How many parks and green spaces are in South Gloucestershire? 114 public parks
South Gloucestershire has 114 public parks among 744 green space sites. Green space covers 2.1% of the area: about 39 m² per resident, or 5.4 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 63% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 39 m²
- More green space than
- 63% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 5.4
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 South GloucestershireWhat are the largest parks in South Gloucestershire?
Dyrham Park is the largest public park in South Gloucestershire, at 86.6 hectares. These are the 25 largest of 41 named public parks.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| Dyrham Park | 86.6 hectares |
| The Common | 49.9 hectares |
| Siston Common | 34.3 hectares |
| Little Stoke Park | 11.5 hectares |
| Conham River Park | 10.5 hectares |
| Brinsham Fields | 7.7 hectares |
| Kingsgate Park | 7.5 hectares |
| Frenchay Moor | 7.4 hectares |
| Page Park | 7.3 hectares |
| Lyde Green Common | 6.9 hectares |
| Oldown Country Park | 6.7 hectares |
| Mead Park | 6.2 hectares |
| Avon Valley Park | 5.6 hectares |
| Northville Millennium Green | 4.9 hectares |
| Frenchay Common | 4.8 hectares |
| Bridgeyate Common | 4 hectares |
| Colt's Green | 3.9 hectares |
| Centenary Field | 3.6 hectares |
| Kingswood Park | 3.3 hectares |
| Lilliput Park | 3.2 hectares |
| Goose Green Fields | 2.5 hectares |
| Brockwell Park | 2.3 hectares |
| Kingswood Remembrance Park | 2.2 hectares |
| Hill House Park | 2 hectares |
| Scop Field | 1.5 hectares |
What kinds of green space are there in South Gloucestershire?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in South Gloucestershire: 485 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 485 hectares · 114 sites |
| Playing fields | 290 hectares · 94 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 234 hectares · 73 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 50.5 hectares · 95 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 44.1 hectares · 71 sites |
| Play spaces | 22.1 hectares · 216 sites |
| Cemeteries | 17.5 hectares · 21 sites |
| Tennis courts | 5.1 hectares · 43 sites |
| Bowling greens | 1.9 hectares · 7 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 627 hectares · 10 sites |
Does South Gloucestershire have a lot of green space?
A bit more than most areas. South Gloucestershire has 39 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 63% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| South GloucestershireThis area | 39 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. 39 m² for every resident adds up to 5.4 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 South Gloucestershire have the most green space?
Dyrham and Hinton has the most green space per resident of the 47 areas of South Gloucestershire, at about 3,010 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 |
|---|---|
| Dyrham and HintonVery High | 3,010 m² per resident |
| RockhamptonVery High | 340 m² per resident |
| AlmondsburyVery High | 203 m² per resident |
| MarshfieldVery High | 156 m² per resident |
| OlvestonVery High | 134 m² per resident |
| BadmintonVery High | 118 m² per resident |
| DoyntonVery High | 87 m² per resident |
| SistonVery High | 87 m² per resident |
| TormartonVery High | 74 m² per resident |
| SodburyVery High | 68 m² per resident |
| TytheringtonHigh | 61 m² per resident |
| Pilning and Severn BeachHigh | 60 m² per resident |
| FalfieldHigh | 58 m² per resident |
| WinterbourneHigh | 57 m² per resident |
| Oldbury-upon-SevernHigh | 55 m² per resident |
| YateHigh | 50 m² per resident |
| Stoke GiffordHigh | 49 m² per resident |
| HawkesburyHigh | 44 m² per resident |
| HillHigh | 43 m² per resident |
| HanhamHigh | 42 m² per resident |
| CromhallHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| HortonHigh | 40 m² per resident |
| Emersons GreenHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| ThornburyTypical | 37 m² per resident |
| Frampton CotterellTypical | 36 m² per resident |
| AlvestonTypical | 35 m² per resident |
| Hanham AbbotsTypical | 34 m² per resident |
| RangeworthyTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| WesterleighTypical | 30 m² per resident |
| Iron ActonTypical | 29 m² per resident |
| Wick and AbsonTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| Acton TurvilleTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| Little SodburyTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| AustLow | 24 m² per resident |
| WickwarLow | 23 m² per resident |
| Cold AshtonLow | 23 m² per resident |
| Downend and Bromley HeathLow | 21 m² per resident |
| TortworthLow | 20 m² per resident |
| DodingtonLow | 20 m² per resident |
| PatchwayLow | 19 m² per resident |
| OldlandLow | 19 m² per resident |
| FiltonLow | 18 m² per resident |
| BittonLow | 18 m² per resident |
| PucklechurchLow | 16 m² per resident |
| CharfieldLow | 15 m² per resident |
| Bradley StokeVery Low | 13 m² per resident |
| Stoke Lodge and The CommonVery Low | 7 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 South Gloucestershire dataset covers 13,461 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.