Privately Owned Public Spaces
type: Dataset
description: Update October 2025: GiGL are no longer providing this dataset as Open Data. We are currently reviewing our approach to publishing open data, and this includes how the datasets have been used, and the associated impacts in relation to our mission, income and reputation. We will create new outputs based on the review findings by the end of 2025. Please get in touch if you have any questions. This dataset provides locations of open spaces in London identified by research and data analysis as Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS), based on the definition below and available data in 2017. This is not a fully comprehensive dataset and is based on multiple sources of information. Subsequent versions will provide updates as more information becomes available. Read more here. The dataset has been created by Greenspace Information for Greater London CIC (GiGL). GiGL mobilises, curates and shares data that underpin our knowledge of London’s natural environment. We provide impartial evidence to enable informed discussion and decision-making in policy and practice. GiGL maps under licence from the Greater London Authority. Research for this dataset has been assisted by The Guardian Cities team. Data sources Boundaries and attributes are based on GiGL’s Open Space dataset, which is a collated dataset of spatial and attribute information from various sources, including: habitat and open space survey information provided to GiGL by the GLA and London boroughs, borough open space survey information where provided to GiGL or available under open licence, other attribute information inferred from field visits or research. Available open space information has been analysed by GiGL to identify POPS included in this dataset. Future updates to the GiGL Open Space dataset will inform future, improved releases of the POPS dataset. Definition For the purposes of creating the dataset, POPS have been carefully defined as below. The definition is based on review of similar definitions internati…
landing page: https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/privately-owned-public-spaces-2og15
issued: 2017-03-28T12:55:14+00:00
modified: 2025-10-23T10:13:02.562000+00:00
publisher: Greenspace Information for Greater London CIC