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Greenspace Map Data Download Data: Dataset Structure and Field Coverage
1,744 datasets. Pick your catch. Every guide here is built on what the catalog can actually prove.
1,744 datasets. Pick your catch.
Which greenspace dataset should you use for what?
The pairing logic matters more than the ranking. In England, join OS Open Greenspace polygons to Active Places Power site attributes - one supplies destinations and entrances, the other supplies the 200-plus facility characteristics - which is the standard route to walk-time catchment modelling. Use Overpass when you need current gym, pitch or playground POIs worldwide and can accept volunteer-sourced completeness. Use the council registers on data.gov.uk when a single authority's own open-space inventory is the object of study, and the NYC catalog when usage and upkeep (pool and beach attendance, inspection results, AMPS work orders) matter as much as footprint.
Where to go next
Two sibling clusters extend the workflow: the sports facility database England post covers the attribute-rich English audit that pairs naturally with these polygons, and the gym and pool location data guide handles venue-level POI extraction. For field-level detail on the headline product, start at the OS Open Greenspace dataset page, and weigh it against England's audit on the vs Sport England Active Places Power comparison.
Pick up where this leaves off
Every one of these ships with sample rows before you commit to anything.
OS Open Greenspace
Sport England Active Places Power
Overpass API — OSM Leisure Query Engine
UK National Data Library — data.gov.uk
publisher · format · GEOJSON …+3 more
NYC Open Data — Recreation Catalog
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