As of June 2024, the total amount of green space recorded in Great Britain was approximately 202 thousand hectares. England had the most green space with a little over 168 thousand hectares of green space. Meanwhile, Scotland accounted for roughly 22.5 thousand hectares.
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, 2024). Total amount of green space in Great Britain as of June 2024, by country (in 1,000 hectares) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 24, 2025, 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 2024, by country (in 1,000 hectares)." Chart. June 9, 2024. Statista. Accessed June 24, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405264/green-space-by-country-great-britain/
Fields in Trust. (2024). Total amount of green space in Great Britain as of June 2024, by country (in 1,000 hectares). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 24, 2025. 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 2024, by Country (in 1,000 Hectares)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jun 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 2024, by country (in 1,000 hectares) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405264/green-space-by-country-great-britain/ (last visited June 24, 2025)
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