How bythenumbers measures parks and publicly accessible green space within walking distance.
This category uses Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace, with OpenStreetMap as extra mapped context. It counts parks and publicly accessible green spaces within walking distance, and how far the nearest one is. Private gardens and golf clubs that are not mapped as public access are not treated as a local park.
A park you can actually walk to is different from a green patch on a satellite photo. Families, dog owners, and anyone without a private garden feel that difference every week. The open data is the public-access map, which is the part that belongs in a fair comparison.
If outdoor space is part of how you live, the published public green space around a postcode should be in the same view as schools and transport. A higher figure means more accessible sites nearby and a shorter walk to the nearest one. Visit the park yourself. Use this category to decide which postcodes are worth that visit.
Licences and refresh cadence are on the sources page.
Search any UK postcode to see this category on a live report, beside the rest of the Area Measure.