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Distance to the nearest nature reserve, km, every council ranked

The straight line from where people live to the edge of the nearest National or Local Nature Reserve, averaged, with nought for a home inside one. Northern Ireland counts its national reserves alone. Figures for October 2026, published for 361 councils in the UK. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Lowest: Hastings, 0.5. The council in the middle: Lincoln, 2.4. Highest: Isles of Scilly, 66.6.

Distance to the nearest nature reserve, km, every council it is published for, lowest first
PlaceCouncilFigure
1HastingsSouth East0.5
2TamworthWest Midlands0.6
3 jointMertonLondon0.7
3 jointSolihullWest Midlands0.7
3 jointWatfordEast of England0.7
6 jointBlaenau GwentWales0.8
6 jointKingston upon ThamesLondon0.8
6 jointBroxtoweEast Midlands0.8
6 jointEpsom and EwellSouth East0.8
6 jointWorcesterWest Midlands0.8
6 jointTelford and WrekinWest Midlands0.8
12 jointBoltonNorth West0.9
12 jointPrestonNorth West0.9
12 jointSuttonLondon0.9
12 jointCrawleySouth East0.9
12 jointLewishamLondon0.9
12 jointMansfieldEast Midlands0.9
12 jointRichmond upon ThamesLondon0.9
12 jointWyre ForestWest Midlands0.9
12 jointNorwichEast of England0.9
12 jointThree RiversEast of England0.9
22 jointBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West1.0
22 jointCamdenLondon1.0
22 jointGloucesterSouth West1.0
22 jointRedditchWest Midlands1.0
22 jointStockton-on-TeesNorth East1.0
22 jointBristolSouth West1.0
22 jointCambridgeEast of England1.0
22 jointIslingtonLondon1.0
22 jointStoke-on-TrentWest Midlands1.0
22 jointAdurSouth East1.0
32 jointWelwyn HatfieldEast of England1.1
32 jointBasildonEast of England1.1
32 jointBuryNorth West1.1
32 jointBarking and DagenhamLondon1.1
32 jointIpswichEast of England1.1
32 jointStockportNorth West1.1
32 jointTorfaenWales1.1
32 jointDarlingtonNorth East1.1
32 jointErewashEast Midlands1.1
32 jointDerbyEast Midlands1.1
42 jointHounslowLondon1.2
42 jointHaringeyLondon1.2
42 jointSouthamptonSouth East1.2
42 jointHartlepoolNorth East1.2
42 jointTower HamletsLondon1.2
42 jointNottinghamEast Midlands1.2
42 jointWalsallWest Midlands1.2
42 jointWandsworthLondon1.2
42 jointLeicesterEast Midlands1.2
42 jointEalingLondon1.2
42 jointGreenwichLondon1.2
42 jointSheffieldYorkshire and the Humber1.2
54 jointMiddlesbroughNorth East1.3
54 jointSouth TynesideNorth East1.3
54 jointWokinghamSouth East1.3
54 jointDudleyWest Midlands1.3
54 jointGlasgow CityScotland1.3
54 jointPlymouthSouth West1.3
54 jointBarnetLondon1.3
54 jointBrighton and HoveSouth East1.3
54 jointBrentLondon1.3
63 jointOadby and WigstonEast Midlands1.4
63 jointTamesideNorth West1.4
63 jointGuildfordSouth East1.4
63 jointNorth SomersetSouth West1.4
63 jointGedlingEast Midlands1.4
63 jointAmber ValleyEast Midlands1.4
63 jointLambethLondon1.4
63 jointSalfordNorth West1.4
63 jointElmbridgeSouth East1.4
72 jointBracknell ForestSouth East1.5
72 jointHarlowEast of England1.5
72 jointHaveringLondon1.5
72 jointSt. HelensNorth West1.5
72 jointAshfieldEast Midlands1.5
72 jointSandwellWest Midlands1.5
72 jointSouthend-on-SeaEast of England1.5
72 jointWestminsterLondon1.5
72 jointCalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber1.5
72 jointCoventryWest Midlands1.5
72 jointNorth TynesideNorth East1.5
72 jointCroydonLondon1.5
72 jointNorth HertfordshireEast of England1.5
72 jointWiganNorth West1.5
72 jointRugbyWest Midlands1.5
72 jointWarwickWest Midlands1.5
88 jointHackneyLondon1.6
88 jointSt AlbansEast of England1.6
88 jointReadingSouth East1.6
88 jointSloughSouth East1.6
88 jointBexleyLondon1.6
88 jointEast DunbartonshireScotland1.6
88 jointBlackburn with DarwenNorth West1.6
88 jointWolverhamptonWest Midlands1.6
88 jointBath and North East SomersetSouth West1.6
88 jointBromleyLondon1.6
88 jointWindsor and MaidenheadSouth East1.6
99 jointHaltonNorth West1.7
99 jointManchesterNorth West1.7
99 jointYorkYorkshire and the Humber1.7
99 jointBroxbourneEast of England1.7
99 jointColchesterEast of England1.7
99 jointNewportWales1.7
99 jointGatesheadNorth East1.7
99 jointSwindonSouth West1.7
99 jointNewcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands1.7
99 jointWaverleySouth East1.7
99 jointCastle PointEast of England1.7
99 jointHillingdonLondon1.7
99 jointMedwaySouth East1.7
112 jointGosportSouth East1.8
112 jointRochfordEast of England1.8
112 jointSouth LanarkshireScotland1.8
112 jointSunderlandNorth East1.8
112 jointHammersmith and FulhamLondon1.8
112 jointHertsmereEast of England1.8
112 jointNorth East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber1.8
112 jointWokingSouth East1.8
112 jointNuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands1.8
112 jointBirminghamWest Midlands1.8
112 jointDundee CityScotland1.8
123 jointCanterburySouth East1.9
123 jointCardiffWales1.9
123 jointChelmsfordEast of England1.9
123 jointHarrowLondon1.9
123 jointHartSouth East1.9
123 jointMole ValleySouth East1.9
123 jointBurnleyNorth West1.9
123 jointNewcastle upon TyneNorth East1.9
123 jointCannock ChaseWest Midlands1.9
123 jointRushcliffeEast Midlands1.9
123 jointWakefieldYorkshire and the Humber1.9
134 jointNorth LanarkshireScotland2.0
134 jointHavantSouth East2.0
134 jointLewesSouth East2.0
134 jointSpelthorneSouth East2.0
134 jointCheltenhamSouth West2.0
134 jointRushmoorSouth East2.0
134 jointCity of EdinburghScotland2.0
134 jointTest ValleySouth East2.0
134 jointStaffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands2.0
134 jointKensington and ChelseaLondon2.0
144 jointSouthwarkLondon2.1
144 jointStaffordWest Midlands2.1
144 jointPeterboroughEast of England2.1
144 jointTorbaySouth West2.1
144 jointRotherhamYorkshire and the Humber2.1
144 jointAberdeen CityScotland2.1
144 jointConwyWales2.1
144 jointFarehamSouth East2.1
144 jointRedbridgeLondon2.1
144 jointBedfordEast of England2.1
154 jointPendleNorth West2.2
154 jointEastleighSouth East2.2
154 jointReigate and BansteadSouth East2.2
154 jointTunbridge WellsSouth East2.2
154 jointTandridgeSouth East2.2
154 jointTendringEast of England2.2
154 jointCharnwoodEast Midlands2.2
154 jointEastbourneSouth East2.2
154 jointFyldeNorth West2.2
154 jointHyndburnNorth West2.2
154 jointSouth RibbleNorth West2.2
154 jointSouth StaffordshireWest Midlands2.2
166 jointBlabyEast Midlands2.3
166 jointEpping ForestEast of England2.3
166 jointSeftonNorth West2.3
166 jointBraintreeEast of England2.3
166 jointEast RenfrewshireScotland2.3
166 jointNewark and SherwoodEast Midlands2.3
172 jointRedcar and ClevelandNorth East2.4
172 jointKirkleesYorkshire and the Humber2.4
172 jointLeedsYorkshire and the Humber2.4
172 jointNorth West LeicestershireEast Midlands2.4
172 jointBasingstoke and DeaneSouth East2.4
172 jointRochdaleNorth West2.4
172 jointMid SussexSouth East2.4
172 jointBarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber2.4
172 jointSouth DerbyshireEast Midlands2.4
172 jointLincolnEast Midlands2.4
182 jointChichesterSouth East2.5
182 jointExeterSouth West2.5
182 jointBaberghEast of England2.5
182 jointWaltham ForestLondon2.5
182 jointWirralNorth West2.5
182 jointHigh PeakEast Midlands2.5
182 jointRunnymedeSouth East2.5
182 jointNorth WarwickshireWest Midlands2.5
182 jointOldhamNorth West2.5
182 jointBridgendWales2.5
182 jointCentral BedfordshireEast of England2.5
182 jointOxfordSouth East2.5
182 jointWarringtonNorth West2.5
195 jointCaerphillyWales2.6
195 jointSwanseaWales2.6
195 jointTeignbridgeSouth West2.6
195 jointMaidstoneSouth East2.6
195 jointSouth GloucestershireSouth West2.6
195 jointArunSouth East2.6
195 jointCounty DurhamNorth East2.6
195 jointTraffordNorth West2.6
203 jointAshfordSouth East2.7
203 jointCity of LondonLondon2.7
203 jointKnowsleyNorth West2.7
203 jointWest NorthamptonshireEast Midlands2.7
203 jointMerthyr TydfilWales2.7
208 jointEast HampshireSouth East2.8
208 jointIsle of WightSouth East2.8
208 jointRenfrewshireScotland2.8
208 jointChesterfieldEast Midlands2.8
208 jointKingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber2.8
208 jointGreat YarmouthEast of England2.8
208 jointBlackpoolNorth West2.8
208 jointEast DevonSouth West2.8
216 jointBradfordYorkshire and the Humber2.9
216 jointFalkirkScotland2.9
216 jointGraveshamSouth East2.9
216 jointSurrey HeathSouth East2.9
216 jointNorth LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber2.9
216 jointLiverpoolNorth West2.9
216 jointLutonEast of England2.9
223 jointEast StaffordshireWest Midlands3.0
223 jointDacorumEast of England3.0
223 jointDorsetSouth West3.0
223 jointDoncasterYorkshire and the Humber3.0
227 jointVale of GlamorganWales3.1
227 jointSevenoaksSouth East3.1
229 jointBrentwoodEast of England3.2
229 jointHinckley and BosworthEast Midlands3.2
229 jointWest SuffolkEast of England3.2
229 jointLichfieldWest Midlands3.2
233 jointDartfordSouth East3.3
233 jointNeath Port TalbotWales3.3
233 jointNewhamLondon3.3
233 jointGwyneddWales3.3
237 jointNorth East DerbyshireEast Midlands3.4
237 jointSwaleSouth East3.4
237 jointPortsmouthSouth East3.4
240 jointBassetlawEast Midlands3.5
240 jointFolkestone and HytheSouth East3.5
240 jointBromsgroveWest Midlands3.5
240 jointThurrockEast of England3.5
240 jointBroadlandEast of England3.5
245 jointBolsoverEast Midlands3.6
245 jointBuckinghamshireSouth East3.6
245 jointTonbridge and MallingSouth East3.6
245 jointSomersetSouth West3.6
249 jointCheshire EastNorth West3.7
249 jointClackmannanshireScotland3.7
249 jointNew ForestSouth East3.7
249 jointWinchesterSouth East3.7
249 jointInverclydeScotland3.7
254 jointSouth OxfordshireSouth East3.8
254 jointEnfieldLondon3.8
254 jointBostonEast Midlands3.8
257 jointRibble ValleyNorth West3.9
257 jointSouth CambridgeshireEast of England3.9
257 jointUttlesfordEast of England3.9
257 jointDoverSouth East3.9
257 jointEast HertfordshireEast of England3.9
257 jointNorthumberlandNorth East3.9
257 jointNorth NorthamptonshireEast Midlands3.9
264 jointSouth NorfolkEast of England4.0
264 jointChorleyNorth West4.0
264 jointWealdenSouth East4.0
264 jointWest BerkshireSouth East4.0
268 jointDerbyshire DalesEast Midlands4.1
268 jointShropshireWest Midlands4.1
268 jointCherwellSouth East4.1
271 jointEast SuffolkEast of England4.3
271 jointThanetSouth East4.3
271 jointWest DevonSouth West4.3
271 jointCumberlandNorth West4.3
271 jointNorth KestevenEast Midlands4.3
276 jointStirlingScotland4.4
276 jointWest DunbartonshireScotland4.4
276 jointWiltshireSouth West4.4
279 jointMid SuffolkEast of England4.5
279 jointRhondda Cynon TafWales4.5
279 jointWest OxfordshireSouth East4.5
279 jointSouth HollandEast Midlands4.5
279 jointWest LothianScotland4.5
284 jointDenbighshireWales4.6
284 jointCheshire West and ChesterNorth West4.6
284 jointWestmorland and FurnessNorth West4.6
284 jointHorshamSouth East4.6
284 jointWychavonWest Midlands4.6
284 jointWrexhamWales4.6
290 jointEast CambridgeshireEast of England4.7
290 jointCarmarthenshireWales4.7
290 jointNorth NorfolkEast of England4.7
290 jointFlintshireWales4.7
294 jointRotherSouth East4.8
294 jointTorridgeSouth West4.8
294 jointHuntingdonshireEast of England4.8
294 jointHerefordshireWest Midlands4.8
298South HamsSouth West4.9
299Vale of White HorseSouth East5.0
300WorthingSouth East5.1
301 jointMidlothianScotland5.3
301 jointCeredigionWales5.3
301 jointStevenageEast of England5.3
301 jointStratford-on-AvonWest Midlands5.3
301 jointMalvern HillsWest Midlands5.3
306 jointEast Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber5.4
306 jointWest LindseyEast Midlands5.4
306 jointFifeScotland5.4
306 jointWest LancashireNorth West5.4
310 jointRossendaleNorth West5.5
310 jointEast LindseyEast Midlands5.5
312 jointMid DevonSouth West5.6
312 jointTewkesburySouth West5.6
314 jointMaldonEast of England5.7
314 jointMonmouthshireWales5.7
316Milton KeynesSouth East5.8
317StroudSouth West5.9
318 jointCornwallSouth West6.1
318 jointArds and North DownNorthern Ireland6.1
320FenlandEast of England6.3
321North DevonSouth West6.4
322 jointLisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland6.6
322 jointBrecklandEast of England6.6
324Isle of AngleseyWales6.8
325 jointNorth AyrshireScotland6.9
325 jointHarboroughEast Midlands6.9
327 jointNorth YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber7.2
327 jointKing's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England7.2
329South KestevenEast Midlands7.6
330 jointPowysWales7.7
330 jointForest of DeanSouth West7.7
332WyreNorth West8.2
333 jointArmagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland8.4
333 jointCotswoldSouth West8.4
335East LothianScotland8.5
336PembrokeshireWales8.6
337 jointRutlandEast Midlands9.0
337 jointCauseway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland9.0
339LancasterNorth West9.7
340Newry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland9.8
341Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland9.9
342AngusScotland10.1
343Mid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland10.2
344Fermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland10.5
345Derry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland11.0
346BelfastNorthern Ireland11.3
347Antrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland11.6
348 jointHighlandScotland12.0
348 jointMeltonEast Midlands12.0
350Argyll and ButeScotland12.4
351Orkney IslandsScotland12.7
352East AyrshireScotland12.8
353 jointDumfries and GallowayScotland14.3
353 jointAberdeenshireScotland14.3
355Shetland IslandsScotland16.1
356Perth and KinrossScotland17.5
357South AyrshireScotland18.8
358MorayScotland20.7
359Scottish BordersScotland24.3
360Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland41.1
361Isles of ScillySouth West66.6

Natural England, NatureScot, Natural Resources Wales and DAERA, National and Local Nature Reserves, read at every census area · October 2026 · fetched 22 October 2026 · How this is measured

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