How many parks and green spaces are in Wakefield? 124 public parks
Wakefield has 124 public parks among 813 green space sites. Green space covers 5.3% of the area: about 51 m² per resident, or 7.1 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 74% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 51 m²
- More green space than
- 74% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 7.1
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 WakefieldWhat are the largest parks in Wakefield?
Pugneys Country Park is the largest public park in Wakefield, at 98.6 hectares. These are the 25 largest of 44 named public parks.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Pugneys Country Park | 98.6 hectares |
| Newmillerdam Country Park | 97.4 hectares |
| Walton Colliery Nature Park | 78.1 hectares |
| Pontefract Park | 76 hectares |
| Fitzwilliam Country Park | 68.7 hectares |
| Anglers Country Park | 62.8 hectares |
| Notton Park | 45.2 hectares |
| Thornes Park | 44.8 hectares |
| Lofthouse Colliery Nature Park | 26.9 hectares |
| Wrenthorpe Park | 24.3 hectares |
| Alverthorpe Meadows | 20.3 hectares |
| Vale Head Park | 13.7 hectares |
| Betty Eastwood Park | 11.3 hectares |
| Low Common | 11.2 hectares |
| Purston Park | 11.1 hectares |
| Clarence Park | 10.8 hectares |
| Carr Lodge Park | 9.7 hectares |
| Foulby Park | 8.1 hectares |
| Balne Lane Fields | 7.6 hectares |
| Outwood Park | 7.1 hectares |
| Haw Hill Park | 6.6 hectares |
| Castle Grove Park | 6.6 hectares |
| High Common | 5.9 hectares |
| Holmfield Park | 5.7 hectares |
| Queen's Park | 5.7 hectares |
What kinds of green space are there in Wakefield?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Wakefield: 12 km². Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 12 km² · 124 sites |
| Playing fields | 430 hectares · 164 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 127 hectares · 118 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 101 hectares · 60 sites |
| Cemeteries | 67.3 hectares · 39 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 29.5 hectares · 60 sites |
| Play spaces | 20.6 hectares · 168 sites |
| Bowling greens | 10.7 hectares · 44 sites |
| Tennis courts | 3.2 hectares · 21 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 533 hectares · 15 sites |
Does Wakefield have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. Wakefield has 51 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 32 m² across West Yorkshire. More green space per resident than 74% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| WakefieldThis area | 51 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. 51 m² for every resident adds up to 7.1 football pitches of parks, playing fields and other public green space for every 1,000 people.
High means the second-highest 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 Wakefield have the most green space?
Wintersett has the most green space per resident of the 29 areas of Wakefield, at about 14,275 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 |
|---|---|
| WintersettVery High | 14,275 m² per resident |
| ChevetVery High | 3,607 m² per resident |
| West BrettonVery High | 2,360 m² per resident |
| NottonVery High | 803 m² per resident |
| Huntwick with Foulby and NostellVery High | 665 m² per resident |
| WaltonVery High | 157 m² per resident |
| South HiendleyVery High | 156 m² per resident |
| CrigglestoneVery High | 130 m² per resident |
| South ElmsallVery High | 117 m² per resident |
| CroftonVery High | 101 m² per resident |
| HemsworthVery High | 96 m² per resident |
| North ElmsallHigh | 46 m² per resident |
| Havercroft with Cold HiendleyHigh | 45 m² per resident |
| AckworthHigh | 39 m² per resident |
| UptonHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| FeatherstoneTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| RyhillTypical | 33 m² per resident |
| Thorpe AudlinTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| South Kirkby and MoorthorpeTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| SharlstonTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| Warmfield cum HeathTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| DarringtonTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| NormantonLow | 24 m² per resident |
| East HardwickLow | 24 m² per resident |
| SitlingtonLow | 16 m² per resident |
| WoolleyVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| BadsworthVery Low | 6 m² per resident |
| West HardwickVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
| Hessle and Hill TopVery Low | 0 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Wakefield?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Wakefield.
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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 02:59 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Wakefield dataset covers 12,090 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.