How many parks and green spaces are in Featherstone? 5 public parks

Featherstone has 5 public parks among 37 green space sites. Green space covers 3.4% of the area: about 34 m² per resident, or 4.7 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 55% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
34 m²
More green space than
55% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
4.7

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 Featherstone?

Purston Park is the largest public park in Featherstone, at 11.1 hectares. 2 of the 5 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Featherstone
ParkSize
Purston Park11.1 hectares
Featherstone Memorial Gardens1,365 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Featherstone?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Featherstone: 19.2 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Featherstone by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens19.2 hectares · 5 sites
Playing fields16.8 hectares · 7 sites
Allotments and community growing spaces12.7 hectares · 9 sites
Other sports facilities7.6 hectares · 4 sites
Cemeteries3.8 hectares · 2 sites
Play spaces7,821 m² · 7 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds6,628 m² · 2 sites
Bowling greens3,230 m² · 1 site

Does Featherstone have a lot of green space?

About average. Featherstone has 34 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 51 m² across Wakefield. More green space per resident than 55% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Featherstone compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
FeatherstoneThis area34 m² per resident
Wakefield51 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 34 m² for every resident adds up to 4.7 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 Featherstone dataset covers 467 postcodes.

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