Official Statistics

Access to blue space in England

Estimates of household access to outdoor blue spaces in England.

Applies to England

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Blue space is broadly defined as natural and artificial water environments which can provide health and wellbeing benefits. 

These statistics describe the percentage of households that are within walking distance of different types of blue space for small neighbourhoods in England. 

As this is an official statistic in development, we welcome feedback on the novel methods used in the development of these statistics and the presentation of the data. To give feedback, email the Environmental Statistics and Reporting team at access.statistics.feedback@defra.gov.uk.

Defra statistics: Access to nature

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Published 29 May 2025
Last updated 2 September 2025 show all updates
  1. The Blue space access points in England dataset is now available on the Defra Data Services platform and has been linked within the publication

  2. First published.

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