How many parks and green spaces are in Bristol Clean Air Zone? 10 public parks

Bristol Clean Air Zone has 10 public parks among 27 green space sites. Green space covers 4.4% of the area: about 8 m² per resident, or 1.1 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 91% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

Green space per resident
8 m²
Less green space than
91% of areas
Football pitches per 1,000 people
1.1

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

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What are the largest parks in Bristol Clean Air Zone?

Castle Park is the largest public park in Bristol Clean Air Zone, at 5.2 hectares. 7 of the 10 public parks have a name.

Largest public parks in Bristol Clean Air Zone
ParkSize
Castle Park5.2 hectares
College Green9,014 m²
Temple Gardens5,261 m²
St James' Park3,532 m²
Somerset Square2,551 m²
Quakers' Burial Ground1,238 m²
God's Garden755 m²

What kinds of green space are there in Bristol Clean Air Zone?

Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in Bristol Clean Air Zone: 10.7 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.

Green space in Bristol Clean Air Zone by type
TypeArea
Public parks and gardens10.7 hectares · 10 sites
Churchyards and religious grounds2.9 hectares · 7 sites
Other sports facilities6,037 m² · 6 sites
Play spaces1,548 m² · 4 sites

Does Bristol Clean Air Zone have a lot of green space?

No, less than most areas. Bristol Clean Air Zone has 8 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 36 m² across Bristol. Less green space per resident than 91% of areas in England and Wales.

Green space per resident in Bristol Clean Air Zone compared with other areas
AreaPer resident
Bristol Clean Air ZoneThis area8 m² per resident
Bristol36 m² per resident
Typical area in England and Wales31 m² per resident

A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 8 m² for every resident adds up to 1.1 football pitches of parks, playing fields and other public green space for every 1,000 people.

Very Low means the bottom 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.

What else do people ask about Bristol Clean Air Zone?

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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 04:08 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Bristol Clean Air Zone dataset covers 1,482 postcodes.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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