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
Cud Hill Common Stroud Gloucestershire Along B 4073 on Cud Hill, between Gloucester and Painswick.
'The Pinfold', Sockbridge and Tirril. Eden Cumbria Located adjacent to Lady Beck, in Sockbridge and Tirril.
Land off King's Causeway Pendle Lancashire Sited on east outskirts of Brierfield, 1.5 kms south of Nelson.
Blackstone Leys Huntingdon Cambridgeshire Located along A 126, on the N.W. outskirts of Huntingdon.
The Gravel Pits Mid Bedfordshire Bedfordshire Isolated area of woodland, located 1.2 kms SW of Wrestlingworth
Faugh Heads Pond and Lane. Eden Cumbria Located 1.25 kms east of Armathwaite.
Layer Breton Heath (three parts). Colchester Essex Located at Birch Green, 8 kms S.W. of Colchester.
Hoar Side Moor and Park Calderdale West Yorkshire Moorland located 5 kms N.N.W. of Todmorden.
Scoska Wood (part) Craven North Yorkshire Woodland adjacent to River Skirfare, 0.75 km SE of Litton.
Rock Common Wyre Forest Hereford/Worcester Common just S of Bliss Gate,2km NE of Rock

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