Official Statistics

Access to green space in England

Estimates of household access to outdoor green spaces in England.

Applies to England

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Access to green space in England

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Correction:

An unscheduled correction was made to the data in May 2025. Please see the main release for more details on what has changed and the impact this has had upon these statistics. We continue to welcome feedback on these Official Statistics in Development, so please email us at access.statistics.feedback@defra.gov.uk.

Access to outdoor green spaces is known to be important for people’s health and wellbeing.

These statistics describe the percentage of households that are within different walking distances of different types of green space for small neighbourhoods in England.

As this is an official statistic in development, we welcome feedback on the novel methods used in the development of these statistics and the presentation of the data. To give feedback, email the Environmental Statistics and Reporting team at access.statistics.feedback@defra.gov.uk.

Updates to this page

Published 1 August 2024
Last updated 13 May 2025 show all updates
  1. Correction.

  2. Update added to summary.

  3. First published.

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