Parks and green spaces
A local’s guide to Sydney: ‘Nightlife is the best it’s ever been right now’
New (and revamped) venues are opening at a dizzying pace in Sydney. For the best food, clubs and beaches, you have to put in the work, says DJ Deepa Alam
As told to Michael Sun
24, Jan, 2023 @2:00 PM
Study reveals Britain’s greenest cities – and they are all in the south
Greener cities such as Exeter and Bristol can benefit from spurt in ‘urban eco-tourism’ while industrial centres in northern Britain lose out, study says
Amelia Hill and Nazia Parveen
24, Nov, 2022 @1:56 PM
Large parts of national parks in England and Wales off limits, data shows
Campaigners call for more access after analysis reveals public cannot access huge chunks of many parks
Helena Horton
22, Nov, 2022 @12:25 PM
Centre of Manchester is dotted with parks | Letter
Letter: Mayfield Park is magnificent and welcome, but it’s not the first in the city centre for 100 years, says Chris Paul
Letters
28, Sep, 2022 @4:27 PM
Manchester opens first new park in 100 years, complete with ‘scary’ slides
A delight for kids, one of the slides will take riders over the largely forgotten River Medlock
Helen Pidd North of England editor
22, Sep, 2022 @12:38 PM
Never visited Tividale Park in the Black Country? You’re missing a treat | Adrian Chiles
You can keep your fancy royal parks. I love seeking out the little local ones – and doing a spot of litter-picking, writes Adrian Chiles
Adrian Chiles
25, Aug, 2022 @6:00 AM
‘Desperate’ UK councils hiring out more parks to festivals, warns expert
Surge in festivals after Covid lull risks making green spaces elitist as councils try to offset tightened budgets
Miranda Bryant
24, Aug, 2022 @1:32 PM
Londoners plan to create first new wild swimming ponds in 250 years
East London group hopes to raise enough money to turn concrete wasteland by River Lea into a ‘brownfield rainforest’
Miranda Bryant
20, Aug, 2022 @1:00 PM
Emerald heart: a guide to Ireland’s six national parks
Fringing remote islands and the wild Atlantic coast, steeped in legend and home to exotic flora, these protected areas are a hiker’s paradise
Vic O'Sullivan
23, Jul, 2022 @6:00 AM
Log jam: Vancouver wants its beloved beach logs back, but officials are wary
Neat lines of driftwood, locked up in ‘log jail’ during the pandemic, have reappeared but are not as plentiful as before
Leyland Cecco in Toronto
11, Jul, 2022 @10:15 AM
You can’t put a price on park life | Brief letters
Brief letters: Green space valuation | Boris Johnson’s principles | Daily Mail readers | Levelling up | Bob Seger’s ‘unencumbered’ song
Letters
04, May, 2022 @4:38 PM
Parks near new homes shrink 40% as developers say they cannot afford them
Green spaces near new housing developments in England and Wales down in last 20 years
Helena Horton Environment reporter
03, May, 2022 @12:17 PM
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