Sandwell benefits from 543 green spaces, with 323 green spaces (59%) having unrestricted access to the public. This is 3.63 hectares per 1,000 population and more unrestricted green space access than some other comparable local authorities.
Green Spaces include:
- 32 parks and gardens (including 15 Green Flag Parks, other Council service areas and external partners as of 2025).
- 211 amenity green spaces (from small local spaces to larger communal green spaces).
- 75 natural and semi-natural green spaces (including 9 recognised nature reserves).
- 22 green corridors (such as green walk ways, and green space that connects areas)
- 48 outdoor sports sites (including 15 playing pitches, 27 Multi Use Games Areas, 33 outdoor gyms, 4 Bowling Greens, and 12 BMX and skate facilities)
- 34 Allotment sites (with 1,336 plots)
- 69 play areas (including toddler and junior play facilities).
Green Spaces are developed and managed by a team of green space officers, play area inspectors and engineers, and nature reserve specialists.
The team works with our Green Services team, which includes ground maintenance operatives, environment response team operatives, water bodies technicians, park and countryside operatives, and gardeners.
Our Visitor Services Team manage our destination green spaces, which includes Lightwoods House and Park, and Sandwell Valley Country Park. This includes a new education service, launching in October 2022 a programme of school visits and countryside, animal welfare, horticulture, and volunteering in our green spaces.
Other Information
- Explore our Green Spaces, visitor experiences, and events at www.visitsandwell.co.uk
- How we look after our play areas and keep these safe.
- How you can report anti-social behaviour in green spaces.
- How you can report a fly tip, littering, a waste issue in a green space.
- About our football pitches and how you can hire these.
- About Sandwell Valley Country Park.
- About Lightwoods House and Park.