OS MasterMap Greenspace Layer

The OS MasterMap Greenspace Layer provides a comprehensive view of urban green spaces and offers more detail compared to OS Open Greenspace. It shows accessible and non-accessible green spaces, including parks, gardens and sports facilities. It is ideal for environmental management and enables more effective delivery services. 


This product is updated every six months

Data access
  • Download and API
Data structure
  • Vector
Format
  • ESRI Shapefile
  • GeoPackage
  • GML
  • Vector Tiles

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Download a small area of OS MasterMap Greenspace Layer.

What OS MasterMap Greenspace Layer provides you with

Sustainable service delivery

As Britain’s most comprehensive and up to date dataset of urban greenspaces, it can be used to support efficiencies in service deliveries, investments and policy creation where use of such greenspaces is a factor.

Environmental management

It can help you manage the local green environment, including air quality, biodiversity, housing regeneration and flood resilience.

Powering policies

Use OS MasterMap Greenspace Layer to support policy interventions around health and wellbeing though the promotion of increased physical activity and improved mental health.

Natural Capital

The OS MasterMap Greenspace Layer dataset comprises of topographic areas published in OS MasterMap Topography Layer, with additional greenspace-specific attribution to describe their function. It includes both publicly accessible and private green spaces, sports facilities and natural environment features

Use cases

  • Providing detail data to support audit, policy, environmental planning and research.  
  • Managing and planning green spaces efficiently.  
  • Evaluating Britain’s natural habitat and environment.  

The OS MasterMap Greenspace Layer provides a comprehensive view of urban green spaces and offers more detail compared to OS Open Greenspace. It shows accessible and non-accessible green spaces, including parks, gardens and sports facilities. It is ideal for environmental management and enables more effective delivery services. 


This product is updated every six months

Data access
  • Download and API
Data structure
  • Vector
Format
  • ESRI Shapefile
  • GeoPackage
  • GML
  • Vector Tiles