Revealed: 66 per cent of Hemel Hempstead homes have access to a garden
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A new report published last week by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that in Hemel Hempstead 66 per cent of properties had a private outdoor space.
In Dacorum, 96 per cent per cent of houses had a private outdoor space, compared to just 52 per cent of flats.
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The ONS conducted an analysis of Ordnance Survey map data. The report, which looked at access to gardens, parks and playing fields across Britain, found large regional and local differences.
The Government has said that spending time outdoors can help support 'wellbeing'.
A spokesperson for the UK Government said: “We know that spending time in green spaces can support health and wellbeing.
“Our updated guidance means that people can now spend more time outdoors in parks and open spaces and enjoy a wider range of outdoor activities for any length of time, subject to social distancing.”
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The average size of a garden in Dacorum is 363.9 meters squared, compared to Hemel Hempstead where the average size is 211.5 meters squared.
According to the figures Chaulden and Corner Hall have the most gardens - 94 per cent.
Gardens by neighbourhood in Dacorum:
Hemel Hempstead Town - 66 per cent
Woodhall Farm - 74 per cent
Berkhamsted Town - 77 per cent
Maylands & Adeyfield - 80 per cent
Gadebridge & Old Town - 83 per cent
Boxmoor & Apsley - 84 per cent
Berkhamsted South - 85 per cent
Nash Mills & Bennetts End - 85 per cent
Bovingdon & Chipperfield - 85 per cent
Highfield - 86 per cent
Kings Langley - 86 per cent
Northchurch & Potten End - 88 per cent
Berkhamsted West - 88 per cent
Markyate, Flamstead & Gaddesden - 89 per cent
Tring West & Long Marston - 89 per cent
Tring East, Wigginton & Aldbury - 90 per cent
Warners End - 91 per cent
Tring North - 92 per cent
Grovehill - 92 per cent
Leverstock Green - 92 per cent
Chaulden - 94 per cent
Corner Hall - 94 per cent
In London more than one in five households (21%) was found to have no outdoor space at home - the highest percentage of any region or country in Britain.
The next highest region, Scotland, was found to have 13% of households with no garden at home.
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However while Scots were found to have the largest gardens across the country, Londoners were found to have the smallest, at 26% smaller than the national average size.
The analysis also found racial and occupational disparities, with people from minority ethnic groups and those working in manual occupations less likely to have access to a private garden.
Black people in England are nearly four times as likely as white people to have no access to a private or shared garden, a patio or a balcony, according to the report.
It says: “Even when we compare people of similar age, social grade and living situation (similar area, with or without children), those of black ethnicity are 2.4 times less likely than those of white ethnicity to have a private garden.”
Lockdown restrictions have been eased in England, with people now able to sunbathe or relax in public, but visits to parks must still be for the purpose of exercise in Scotland and Wales.