As of June 2023, approximately 5.22 million residents in England were without ten-minute walking access to a green space. This was a higher figure than the other two countries in Great Britain, Scotland and Wales, with the number of residents nearly ten times larger than that of Scotland where roughly 530 thousand residents were not within a ten-minute walking distance of a green space.
Number of residents without ten-minute walking access to a green space in Great Britain as of June 2023, by country
(in millions)
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). Number of residents without ten-minute walking access to a green space in Great Britain as of June 2023, by country (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405282/residents-green-space-walking-access-great-britain/
Fields in Trust. "Number of residents without ten-minute walking access to a green space in Great Britain as of June 2023, by country (in millions)." Chart. June 9, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405282/residents-green-space-walking-access-great-britain/
Fields in Trust. (2023). Number of residents without ten-minute walking access to a green space in Great Britain as of June 2023, by country (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405282/residents-green-space-walking-access-great-britain/
Fields in Trust. "Number of Residents without Ten-minute Walking Access to a Green Space in Great Britain as of June 2023, by Country (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405282/residents-green-space-walking-access-great-britain/
Fields in Trust, Number of residents without ten-minute walking access to a green space in Great Britain as of June 2023, by country (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405282/residents-green-space-walking-access-great-britain/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Number of residents without ten-minute walking access to a green space in Great Britain as of June 2023, by country (in millions) [Graph], Fields in Trust, June 9, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405282/residents-green-space-walking-access-great-britain/
