How many parks and green spaces are in Bristol? 148 public parks
Bristol has 148 public parks among 743 green space sites. Green space covers 14.8% of the area: about 36 m² per resident, or 5 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 59% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 36 m²
- More green space than
- 59% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 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 BristolWhat are the largest parks in Bristol?
Stoke Park is the largest public park in Bristol, at 159 hectares. These are the 25 largest of 79 named public parks.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Stoke Park | 159 hectares |
| Blaise Castle Estate | 141 hectares |
| Durdham Down and Clifton Down | 132 hectares |
| Oldbury Court Estate | 48 hectares |
| Stockwood Open Space | 43.8 hectares |
| Eastwood Farm Open Space | 41.5 hectares |
| Shirehampton Park | 41.5 hectares |
| Eastville Park (Community Garden) | 26.6 hectares |
| Victoria Park | 21.4 hectares |
| Whitchurch Green | 15.8 hectares |
| Netham Park | 15.7 hectares |
| St George's Park | 15.3 hectares |
| Horfield Common | 14.6 hectares |
| Troopers Hill | 13.7 hectares |
| Bowness Gardens | 13.5 hectares |
| Crow Lane Open Space | 12.4 hectares |
| Nover's Common | 11.9 hectares |
| Greville Smyth Park | 9.6 hectares |
| Old Sneed Park | 8.9 hectares |
| Crox Bottom | 8.4 hectares |
| Brandon Hill | 8.4 hectares |
| Arno's Court Park | 7.6 hectares |
| Nature's Garden | 7.2 hectares |
| Begbrook Green Park | 6.5 hectares |
| Callington Road Nature Reserve | 6.5 hectares |
What kinds of green space are there in Bristol?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Bristol: 11 km². Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 11 km² · 148 sites |
| Playing fields | 232 hectares · 51 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 166 hectares · 100 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 129 hectares · 122 sites |
| Cemeteries | 74.1 hectares · 19 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 21.8 hectares · 74 sites |
| Play spaces | 19.1 hectares · 158 sites |
| Bowling greens | 8.5 hectares · 27 sites |
| Tennis courts | 5.8 hectares · 40 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 149 hectares · 4 sites |
Does Bristol have a lot of green space?
About average. Bristol has 36 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 35 m² across City of Bristol. More green space per resident than 59% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| BristolThis area | 36 m² per resident |
| City of Bristol | 35 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 36 m² for every resident adds up to 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 Bristol have the most green space?
Stoke Bishop Ward has the most green space per resident of the 35 areas of Bristol, at about 138 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 |
|---|---|
| Stoke Bishop WardVery High | 138 m² per resident |
| Kingsweston WardVery High | 112 m² per resident |
| Lockleaze WardVery High | 106 m² per resident |
| Brislington East WardVery High | 82 m² per resident |
| Henbury WardVery High | 65 m² per resident |
| Hengrove WardVery High | 65 m² per resident |
| Frome Vale WardVery High | 62 m² per resident |
| Stockwood WardHigh | 53 m² per resident |
| Eastville WardHigh | 53 m² per resident |
| Bishopsworth WardHigh | 51 m² per resident |
| Westbury-on-Trym WardHigh | 45 m² per resident |
| Southville WardHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| Brislington West WardHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| Filwood WardTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| Windmill Hill WardTypical | 31 m² per resident |
| St. George West WardTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| St. George East WardTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| Southmead WardTypical | 28 m² per resident |
| Knowle WardTypical | 27 m² per resident |
| Hartcliffe WardTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| Cabot WardTypical | 25 m² per resident |
| Clifton WardLow | 22 m² per resident |
| Easton WardLow | 18 m² per resident |
| Hillfields WardLow | 18 m² per resident |
| Horfield WardLow | 18 m² per resident |
| Henleaze WardLow | 17 m² per resident |
| Bishopston WardLow | 15 m² per resident |
| Redland WardLow | 15 m² per resident |
| Whitchurch Park WardVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| Bedminster WardVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| Ashley WardVery Low | 9 m² per resident |
| Bristol Clean Air ZoneVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
| Lawrence Hill WardVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
| Cotham WardVery Low | 2 m² per resident |
| Clifton East WardVery Low | 1 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about Bristol?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in Bristol.
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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 04:03 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Bristol dataset covers 17,012 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.