Around 3% of the land area of England is recognised as common land. On this website you will find a maintained and searchable database of registered parcels of common land in England.

Search by village or parish name, or find all common land in a specific county. You can also list types of common land, as well as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Sites of Special Scientific Interest.

Common Land In England

The website contains land records for nearly all parcels of registered common land in England, with additional data including location, area, extent of rights etc. The information was assembled between 1982 and 1993 as part of the biological survey of common land

The data powering the database is sourced from the government's DEFRA website. For information about UK Government property and land visit government buildings. For details about social housing visit uksocialhousing.com. For interesting places to see visit UK Place Database - a volunteer maintained almanac of places in the United Kingdom.

Village Greens

Town and village greens originate in customary law, where long-standing recreational use of land by the local inhabitants came to be recognised and protected by the courts. Greens are areas of land where local people have for many years indulged in lawful sports and pastimes, which might include organised or informal games, picnics, fetes, dog walking and similar activities. A green can be in private ownership but many greens are owned or maintained by town and parish councils.

Car Parking Near Common Land

For details of nearby car parks visit Car Park Maps for maps, costs and parking related information.

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Examples of Common Land

Name District County Description
Loddiswell Butts, Ham Butts, The Pound and The Well. South Hams Devon Fragmented unit located in Loddiswell, 4.5 km NW of Kingsbridge
King's Meads East Hertfordshire Hertfordshire Part of King's Meads, located between Hertford and Ware.
The Old Quarry S.Heref & Malvern H Hereford/Worcester Wooded common 0.75km NE of Shuckhall
Red Down and Turbary. North Cornwall Cornwall On south edge of Red Down, Egloskerry, 5.5 km NW of Launceston.
Godleys Green Lewes East Sussex Area of woodland and roadside verge, located N.W. of Chailey
Common Land North Norfolk Norfolk Along minor road S of Swanton Abbot, 5.25 km N of Coltishall.
The Lowes South Herefordshire Hereford/Worcester The Burcott,3km NE of centre of Hereford
Verges of Queen Hoo Lane and Tewin Hill and land in Tewin. East Hertfordshire Hertfordshire Pieces of roadside verge, east of Tewin wood.
Tatsfield Green Tandridge Surrey Located to the east of Tatsfield, and south of Biggin Hill.
Askrigg Common, parts of Askrigg and Newbiggin Pastures. Richmondshire North Yorkshire Unit in four parts, located on the moors to north of Askrigg.

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