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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British residents without easy walking access to a green space 2024, by country
As of June 2024, approximately * 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 ** residents were not within a ten-minute walking distance of a green space.
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Fields in Trust. (June 9, 2024). Number of residents without ten-minute walking access to a green space in Great Britain as of June 2024, by country (in millions) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 24, 2026, from /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 2024, by country (in millions)." Chart. June 9, 2024. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 24, 2026. /statistics/1405282/residents-green-space-walking-access-great-britain/
Fields in Trust. (2024). Number of residents without ten-minute walking access to a green space in Great Britain as of June 2024, by country (in millions). ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 24, 2026. /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 2024, by Country (in Millions)." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 9 Jun 2024, /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 2024, by country (in millions) ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1405282/residents-green-space-walking-access-great-britain/ (last visited July 24, 2026)
Number of residents without ten-minute walking access to a green space in Great Britain as of June 2024, by country (in millions) [Graph], Fields in Trust, June 9, 2024. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1405282/residents-green-space-walking-access-great-britain/
