Revealed: 66 per cent of Hemel Hempstead homes have access to a garden

One in eight households in the United Kingdom do not have access to gardens
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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.

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.

A man wearing a face mask looks out of his flat window. Photo: ShutterstockA man wearing a face mask looks out of his flat window. Photo: Shutterstock
A man wearing a face mask looks out of his flat window. Photo: Shutterstock

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.”

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.

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.