Access to green space in England
Estimates of household access to outdoor green spaces in England.
Applies to England
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Correction:
An unscheduled correction will be made to the data as soon as possible, as two issues with the data have been identified. One will result in a notable difference to reported access for scenario 5 and also some smaller changes to scenarios 6 and 7. This is due to access points to greenspaces smaller than 10 ha being erroneously included in the modelling for this scenario. Secondly, a minor issue with the way Ordnance Survey access points were processed has been identified. A subset of the OS green space data contains multipolygons, and previously, some access points were being assigned to the incorrect individual polygon in the multipolygon set. This meant that some access points were inheriting incorrect size attributes and therefore being included or excluded erroneously across all scenarios. This is not an issue with Ordnance Survey data, but with the way we interpreted it. We are now working to rectify these issues and will publish updated data in due course. We continue to welcome feedback on these Official Statistics in Development.
Access to outdoor green spaces is known to be important for people鈥檚 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 [email protected].
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