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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Green space distribution in Great Britain 2024, by country
As of June 2024, the total amount of green space recorded in Great Britain was approximately *** thousand hectares. England had the most green space with a little over *** thousand hectares of green space. Meanwhile, Scotland accounted for roughly **** thousand hectares.
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Fields in Trust. (June 9, 2024). Total amount of green space in Great Britain as of June 2024, by country (in 1,000 hectares) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 26, 2026, from /statistics/1405264/green-space-by-country-great-britain/
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Total amount of green space in Great Britain as of June 2024, by country (in 1,000 hectares) [Graph], Fields in Trust, June 9, 2024. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1405264/green-space-by-country-great-britain/
