Question 1

Which London borough has the most green space?

Accepted Answer

Camden tops the SettleWithUs green ranking with an average score of 100/100 across the postcodes we cover. Richmond upon Thames, Bromley, Havering and Kingston upon Thames typically dominate the top of any London green-space table.

Question 2

How is the green score calculated?

Accepted Answer

Green scores come from the count of parks (and other public green spaces) within a 1km walk of each postcode in the SettleWithUs London cohort, sourced from OpenStreetMap. Borough scores are the average of the postcodes we cover in that borough — so heavily-sampled boroughs get a smoother score than boroughs with fewer sampled postcodes.

Question 3

Are inner-London boroughs green?

Accepted Answer

Some are, in specific pockets: Camden benefits from Hampstead Heath and Regent's Park; Westminster has Hyde Park and Green Park; Southwark has Dulwich and Peckham Rye. Score depends on which sampled postcode falls closest to those parks, not the borough boundary.

#	Borough	Green	Avg parks / postcode	Family score
1	Camden	100	~14	74
2	Hammersmith and Fulham	100	~8	79
3	Islington	100	~24	80
4	Sutton	100	~11	68
5	Tower Hamlets	100	~37	83
6	Westminster	100	~16	62
7	Southwark	98	~14	75
8	Hackney	96	~12	75
9	Merton	96	~17	73
10	Lambeth	94	~14	74
11	Haringey	93	~11	78
12	Richmond upon Thames	92	~9	70
13	Waltham Forest	92	~8	75
14	Brent	90	~8	71
15	Ealing	89	~7	71
16	Kingston upon Thames	89	~8	70
17	Hounslow	86	~8	62
18	Hillingdon	84	~6	61
19	Greenwich	83	~6	73
20	Lewisham	83	~10	73
21	Wandsworth	80	~10	75
22	Kensington and Chelsea	79	~9	70
23	Harrow	77	~5	66
24	Barking and Dagenham	75	~7	57
25	Newham	72	~7	71
26	Barnet	69	~5	68
27	Enfield	65	~5	64
28	Bromley	60	~4	62
29	Havering	59	~4	57
30	Bexley	48	~3	57
31	Redbridge	47	~4	57
32	Croydon	39	~2	49

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