Trends in greenspace use, socioeconomic inequalities and mental health benefits following COVID-19 from 2020 to 2025: a four-wave repeat cross-sectional study of UK adults
Jonathan R Olsen, Natalie Nicholls, Hannah Burnett, Avril Johnstone, Richard Mitchell · 2026
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A UK team tracked how adults used parks and other green space from 2020 to 2025. The study ran in four waves, from the first lockdown in April 2020 to April 2025, with 8,646 adults in total. People told the team if they had used green space in the past four weeks and what good it did for their minds. The team weighted the replies so the sample matched the nation as a whole.
Use rose at each wave, from half of adults in April 2020 to 85 percent by April 2025. Gaps by income and social grade stayed in place through the whole span, though use rose for all groups. The authors link the trend to checks on public health and to town plans. They urge close watch on who still misses out, so gains are shared more fairly.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jonathan R Olsen, Natalie Nicholls, Hannah Burnett, Avril Johnstone, Richard Mitchell |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |