As of June 2023, the total amount of green space recorded in Great Britain was approximately 198 thousand hectares. England had the most green space with a little over 164 thousand hectares of green space. Meanwhile, Scotland accounted for roughly 22.5 thousand hectares.
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The source's criteria for green space included public parks or gardens, playing fields, play spaces, tennis courts, bowling greens, and other sports facilities. National parks, common land, allotments & community growing spaces, cemeteries, religious grounds, and golf courses were all excluded. The English country parks Rutland Water and Whinlatter Forest Park also didn't meet the source's criteria.
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Fields in Trust. (June 9, 2023). Total amount of green space in Great Britain as of June 2023, by country (in 1,000 hectares) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405264/green-space-by-country-great-britain/
Fields in Trust. "Total amount of green space in Great Britain as of June 2023, by country (in 1,000 hectares)." Chart. June 9, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405264/green-space-by-country-great-britain/
Fields in Trust. (2023). Total amount of green space in Great Britain as of June 2023, by country (in 1,000 hectares). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405264/green-space-by-country-great-britain/
Fields in Trust. "Total Amount of Green Space in Great Britain as of June 2023, by Country (in 1,000 Hectares)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405264/green-space-by-country-great-britain/
Fields in Trust, Total amount of green space in Great Britain as of June 2023, by country (in 1,000 hectares) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405264/green-space-by-country-great-britain/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Total amount of green space in Great Britain as of June 2023, by country (in 1,000 hectares) [Graph], Fields in Trust, June 9, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405264/green-space-by-country-great-britain/