Share of land that is green within 1km of where people live, every council ranked
The share of the land within 1km of where people live that satellites see as trees, grass, crops or other green cover, averaged. Figures for 2021, published for 361 councils in the UK. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.
Lowest: City of London, 6%. The council in the middle: Boston, 64.2%. Highest: Na h-Eileanan Siar, 95.2%.
| Place | Council | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of LondonLondon | 6% |
| 2 | Tower HamletsLondon | 19% |
| 3 | Hammersmith and FulhamLondon | 19.4% |
| 4 | NewhamLondon | 19.6% |
| 5 | Kensington and ChelseaLondon | 21.2% |
| 6 | PortsmouthSouth East | 22% |
| 7 | WestminsterLondon | 22.5% |
| 8 | BlackpoolNorth West | 24.4% |
| 9 | IslingtonLondon | 24.9% |
| 10 | HackneyLondon | 27.1% |
| 11 | SouthwarkLondon | 28.1% |
| 12 | CamdenLondon | 28.6% |
| 13 | Barking and DagenhamLondon | 28.8% |
| 14 | WorthingSouth East | 29.2% |
| 15 | LambethLondon | 29.7% |
| 16 | BrentLondon | 30.4% |
| 17 joint | Southend-on-SeaEast of England | 33.1% |
| 17 joint | Waltham ForestLondon | 33.1% |
| 19 | HaringeyLondon | 33.9% |
| 20 | WandsworthLondon | 34.3% |
| 21 | AdurSouth East | 35.3% |
| 22 | LiverpoolNorth West | 35.5% |
| 23 | LutonEast of England | 36.2% |
| 24 | Brighton and HoveSouth East | 36.4% |
| 25 | LeicesterEast Midlands | 36.7% |
| 26 | Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber | 37% |
| 27 | EalingLondon | 37.8% |
| 28 | SandwellWest Midlands | 38.1% |
| 29 | RedbridgeLondon | 38.3% |
| 30 | HounslowLondon | 38.9% |
| 31 joint | BristolSouth West | 39.5% |
| 31 joint | EnfieldLondon | 39.5% |
| 33 | Newcastle upon TyneNorth East | 39.6% |
| 34 joint | BelfastNorthern Ireland | 39.9% |
| 34 joint | SloughSouth East | 39.9% |
| 36 | NottinghamEast Midlands | 40.1% |
| 37 | GosportSouth East | 40.5% |
| 38 | MertonLondon | 40.6% |
| 39 joint | HarrowLondon | 40.8% |
| 39 joint | SouthamptonSouth East | 40.8% |
| 41 | LewishamLondon | 41% |
| 42 joint | GreenwichLondon | 41.7% |
| 42 joint | HartlepoolNorth East | 41.7% |
| 44 joint | Glasgow CityScotland | 41.9% |
| 44 joint | ManchesterNorth West | 41.9% |
| 46 | South TynesideNorth East | 42% |
| 47 | IpswichEast of England | 42.6% |
| 48 | GloucesterSouth West | 42.9% |
| 49 joint | BexleyLondon | 43% |
| 49 joint | EastbourneSouth East | 43% |
| 51 | MiddlesbroughNorth East | 43.5% |
| 52 | CoventryWest Midlands | 43.7% |
| 53 | North TynesideNorth East | 43.8% |
| 54 | SalfordNorth West | 44.3% |
| 55 | SeftonNorth West | 45.1% |
| 56 | CardiffWales | 45.4% |
| 57 | SuttonLondon | 45.6% |
| 58 | City of EdinburghScotland | 45.7% |
| 59 | SunderlandNorth East | 45.9% |
| 60 joint | Dundee CityScotland | 46.3% |
| 60 joint | OldhamNorth West | 46.3% |
| 60 joint | WatfordEast of England | 46.3% |
| 63 | WolverhamptonWest Midlands | 46.4% |
| 64 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West | 46.8% |
| 65 joint | BirminghamWest Midlands | 46.9% |
| 65 joint | DerbyEast Midlands | 46.9% |
| 65 joint | Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands | 46.9% |
| 68 | Aberdeen CityScotland | 47.2% |
| 69 | Kingston upon ThamesLondon | 47.3% |
| 70 | WalsallWest Midlands | 47.7% |
| 71 joint | KnowsleyNorth West | 47.8% |
| 71 joint | ThanetSouth East | 47.8% |
| 73 | PlymouthSouth West | 47.9% |
| 74 joint | BarnetLondon | 48% |
| 74 joint | HaveringLondon | 48% |
| 76 | North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 48.1% |
| 77 | Castle PointEast of England | 48.4% |
| 78 | Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands | 48.5% |
| 79 joint | CroydonLondon | 48.6% |
| 79 joint | SwindonSouth West | 48.6% |
| 81 joint | GraveshamSouth East | 49% |
| 81 joint | NorwichEast of England | 49% |
| 83 | DudleyWest Midlands | 49.4% |
| 84 joint | Great YarmouthEast of England | 49.7% |
| 84 joint | MedwaySouth East | 49.7% |
| 86 joint | BradfordYorkshire and the Humber | 49.8% |
| 86 joint | PrestonNorth West | 49.8% |
| 86 joint | TamesideNorth West | 49.8% |
| 89 | GedlingEast Midlands | 49.9% |
| 90 | DarlingtonNorth East | 50.3% |
| 91 | MansfieldEast Midlands | 50.4% |
| 92 | Stockton-on-TeesNorth East | 50.9% |
| 93 | HillingdonLondon | 51% |
| 94 | LincolnEast Midlands | 51.1% |
| 95 | WirralNorth West | 51.3% |
| 96 joint | ArunSouth East | 51.4% |
| 96 joint | GatesheadNorth East | 51.4% |
| 98 | YorkYorkshire and the Humber | 51.5% |
| 99 | Blackburn with DarwenNorth West | 51.6% |
| 100 | ReadingSouth East | 51.8% |
| 101 | WyreNorth West | 52.2% |
| 102 joint | CambridgeEast of England | 52.4% |
| 102 joint | CheltenhamSouth West | 52.4% |
| 102 joint | HavantSouth East | 52.4% |
| 105 joint | SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber | 52.7% |
| 105 joint | WorcesterWest Midlands | 52.7% |
| 107 joint | BoltonNorth West | 52.9% |
| 107 joint | ThurrockEast of England | 52.9% |
| 109 | TamworthWest Midlands | 53.1% |
| 110 joint | BasildonEast of England | 53.3% |
| 110 joint | StockportNorth West | 53.3% |
| 110 joint | TraffordNorth West | 53.3% |
| 113 | RushmoorSouth East | 53.4% |
| 114 joint | Richmond upon ThamesLondon | 53.7% |
| 114 joint | StevenageEast of England | 53.7% |
| 116 | LeedsYorkshire and the Humber | 53.9% |
| 117 joint | Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands | 54.1% |
| 117 joint | South GloucestershireSouth West | 54.1% |
| 119 | LancasterNorth West | 54.6% |
| 120 joint | NewportWales | 54.8% |
| 120 joint | SpelthorneSouth East | 54.8% |
| 122 | WiganNorth West | 55% |
| 123 | ExeterSouth West | 55.2% |
| 124 | AshfieldEast Midlands | 55.3% |
| 125 | BurnleyNorth West | 55.4% |
| 126 joint | DartfordSouth East | 55.6% |
| 126 joint | FyldeNorth West | 55.6% |
| 126 joint | RochdaleNorth West | 55.6% |
| 129 | Cannock ChaseWest Midlands | 55.8% |
| 130 | ErewashEast Midlands | 56.2% |
| 131 | Vale of GlamorganWales | 56.3% |
| 132 joint | FarehamSouth East | 56.4% |
| 132 joint | HaltonNorth West | 56.4% |
| 134 | St. HelensNorth West | 56.6% |
| 135 | PeterboroughEast of England | 56.8% |
| 136 joint | BroxbourneEast of England | 56.9% |
| 136 joint | BroxtoweEast Midlands | 56.9% |
| 138 | HastingsSouth East | 57.3% |
| 139 | ChesterfieldEast Midlands | 57.4% |
| 140 | Redcar and ClevelandNorth East | 57.6% |
| 141 | TendringEast of England | 57.7% |
| 142 | DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber | 58.2% |
| 143 | WarringtonNorth West | 58.5% |
| 144 joint | North SomersetSouth West | 58.6% |
| 144 joint | RenfrewshireScotland | 58.6% |
| 146 joint | HyndburnNorth West | 58.8% |
| 146 joint | SwanseaWales | 58.8% |
| 146 joint | TorbaySouth West | 58.8% |
| 149 | South RibbleNorth West | 59.2% |
| 150 | WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber | 59.3% |
| 151 | South LanarkshireScotland | 60.1% |
| 152 joint | HarlowEast of England | 60.2% |
| 152 joint | PendleNorth West | 60.2% |
| 154 joint | BuryNorth West | 60.3% |
| 154 joint | CrawleySouth East | 60.3% |
| 156 joint | BedfordEast of England | 60.6% |
| 156 joint | RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber | 60.6% |
| 158 | ColchesterEast of England | 60.7% |
| 159 | East RenfrewshireScotland | 61% |
| 160 | Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands | 61.1% |
| 161 | CanterburySouth East | 61.4% |
| 162 joint | BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber | 61.5% |
| 162 joint | ChelmsfordEast of England | 61.5% |
| 164 joint | CharnwoodEast Midlands | 61.6% |
| 164 joint | OxfordSouth East | 61.6% |
| 166 joint | FalkirkScotland | 61.8% |
| 166 joint | North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 61.8% |
| 168 | SolihullWest Midlands | 62% |
| 169 | North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 62.3% |
| 170 | North LanarkshireScotland | 62.5% |
| 171 joint | Folkestone and HytheSouth East | 62.6% |
| 171 joint | South AyrshireScotland | 62.6% |
| 173 | Epsom and EwellSouth East | 62.8% |
| 174 | KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber | 63% |
| 175 | BromleyLondon | 63.1% |
| 176 | East StaffordshireWest Midlands | 63.2% |
| 177 joint | EastleighSouth East | 63.3% |
| 177 joint | SwaleSouth East | 63.3% |
| 179 | BlabyEast Midlands | 63.6% |
| 180 | Milton KeynesSouth East | 63.9% |
| 181 | BostonEast Midlands | 64.2% |
| 182 joint | BridgendWales | 64.4% |
| 182 joint | WarwickWest Midlands | 64.4% |
| 184 joint | Ards and North DownNorthern Ireland | 64.7% |
| 184 joint | Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands | 64.7% |
| 186 joint | FifeScotland | 65.1% |
| 186 joint | RochfordEast of England | 65.1% |
| 188 joint | West DunbartonshireScotland | 65.4% |
| 188 joint | West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 65.4% |
| 190 joint | BassetlawEast Midlands | 65.5% |
| 190 joint | ChorleyNorth West | 65.5% |
| 192 | Telford and WrekinWest Midlands | 65.6% |
| 193 | RugbyWest Midlands | 65.7% |
| 194 | FenlandEast of England | 65.8% |
| 195 joint | DenbighshireWales | 66.2% |
| 195 joint | Isle of WightSouth East | 66.2% |
| 197 | East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 66.3% |
| 198 | East SuffolkEast of England | 66.5% |
| 199 | InverclydeScotland | 66.6% |
| 200 | North AyrshireScotland | 67% |
| 201 joint | Central BedfordshireEast of England | 67.1% |
| 201 joint | East DunbartonshireScotland | 67.1% |
| 203 joint | HertsmereEast of England | 67.3% |
| 203 joint | Lisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland | 67.3% |
| 203 joint | MaidstoneSouth East | 67.3% |
| 203 joint | Neath Port TalbotWales | 67.3% |
| 207 joint | Bracknell ForestSouth East | 67.4% |
| 207 joint | CherwellSouth East | 67.4% |
| 207 joint | LewesSouth East | 67.4% |
| 210 joint | Antrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland | 67.5% |
| 210 joint | CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber | 67.5% |
| 212 | Wyre ForestWest Midlands | 67.7% |
| 213 | West LothianScotland | 67.9% |
| 214 joint | DacorumEast of England | 68.2% |
| 214 joint | South KestevenEast Midlands | 68.2% |
| 216 | Amber ValleyEast Midlands | 68.3% |
| 217 joint | ConwyWales | 68.8% |
| 217 joint | Merthyr TydfilWales | 68.8% |
| 219 joint | Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East | 68.9% |
| 219 joint | LichfieldWest Midlands | 68.9% |
| 219 joint | RedditchWest Midlands | 68.9% |
| 222 | RushcliffeEast Midlands | 69.1% |
| 223 joint | Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West | 69.2% |
| 223 joint | MidlothianScotland | 69.2% |
| 225 | Cheshire EastNorth West | 69.6% |
| 226 | DoverSouth East | 69.8% |
| 227 | Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands | 70% |
| 228 | TorfaenWales | 70.2% |
| 229 | South DerbyshireEast Midlands | 70.3% |
| 230 | Bath and North East SomersetSouth West | 70.5% |
| 231 joint | BolsoverEast Midlands | 70.7% |
| 231 joint | East AyrshireScotland | 70.7% |
| 231 joint | Welwyn HatfieldEast of England | 70.7% |
| 234 | North West LeicestershireEast Midlands | 70.9% |
| 235 | WokinghamSouth East | 71% |
| 236 | CumberlandNorth West | 71.2% |
| 237 joint | AngusScotland | 71.3% |
| 237 joint | Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East | 71.3% |
| 239 | Derry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland | 71.4% |
| 240 | RunnymedeSouth East | 71.5% |
| 241 | East LothianScotland | 71.6% |
| 242 | North HertfordshireEast of England | 71.8% |
| 243 joint | MeltonEast Midlands | 71.9% |
| 243 joint | St AlbansEast of England | 71.9% |
| 245 joint | ElmbridgeSouth East | 72% |
| 245 joint | NorthumberlandNorth East | 72% |
| 247 | Tonbridge and MallingSouth East | 72.2% |
| 248 joint | County DurhamNorth East | 72.3% |
| 248 joint | StaffordWest Midlands | 72.3% |
| 248 joint | Westmorland and FurnessNorth West | 72.3% |
| 251 | CaerphillyWales | 72.4% |
| 252 joint | AshfordSouth East | 72.8% |
| 252 joint | Mid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland | 72.8% |
| 252 joint | SomersetSouth West | 72.8% |
| 252 joint | Three RiversEast of England | 72.8% |
| 252 joint | West LancashireNorth West | 72.8% |
| 257 joint | ClackmannanshireScotland | 72.9% |
| 257 joint | WokingSouth East | 72.9% |
| 259 | RotherSouth East | 73% |
| 260 joint | BraintreeEast of England | 73.1% |
| 260 joint | WrexhamWales | 73.1% |
| 262 | GuildfordSouth East | 73.3% |
| 263 | TewkesburySouth West | 73.6% |
| 264 | MorayScotland | 73.8% |
| 265 | West SuffolkEast of England | 73.9% |
| 266 | ChichesterSouth East | 74% |
| 267 | New ForestSouth East | 74.1% |
| 268 joint | HuntingdonshireEast of England | 74.3% |
| 268 joint | Reigate and BansteadSouth East | 74.3% |
| 268 joint | West BerkshireSouth East | 74.3% |
| 271 | North East DerbyshireEast Midlands | 74.9% |
| 272 | FlintshireWales | 75% |
| 273 joint | BroadlandEast of England | 75.1% |
| 273 joint | East DevonSouth West | 75.1% |
| 273 joint | South StaffordshireWest Midlands | 75.1% |
| 276 | North DevonSouth West | 75.2% |
| 277 | Blaenau GwentWales | 75.3% |
| 278 | South HollandEast Midlands | 75.4% |
| 279 joint | East HertfordshireEast of England | 75.7% |
| 279 joint | Epping ForestEast of England | 75.7% |
| 281 joint | BuckinghamshireSouth East | 75.8% |
| 281 joint | HarboroughEast Midlands | 75.8% |
| 281 joint | North KestevenEast Midlands | 75.8% |
| 284 | DorsetSouth West | 75.9% |
| 285 joint | Mid SussexSouth East | 76% |
| 285 joint | Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands | 76% |
| 287 | North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 76.4% |
| 288 joint | East LindseyEast Midlands | 76.7% |
| 288 joint | Rhondda Cynon TafWales | 76.7% |
| 288 joint | WiltshireSouth West | 76.7% |
| 291 joint | BromsgroveWest Midlands | 76.9% |
| 291 joint | High PeakEast Midlands | 76.9% |
| 293 joint | AberdeenshireScotland | 77% |
| 293 joint | King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England | 77% |
| 293 joint | Test ValleySouth East | 77% |
| 296 joint | BrentwoodEast of England | 77.3% |
| 296 joint | Tunbridge WellsSouth East | 77.3% |
| 296 joint | WychavonWest Midlands | 77.3% |
| 299 joint | CornwallSouth West | 77.4% |
| 299 joint | RossendaleNorth West | 77.4% |
| 301 | TeignbridgeSouth West | 77.6% |
| 302 | Armagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland | 77.7% |
| 303 | MaldonEast of England | 77.8% |
| 304 joint | Perth and KinrossScotland | 78% |
| 304 joint | Vale of White HorseSouth East | 78% |
| 306 joint | East HampshireSouth East | 78.2% |
| 306 joint | HorshamSouth East | 78.2% |
| 308 joint | BrecklandEast of England | 78.3% |
| 308 joint | CarmarthenshireWales | 78.3% |
| 310 joint | South OxfordshireSouth East | 79% |
| 310 joint | West OxfordshireSouth East | 79% |
| 312 | Surrey HeathSouth East | 79.1% |
| 313 | ShropshireWest Midlands | 79.2% |
| 314 | HerefordshireWest Midlands | 79.4% |
| 315 | StirlingScotland | 79.5% |
| 316 | North WarwickshireWest Midlands | 79.6% |
| 317 | TorridgeSouth West | 80% |
| 318 joint | Dumfries and GallowayScotland | 80.2% |
| 318 joint | HartSouth East | 80.2% |
| 320 | PembrokeshireWales | 80.4% |
| 321 joint | Causeway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland | 80.5% |
| 321 joint | MonmouthshireWales | 80.5% |
| 321 joint | Ribble ValleyNorth West | 80.5% |
| 324 | East CambridgeshireEast of England | 81% |
| 325 | Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands | 81.4% |
| 326 | HighlandScotland | 81.8% |
| 327 | WinchesterSouth East | 82.2% |
| 328 | North NorfolkEast of England | 82.3% |
| 329 | WealdenSouth East | 82.4% |
| 330 | StroudSouth West | 83.1% |
| 331 joint | RutlandEast Midlands | 83.2% |
| 331 joint | SevenoaksSouth East | 83.2% |
| 333 | Newry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland | 83.5% |
| 334 joint | GwyneddWales | 83.6% |
| 334 joint | Isle of AngleseyWales | 83.6% |
| 334 joint | West LindseyEast Midlands | 83.6% |
| 337 | BaberghEast of England | 83.9% |
| 338 | Forest of DeanSouth West | 84% |
| 339 | Mid DevonSouth West | 84.1% |
| 340 | South NorfolkEast of England | 84.5% |
| 341 | UttlesfordEast of England | 84.7% |
| 342 | Scottish BordersScotland | 85.1% |
| 343 joint | Mole ValleySouth East | 85.2% |
| 343 joint | South CambridgeshireEast of England | 85.2% |
| 345 | CotswoldSouth West | 85.3% |
| 346 | Orkney IslandsScotland | 85.4% |
| 347 | Malvern HillsWest Midlands | 85.6% |
| 348 | Mid SuffolkEast of England | 85.7% |
| 349 | WaverleySouth East | 86.6% |
| 350 joint | Argyll and ButeScotland | 87.1% |
| 350 joint | Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland | 87.1% |
| 352 | Shetland IslandsScotland | 87.6% |
| 353 | Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands | 88% |
| 354 | CeredigionWales | 88.3% |
| 355 | TandridgeSouth East | 88.7% |
| 356 | South HamsSouth West | 89.7% |
| 357 | Fermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland | 90.2% |
| 358 | PowysWales | 90.4% |
| 359 | West DevonSouth West | 90.8% |
| 360 | Isles of ScillySouth West | 92.7% |
| 361 | Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland | 95.2% |
ESA WorldCover 2021, version 2, 10 metre land cover (© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium), read at every census area · 2021 · fetched 27 October 2026 · How this is measured
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