Distance to the nearest allotment, km, every council ranked
The straight line from where people live to the nearest allotment or community growing space, averaged. Whether a plot is free is not known. Figures for October 2026, published for 350 councils in England, Scotland and Wales. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.
Joint lowest: 6 councils, 0.4. The council in the middle: Dover, 0.9. Highest: Na h-Eileanan Siar, 31.0.
| Place | Council | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 joint | HyndburnNorth West | 0.4 |
| 1 joint | PendleNorth West | 0.4 |
| 1 joint | BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber | 0.4 |
| 1 joint | CaerphillyWales | 0.4 |
| 1 joint | HarlowEast of England | 0.4 |
| 1 joint | TorfaenWales | 0.4 |
| 7 joint | GatesheadNorth East | 0.5 |
| 7 joint | HaringeyLondon | 0.5 |
| 7 joint | LewishamLondon | 0.5 |
| 7 joint | OxfordSouth East | 0.5 |
| 7 joint | Rhondda Cynon TafWales | 0.5 |
| 7 joint | EalingLondon | 0.5 |
| 7 joint | MansfieldEast Midlands | 0.5 |
| 7 joint | CambridgeEast of England | 0.5 |
| 7 joint | BolsoverEast Midlands | 0.5 |
| 7 joint | SuttonLondon | 0.5 |
| 7 joint | North TynesideNorth East | 0.5 |
| 7 joint | Waltham ForestLondon | 0.5 |
| 7 joint | WorcesterWest Midlands | 0.5 |
| 7 joint | County DurhamNorth East | 0.5 |
| 7 joint | EnfieldLondon | 0.5 |
| 7 joint | Newcastle upon TyneNorth East | 0.5 |
| 7 joint | Redcar and ClevelandNorth East | 0.5 |
| 7 joint | StevenageEast of England | 0.5 |
| 25 joint | AshfieldEast Midlands | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | BarnetLondon | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | BroxtoweEast Midlands | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | BristolSouth West | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | ExeterSouth West | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | ChesterfieldEast Midlands | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | Richmond upon ThamesLondon | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | BurnleyNorth West | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | HarrowLondon | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | MertonLondon | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | AdurSouth East | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | BroxbourneEast of England | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | HastingsSouth East | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | CoventryWest Midlands | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | CrawleySouth East | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | DarlingtonNorth East | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | Milton KeynesSouth East | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | RedditchWest Midlands | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | SouthwarkLondon | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | Blackburn with DarwenNorth West | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | Epsom and EwellSouth East | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | ErewashEast Midlands | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | HillingdonLondon | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | BexleyLondon | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | BradfordYorkshire and the Humber | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | HounslowLondon | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | OldhamNorth West | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | WatfordEast of England | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | BridgendWales | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | CheltenhamSouth West | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | Kingston upon ThamesLondon | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | North East DerbyshireEast Midlands | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | TraffordNorth West | 0.6 |
| 25 joint | WolverhamptonWest Midlands | 0.6 |
| 64 joint | GosportSouth East | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | South TynesideNorth East | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | St AlbansEast of England | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | SunderlandNorth East | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | IpswichEast of England | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | LeicesterEast Midlands | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | LincolnEast Midlands | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | PeterboroughEast of England | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | PlymouthSouth West | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | SouthamptonSouth East | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | Three RiversEast of England | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | BromleyLondon | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | DartfordSouth East | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | TamesideNorth West | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | LambethLondon | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | ReadingSouth East | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | HackneyLondon | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | NottinghamEast Midlands | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | RochdaleNorth West | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | RushmoorSouth East | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | SpelthorneSouth East | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | Welwyn HatfieldEast of England | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | Amber ValleyEast Midlands | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | Blaenau GwentWales | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | BoltonNorth West | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | East HertfordshireEast of England | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | LeedsYorkshire and the Humber | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | RedbridgeLondon | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | WiganNorth West | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | BrentLondon | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | ElmbridgeSouth East | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | HaveringLondon | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | SloughSouth East | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | ThurrockEast of England | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | BirminghamWest Midlands | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | Epping ForestEast of England | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | TorbaySouth West | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | YorkYorkshire and the Humber | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | DacorumEast of England | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | NewportWales | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | Barking and DagenhamLondon | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | CherwellSouth East | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | HartlepoolNorth East | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | North West LeicestershireEast Midlands | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | RugbyWest Midlands | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | SandwellWest Midlands | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | Tunbridge WellsSouth East | 0.7 |
| 64 joint | Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East | 0.7 |
| 115 joint | High PeakEast Midlands | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | SwindonSouth West | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | ArunSouth East | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | Bath and North East SomersetSouth West | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | Great YarmouthEast of England | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | Mid SussexSouth East | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | Southend-on-SeaEast of England | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | StockportNorth West | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | Tonbridge and MallingSouth East | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | WorthingSouth East | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | BuryNorth West | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | LutonEast of England | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | West OxfordshireSouth East | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | MeltonEast Midlands | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | NorwichEast of England | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | East CambridgeshireEast of England | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | EastbourneSouth East | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | North HertfordshireEast of England | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | Reigate and BansteadSouth East | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | WarwickWest Midlands | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | Brighton and HoveSouth East | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | EastleighSouth East | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | GraveshamSouth East | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | HertsmereEast of England | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | NewhamLondon | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | StroudSouth West | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | ThanetSouth East | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | BuckinghamshireSouth East | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | CharnwoodEast Midlands | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | DerbyEast Midlands | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | South GloucestershireSouth West | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | WalsallWest Midlands | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | DudleyWest Midlands | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | GreenwichLondon | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | ManchesterNorth West | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | South CambridgeshireEast of England | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | Tower HamletsLondon | 0.8 |
| 115 joint | RushcliffeEast Midlands | 0.8 |
| 155 joint | Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | BrentwoodEast of England | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | MedwaySouth East | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | North SomersetSouth West | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | SolihullWest Midlands | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | Vale of GlamorganWales | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | BlabyEast Midlands | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | East StaffordshireWest Midlands | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | HorshamSouth East | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | SevenoaksSouth East | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | South OxfordshireSouth East | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | TamworthWest Midlands | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | BraintreeEast of England | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | WirralNorth West | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | ChelmsfordEast of England | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | RunnymedeSouth East | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | SalfordNorth West | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | Vale of White HorseSouth East | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | DoverSouth East | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | RossendaleNorth West | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | MiddlesbroughNorth East | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | South DerbyshireEast Midlands | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | GuildfordSouth East | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | MaidstoneSouth East | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | North WarwickshireWest Midlands | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | St. HelensNorth West | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | WandsworthLondon | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | GedlingEast Midlands | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | GloucesterSouth West | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | LiverpoolNorth West | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | WokingSouth East | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | Castle PointEast of England | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | ColchesterEast of England | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | CroydonLondon | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | LancasterNorth West | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | Merthyr TydfilWales | 0.9 |
| 155 joint | TendringEast of England | 0.9 |
| 197 joint | Bracknell ForestSouth East | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | FarehamSouth East | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | CamdenLondon | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | IslingtonLondon | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | TandridgeSouth East | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | BromsgroveWest Midlands | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | CardiffWales | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | FyldeNorth West | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | RutlandEast Midlands | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | BlackpoolNorth West | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | Glasgow CityScotland | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | HaltonNorth West | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | CanterburySouth East | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | PortsmouthSouth East | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | Cannock ChaseWest Midlands | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | TewkesburySouth West | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | WinchesterSouth East | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | Central BedfordshireEast of England | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | KnowsleyNorth West | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | Mole ValleySouth East | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | WaverleySouth East | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | ChorleyNorth West | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | East HampshireSouth East | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | HavantSouth East | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | BedfordEast of England | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | TeignbridgeSouth West | 1.0 |
| 197 joint | East SuffolkEast of England | 1.0 |
| 225 joint | BrecklandEast of England | 1.1 |
| 225 joint | Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West | 1.1 |
| 225 joint | City of EdinburghScotland | 1.1 |
| 225 joint | CumberlandNorth West | 1.1 |
| 225 joint | HuntingdonshireEast of England | 1.1 |
| 225 joint | LewesSouth East | 1.1 |
| 225 joint | West DunbartonshireScotland | 1.1 |
| 225 joint | Wyre ForestWest Midlands | 1.1 |
| 225 joint | Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands | 1.1 |
| 225 joint | Isle of WightSouth East | 1.1 |
| 225 joint | Surrey HeathSouth East | 1.1 |
| 225 joint | Test ValleySouth East | 1.1 |
| 225 joint | New ForestSouth East | 1.1 |
| 225 joint | Stockton-on-TeesNorth East | 1.1 |
| 225 joint | BassetlawEast Midlands | 1.1 |
| 225 joint | HarboroughEast Midlands | 1.1 |
| 225 joint | SomersetSouth West | 1.1 |
| 225 joint | UttlesfordEast of England | 1.1 |
| 225 joint | SwaleSouth East | 1.1 |
| 225 joint | East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 1.1 |
| 225 joint | Hammersmith and FulhamLondon | 1.1 |
| 225 joint | WiltshireSouth West | 1.1 |
| 225 joint | DorsetSouth West | 1.1 |
| 225 joint | Dundee CityScotland | 1.1 |
| 225 joint | South KestevenEast Midlands | 1.1 |
| 225 joint | West BerkshireSouth East | 1.1 |
| 251 joint | BaberghEast of England | 1.2 |
| 251 joint | StaffordWest Midlands | 1.2 |
| 251 joint | WealdenSouth East | 1.2 |
| 251 joint | West LancashireNorth West | 1.2 |
| 251 joint | CotswoldSouth West | 1.2 |
| 251 joint | North NorfolkEast of England | 1.2 |
| 251 joint | South RibbleNorth West | 1.2 |
| 251 joint | Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West | 1.2 |
| 251 joint | BroadlandEast of England | 1.2 |
| 251 joint | NorthumberlandNorth East | 1.2 |
| 251 joint | RotherSouth East | 1.2 |
| 251 joint | LichfieldWest Midlands | 1.2 |
| 251 joint | West SuffolkEast of England | 1.2 |
| 251 joint | Aberdeen CityScotland | 1.2 |
| 251 joint | PrestonNorth West | 1.2 |
| 251 joint | WarringtonNorth West | 1.2 |
| 251 joint | WokinghamSouth East | 1.2 |
| 251 joint | WychavonWest Midlands | 1.2 |
| 251 joint | South HamsSouth West | 1.2 |
| 270 joint | AshfordSouth East | 1.3 |
| 270 joint | Cheshire EastNorth West | 1.3 |
| 270 joint | King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England | 1.3 |
| 270 joint | RochfordEast of England | 1.3 |
| 270 joint | WestminsterLondon | 1.3 |
| 270 joint | Westmorland and FurnessNorth West | 1.3 |
| 270 joint | FenlandEast of England | 1.3 |
| 270 joint | SeftonNorth West | 1.3 |
| 270 joint | Mid SuffolkEast of England | 1.3 |
| 270 joint | Mid DevonSouth West | 1.3 |
| 270 joint | Telford and WrekinWest Midlands | 1.3 |
| 270 joint | South StaffordshireWest Midlands | 1.3 |
| 282 joint | North DevonSouth West | 1.4 |
| 282 joint | Folkestone and HytheSouth East | 1.4 |
| 282 joint | DenbighshireWales | 1.4 |
| 282 joint | CornwallSouth West | 1.4 |
| 286 joint | WrexhamWales | 1.5 |
| 286 joint | ChichesterSouth East | 1.5 |
| 286 joint | HartSouth East | 1.5 |
| 286 joint | Ribble ValleyNorth West | 1.5 |
| 286 joint | Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands | 1.5 |
| 286 joint | SwanseaWales | 1.5 |
| 286 joint | Neath Port TalbotWales | 1.5 |
| 286 joint | MaldonEast of England | 1.5 |
| 286 joint | North KestevenEast Midlands | 1.5 |
| 286 joint | South NorfolkEast of England | 1.5 |
| 296 joint | Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands | 1.6 |
| 296 joint | North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 1.6 |
| 296 joint | East DevonSouth West | 1.6 |
| 296 joint | BasildonEast of England | 1.6 |
| 300 joint | MonmouthshireWales | 1.7 |
| 300 joint | North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 1.7 |
| 300 joint | WyreNorth West | 1.7 |
| 300 joint | South HollandEast Midlands | 1.7 |
| 300 joint | ClackmannanshireScotland | 1.7 |
| 305 joint | Isles of ScillySouth West | 2.0 |
| 305 joint | ShropshireWest Midlands | 2.0 |
| 307 joint | City of LondonLondon | 2.1 |
| 307 joint | Isle of AngleseyWales | 2.1 |
| 307 joint | East DunbartonshireScotland | 2.1 |
| 307 joint | Forest of DeanSouth West | 2.1 |
| 307 joint | Kensington and ChelseaLondon | 2.1 |
| 312 joint | West DevonSouth West | 2.2 |
| 312 joint | BostonEast Midlands | 2.2 |
| 312 joint | West LindseyEast Midlands | 2.2 |
| 315 joint | FlintshireWales | 2.3 |
| 315 joint | AngusScotland | 2.3 |
| 317 joint | RenfrewshireScotland | 2.4 |
| 317 joint | North LanarkshireScotland | 2.4 |
| 319 joint | East LindseyEast Midlands | 2.5 |
| 319 joint | PembrokeshireWales | 2.5 |
| 319 joint | HerefordshireWest Midlands | 2.5 |
| 322 joint | East RenfrewshireScotland | 2.6 |
| 322 joint | North AyrshireScotland | 2.6 |
| 324 | Malvern HillsWest Midlands | 2.7 |
| 325 joint | ConwyWales | 2.8 |
| 325 joint | FifeScotland | 2.8 |
| 327 | South LanarkshireScotland | 3.1 |
| 328 joint | FalkirkScotland | 3.2 |
| 328 joint | TorridgeSouth West | 3.2 |
| 330 joint | PowysWales | 3.3 |
| 330 joint | InverclydeScotland | 3.3 |
| 332 joint | East LothianScotland | 3.4 |
| 332 joint | CarmarthenshireWales | 3.4 |
| 334 | West LothianScotland | 3.7 |
| 335 | Scottish BordersScotland | 3.9 |
| 336 | StirlingScotland | 4.6 |
| 337 joint | Perth and KinrossScotland | 4.7 |
| 337 joint | MidlothianScotland | 4.7 |
| 339 joint | South AyrshireScotland | 5.0 |
| 339 joint | GwyneddWales | 5.0 |
| 341 | CeredigionWales | 5.2 |
| 342 | MorayScotland | 5.7 |
| 343 | AberdeenshireScotland | 6.0 |
| 344 | East AyrshireScotland | 6.8 |
| 345 | HighlandScotland | 9.3 |
| 346 | Orkney IslandsScotland | 10.9 |
| 347 | Argyll and ButeScotland | 11.6 |
| 348 | Dumfries and GallowayScotland | 13.5 |
| 349 | Shetland IslandsScotland | 26.3 |
| 350 | Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland | 31.0 |
Not in this list
- Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland's allotments are not in Ordnance Survey's open greenspace data.
Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, allotments and community growing spaces, read at every census area · October 2026 · fetched 27 October 2026 · How this is measured
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