England’s poor urban areas have fewest protected green spaces, analysis finds

Local green spaces are small parcels of land, close to where people live, that are demonstrably special to their community. Photograph: Steven May/Alamy

Poorer, urban areas in England are the least likely to have protected local green spaces, despite the fact they need them the most, the first analysis of its kind has found.

To “level up”, local parks in urban areas need to be given the same protections as national parks, CPRE, the countryside charity, has said.