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And I suspect that there is a big age gap in these figures too. In my own 23 years of living in London I’ve had a garden for precisely 3 of them - the last 3.
I've never been so grateful for my little garden. Round here many terraced houses still have gardens/yards shared between two or even four houses. Wonder how that's working out.
Quite. Other factors probably strengthen the conclusion. Average household size, for instance. Probably greater in gardenless dwellings. And a tiny garden, less than 10 metres deep, is pretty useless for exercise, however uplifting it may be to the spirit.
Another crisis - the housing one - that is being answered by swathes and swathes of high rise 'apartments' all at prices most ordinary (and key) workers can not afford ALL lack any form of garden, and maybe this will be one thing, among many, that might be reflected upon after the event. I know my small plot is keeping me sane (and not just because of Covid 19)
I wonder if there will be an exodus of people from cities to less urban areas after this pandemic is over (the first of many, no doubt)?

Also, if people are in very small gardens, they may not even be 2m from the next person.
Average garden size in the UK (front + back) is about 160m².

Average garden size in Westminster, Newham, Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea and Tower Hamlets is less than 40m².



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The lack of any outdoor space - no, not even a balcony - means we’re desperate to get out every day to stay sane.
Very pleased about the reopening of Victoria Park...
I'm one of the few on the isle of dogs who are fortunate enough to have a (small) garden. But even so, there's no way I could get any meaningful exercise in such a small space. My daily permitted exercise is a desperately needed aid to my health and sanity.

Other cities around the world have closed huge numbers of roads to create more safe cycle / pedestrian space - London has done the reverse by removing car controls - such as the congestion charge, and handing out yet more street parking permits. We are out of step.
Having a garden and it being feasible to use it are two different things. I live in a low rise flat. There is a shared open space which has no fence or gate, nothing of interest (bench, flowers etc), and can only be accessed by going out of the front door and round the block by the pavement. I wonder why it's underused. In face only one family out of 24 makes any use of it at all.
I see this around many blocks of flats. The green areas should be usable not just decorative open space.
Many communal gardens have petty rules on their use such as "No Ball Games", No Barbecues", "No Music".
I live in one of the greenest boroughs on that map but my back garden is one third of it's original size thanks to a previous owner selling off two thirds to property developers who knocked down about 7 houses either side and built a small estate! So my back garden is just 7m long and fully overlooked, but it is my haven and I love it.

Next door (an HMO with at least 6 people living there) just has a concreted over back yard - it looks like a prison yard with its high wall surrounding it
Emily Maitlis said "those in tower blocks and small flats will find the lockdown tougher" on BBC Newsnight a few days ago.
Following up on DG’s comment: Is the average garden size the mean, and does that exclude those with no garden?

dg writes: yes, and yes.
Another superbly topical and helpful piece of research, DG: your tireless work on our behalf puts pretty much all the paid media hacks to shame. This is exactly what the 'mainstream media' should now reporting - the public interest is huge!
Fascinating.

Embiggen .... love it!
Need to embiggen the use of embiggen.
Does the proportion of Londoners living in flats include people in converted houses like me?
I live in a flat in Cricklewood with no garden. Sometimes use my daily exercise to walk to Hampstead Garden Suburb and dream of having a big garden to enjoy.
Even being in that vicinity makes me feel better albeit not reality.










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