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<p>The methodology and data we currently use on the number and proportion of people
with access to greenspace is taken from Natural England’s Green Infrastructure (GI)
Framework analysis.</p><p> </p><p>Natural England’s analyses of the total population
in England living in close proximity of greenspace are based on the GI Framework’s
Accessible Greenspace Standards which use buffers (straight-line distances) between
home and greenspace and include three greenspace criteria:</p><ul><li>People living
within 200m of a doorstep greenspace of at least 0.5ha</li><li>People living within
300m of a local natural greenspace of at least 2ha</li><li>People living within 1km
of a neighbourhood natural greenspace of at least 10ha</li></ul><p> </p><p>When considered
together, these three most local Accessible Greenspace Standards buffers allow us
to form a composite picture of access to different sizes of greenspace within a straight-line
distance of 1km from home.</p><p> </p><p>Natural England’s G3 Indicator report shows
that as of October 2021, the proportions of the total population in England living
within Accessible Greenspace Standards ‘criteria’ (straight line distances from the
boundary of the greenspaces) are:</p><p>• 1 in 3 people live within 200 metres of
a doorstep greenspace of at least 0.5 hectares.</p><p>• 1 in 4 people live within
300 metres of a local natural greenspace of at least 2 hectares.</p><p>• 1 in 2 people
live within 1 km of a neighbourhood natural greenspace of at least 10 hectares.</p><p>
</p><p>Our Environmental Improvement Plan commitment to ensure everyone lives within
15 minutes’ walk of a green or blue space focuses on proximity to these spaces from
home. Our data gathering therefore focuses on this, rather than by parliamentary constituency.</p><p>
</p><p>We are currently working to establish a robust baseline of walkability to green
and blue space, including working with NE and with the Rivers Trust to create data
on blue space access points. In August we will publish an official statistic in development
on walkability within England to the nearest green space. This will use network analysis
to calculate travel time/ distance rather than straight-line distances, and enhanced
use of data on the rights-of-way network. For full details see <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fannouncements%2Faccess-to-green-space-in-england&data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C7f242f319c144c40b1fc08dc5ed77a0e%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638489526760120750%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Q79cuo%2BdtGQS1tvXUFzsTyxX5KgVtmGD5y2J%2B2IO1vE%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/access-to-green-space-in-england</a>.</p>
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