Bristol Parks & Green Space Strategy Sites: Public Access Land Polygons

Bristol City Council's Parks & Green Space Strategy dataset contains polygon data showing the size and location of sites where the public has a legitimate right of access for recreation. The data is defined by the council's typology guidance and excludes land types like active cemeteries, agricultural land, and private sports grounds. The dataset is aggregated from the eu_open_data platform.

Use Cases

• Mapping public recreational land coverage based on polygon location and size data.
• Analyzing green space distribution and accessibility within Bristol based on designated site locations.
• Supporting urban planning and policy evaluation based on the defined typology of public access land.
• Visualizing the network of informal recreation sites for public engagement or resource planning.

Strengths

• Data includes explicit spatial boundaries as polygon data.
• Clear definition of site inclusions and principal exclusions is provided in the description.
• Dataset originates from an official city council strategy and guidance document.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Bristol City Council - Bristol Parks - P&GSS

Collection Method

Designated under the Parks & Green Space Strategy, likely from official city planning records.

Time Range

unknown

Freshness

unknown

Geography

Bristol, United Kingdom