rawdon?

Other sports facilities cover the most ground in Rawdon: 8.5 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Rawdon by type
TypeArea
Other sports facilities8.5 hectares · 3 sites
Public parks and gardens5.3 hectares · 3 sites
Playing fields5 hectares · 3 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces2.3 hectares · 3 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds1.4 hectares · 2 sites
Tennis courts4,924 m² · 2 sites
Cemeteries1,989 m² · 1 site
Bowling greens1,340 m² · 1 site
Play spaces1,151 m² · 2 sites
Golf coursesNot counted23.5 hectares · 1 site

Does Rawdon have a lot of green space?

About average. Rawdon has 33 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 34 m² across Leeds. More green space per resident than 54% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Rawdon compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
RawdonThis area33 m² per resident
Leeds34 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 33 m² for every resident adds up to 4.6 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.

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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 03:50 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Rawdon dataset covers 253 postcodes.

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