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England’s 14 Green Belts cover more than a tenth (12.4%) of land in the country, and provide a breath of fresh air for 30 million people.

Our Green Belts help prevent urban sprawl, and protect our countryside from encroachment, but did you know they’re home to 19% of all traffic free cycle routes and 34% of Community Forest land?

Explore these and other surprising facts in our Green Belt factsheets.

 

England's Green Belts factsheet

Added 9 May 2018
PDF 1.73 Mb

Avon Green Belt Factsheet

Added 9 May 2018
PDF 1.87 Mb

Burton Green Belt factsheet

Added 9 May 2018
PDF 1.61 Mb

Cambridge Green Belt factsheet

Added 9 May 2018
PDF 2.34 Mb

Gloucester Green Belt factsheet

Added 9 May 2018
PDF 2.17 Mb

Hampshire and Dorset Green Belt factsheet

Added 9 May 2018
PDF 2.14 Mb

North West Green Belt factsheet

Added 9 May 2018
PDF 1.82 Mb

Nottingham and Derby Green Belt factsheet

Added 9 May 2018
PDF 2.03 Mb

Oxford Green Belt factsheet

Added 9 May 2018
PDF 1.87 Mb

South and West Yorkshire Green Belt factsheet

Added 9 May 2018
PDF 2.26 Mb

Stoke Green Belt factsheet

Added 9 May 2018
PDF 2.15 Mb

Tyne Green Belt factsheet

Added 9 May 2018
PDF 2.39 Mb

West Midlands Green Belt factsheet

Added 9 May 2018
PDF 3.11 Mb

York Green Belt factsheet

Added 9 May 2018
PDF 1.62 Mb