How many parks and green spaces are in Bath and North East Somerset? 60 public parks
Bath and North East Somerset has 60 public parks among 602 green space sites. Green space covers 1.8% of the area: about 32 m² per resident, or 4.5 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 53% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 32 m²
- More green space than
- 53% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 4.5
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 Bath and North East SomersetWhat are the largest parks in Bath and North East Somerset?
Royal Victoria Park is the largest public park in Bath and North East Somerset, at 23.2 hectares. 24 of the 60 public parks have a name.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Royal Victoria Park | 23.2 hectares |
| Keynsham Memorial Park | 6.6 hectares |
| Magdalen Gardens | 5.5 hectares |
| Linear Park | 5.1 hectares |
| Alexandra Park | 4.4 hectares |
| Sydney Gardens | 3.9 hectares |
| Alice Park | 3.4 hectares |
| Henrietta Park | 2.9 hectares |
| Whitchurch Green | 2.4 hectares |
| Firs Field | 2.1 hectares |
| Hedgemead Park | 2 hectares |
| Hillcrest Open Space | 2 hectares |
| Paulton Memorial Park | 1.6 hectares |
| Parade Gardens | 1 hectares |
| Batheaston Gardens | 6,963 m² |
| Backstones Open Space | 6,620 m² |
| Somervale Gardens | 6,173 m² |
| Beacon Hill Common | 5,627 m² |
| Willow Green | 2,758 m² |
| Old Vicarage Green | 1,575 m² |
| St Stephen's Millennium Green | 1,573 m² |
| Wick Green | 1,103 m² |
| Redland Park | 624 m² |
| Alkmaar Garden | 566 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in Bath and North East Somerset?
Playing fields cover the most ground in Bath and North East Somerset: 252 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Playing fields | 252 hectares · 108 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 178 hectares · 61 sites |
| Public parks and gardens | 107 hectares · 60 sites |
| Cemeteries | 42.7 hectares · 29 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 39.8 hectares · 57 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 23.7 hectares · 80 sites |
| Play spaces | 18.9 hectares · 153 sites |
| Tennis courts | 5.2 hectares · 35 sites |
| Bowling greens | 3.8 hectares · 14 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 244 hectares · 5 sites |
Does Bath and North East Somerset have a lot of green space?
About average. Bath and North East Somerset has 32 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 35 m² across West of England. More green space per resident than 53% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| Bath and North East SomersetThis area | 32 m² per resident |
| West of England | 35 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 32 m² for every resident adds up to 4.5 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.
Which parts of Bath and North East Somerset have the most green space?
Charlcombe has the most green space per resident of the 52 areas of Bath and North East Somerset, at about 915 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 |
|---|---|
| CharlcombeVery High | 915 m² per resident |
| Monkton CombeVery High | 171 m² per resident |
| Norton MalrewardVery High | 132 m² per resident |
| MarksburyVery High | 91 m² per resident |
| Hinton CharterhouseVery High | 86 m² per resident |
| Chew MagnaVery High | 86 m² per resident |
| WhitchurchVery High | 85 m² per resident |
| PristonVery High | 84 m² per resident |
| Dunkerton and TunleyVery High | 72 m² per resident |
| CorstonVery High | 68 m² per resident |
| Chew StokeVery High | 66 m² per resident |
| Newton St. LoeHigh | 58 m² per resident |
| PublowHigh | 57 m² per resident |
| BathamptonHigh | 49 m² per resident |
| Compton DandoHigh | 48 m² per resident |
| Farrington GurneyHigh | 46 m² per resident |
| BathfordHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| Stanton DrewHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| WellowHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| ShoscombeHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| KeynshamTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| BathTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| UbleyTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| CamertonTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| East HarptreeTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| FarmboroughTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| TimsburyTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| PaultonTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| North StokeLow | 25 m² per resident |
| Stowey-SuttonLow | 22 m² per resident |
| CameleyLow | 22 m² per resident |
| Peasedown St. JohnLow | 20 m² per resident |
| Midsomer NortonLow | 19 m² per resident |
| KelstonLow | 17 m² per resident |
| Combe HayLow | 17 m² per resident |
| SaltfordLow | 17 m² per resident |
| ClavertonLow | 17 m² per resident |
| SwainswickLow | 16 m² per resident |
| CluttonVery Low | 15 m² per resident |
| RadstockVery Low | 15 m² per resident |
| EnglishcombeVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| SouthstokeVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| Hinton BlewettVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| BatheastonVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| St. CatherineVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| West HarptreeVery Low | 12 m² per resident |
| High LittletonVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| ChelwoodVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| WestfieldVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| Nempnett ThrubwellVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| FreshfordVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
| Compton MartinVery Low | 6 m² per resident |
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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 03:26 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Bath and North East Somerset dataset covers 9,814 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.