How many parks and green spaces are in York? 62 public parks
York has 62 public parks among 469 green space sites. Green space covers 2.6% of the area: about 35 m² per resident, or 4.9 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 58% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².
- Green space per resident
- 35 m²
- More green space than
- 58% of areas
- Football pitches per 1,000 people
- 4.9
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 YorkWhat are the largest parks in York?
The Kavesmire is the largest public park in York, at 105 hectares. These are the 25 largest of 28 named public parks.
| Park | Size |
|---|---|
| The Kavesmire (Micklegate Stray) | 105 hectares |
| York Community Woodland | 93.5 hectares |
| Hob Moor | 36.1 hectares |
| Low Moor | 24 hectares |
| Rawcliffe Country Park | 12.1 hectares |
| Rowntree Park | 9.7 hectares |
| Homestead Park | 5.4 hectares |
| West Bank Park | 5 hectares |
| Hull Road Park | 4.2 hectares |
| Museum Gardens | 4 hectares |
| Dean's Park | 2.4 hectares |
| Strensall Park | 2.2 hectares |
| Millennium Gardens | 2 hectares |
| Glen Gardens | 1.6 hectares |
| Acomb Green | 1.5 hectares |
| Clarence Gardens | 1.4 hectares |
| Foxwood Park | 1 hectares |
| Church Field | 8,384 m² |
| St George's Field | 6,168 m² |
| War Memorial Garden | 5,842 m² |
| Clifton Green | 5,715 m² |
| Fulford Community Orchard | 3,951 m² |
| The Green | 3,460 m² |
| The Green | 2,963 m² |
| Earswick Community Garden | 1,718 m² |
What kinds of green space are there in York?
Public parks and gardens cover the most ground in York: 371 hectares. Golf courses are shown but left out of the green space total, because most need a membership.
| Type | Area |
|---|---|
| Public parks and gardens | 371 hectares · 62 sites |
| Playing fields | 131 hectares · 52 sites |
| Other sports facilities | 104 hectares · 48 sites |
| Allotments and community growing spaces | 55.2 hectares · 52 sites |
| Cemeteries | 26.3 hectares · 16 sites |
| Churchyards and religious grounds | 19.2 hectares · 58 sites |
| Play spaces | 14.4 hectares · 123 sites |
| Bowling greens | 6.3 hectares · 17 sites |
| Tennis courts | 3.6 hectares · 30 sites |
| Golf coursesNot counted | 373 hectares · 11 sites |
Does York have a lot of green space?
About average. York has 35 m² of green space per resident, against 31 m² in the typical area of England and Wales and 38 m² across England. More green space per resident than 58% of areas in England and Wales.
| Area | Per resident |
|---|---|
| YorkThis area | 35 m² per resident |
| England | 38 m² per resident |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 31 m² per resident |
A full-size football pitch is about 7,140 m². 35 m² for every resident adds up to 4.9 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 York have the most green space?
Rufforth with Knapton has the most green space per resident of the 31 areas of York, at about 985 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 |
|---|---|
| Rufforth with KnaptonVery High | 985 m² per resident |
| Askham BryanVery High | 116 m² per resident |
| New EarswickVery High | 92 m² per resident |
| Heworth WithoutVery High | 77 m² per resident |
| FulfordVery High | 62 m² per resident |
| Clifton WithoutHigh | 52 m² per resident |
| HeslingtonHigh | 45 m² per resident |
| WiggintonHigh | 41 m² per resident |
| RawcliffeHigh | 38 m² per resident |
| Nether PoppletonHigh | 37 m² per resident |
| DunningtonTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| ElvingtonTypical | 32 m² per resident |
| SkeltonTypical | 26 m² per resident |
| WheldrakeLow | 24 m² per resident |
| Strensall with TowthorpeLow | 24 m² per resident |
| BishopthorpeLow | 22 m² per resident |
| Upper PoppletonLow | 22 m² per resident |
| NaburnLow | 18 m² per resident |
| HuntingtonLow | 16 m² per resident |
| HessayVery Low | 14 m² per resident |
| HaxbyVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| KexbyVery Low | 11 m² per resident |
| CopmanthorpeVery Low | 10 m² per resident |
| OsbaldwickVery Low | 8 m² per resident |
| Askham RichardVery Low | 7 m² per resident |
| HoltbyVery Low | 6 m² per resident |
| Stockton-on-the-ForestVery Low | 5 m² per resident |
| Acaster MalbisVery Low | 4 m² per resident |
| DeightonVery Low | 3 m² per resident |
| EarswickVery Low | 2 m² per resident |
| MurtonVery Low | 2 m² per resident |
What else do people ask about York?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas and green space in York.
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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 01:30 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The York dataset covers 12,732 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.