Urban Green Newcastle in Numbers
The numbers below help to illustrate the scale and diversity of the estate that Urban Green Newcastle took on, the breadth of its responsibilities, and the extent of its achievements from running the city’s parks and allotments for the last 6 years.
520 Hectares
managed across the estate (equivalent to 728 football pitches!)
33
parks
61
allotment sites
57
buildings – as well as bandstands
18
Various Water Bodies
35
Full-time staff members
£3.7 million
in grant funding awarded
6,990+
volunteer hours logged per year (by 2025)
450,000
Trees managed
12,000
New trees planted
500
trees damaged in storms between 2021 - 2022
£500,000
invested in tree maintenance (excluding staff time)
9,500
people engaged in environmental education activities
18+
hectares of new pollinator grassland
40,000
Native bulbs planted
5,000,000+
square metres of grass cut (per annum)
£550,000
invested across the estate’s 65 play areas
60+
Partners worked with
2,000
community events (per annum by 2025)
65,000
customers served at the Urban Green Cafes a year (by 2025)
27,000
ice creams served at the Urban Green Cafes a year (by 2025)
10
empty buildings refurbished and brought back into use
1,500
metres of cycleway upgraded
6
football pitches improved and brought back into regular use
22
tennis courts refurbished
15,110
hours booked on refurbished tennis courts in their first year
200-300
burnt out bins dealt with per annum
£2.2 million
average annual cost of maintaining parks and allotments
£8.7 million
support grant received from Newcastle City Council, 2019 - 2025
