Access to green and blue space in England
Publication Year
2026
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Comprises statistics providing estimates of household access outdoor green spaces and to natural and artificial water environments i.e. blue spaces, which can provide health and wellbeing benefits in England.
Document History
Supersedes: Access to green space in England; and Access to blue space in England; (both DEFRA, 2025). Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/access-to-green-and-blue-space-in-england/access-to-green-and-blue-space-in-england and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: official statistics. First published: 4 March 2026.
Publisher Information
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a UK Government department. They are committed to tackling climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and work to secure a healthy, resilient, productive and diverse natural environment. This work has formerly been carried out by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Department of the Environment.
