What are the greenest cities in the United Kingdom? As the world prepares for the COP26 climate change summit, we can’t afford to be indifferent toward the greenest spaces. We believe we too can play our part in connecting researchers with realities in their attempt to rank the UK’s cities for sustainability. We thus present our own list of the 10 greenest cities in the UK.
Among the factors brought to bear are green space, car and energy use, air quality, and waste and recycling process. Even if you don’t have any sort of academic interest in this, you should still be interested in places you can consider the 10 greenest cities in the UK.
10. Belfast, Northern Ireland
Belfast, the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland is what we are looking to be among the 10 greenest cities in the UK. The city on the banks of the River Lagan’s east coast is the 12th-largest city in the UK and the second-largest on the island of Ireland with a population of 343,542 as of 2019.
More interestingly, the city is now being recognized as one of the greenest cities in the UK. It’s also among cities in the world pioneering sustainability. It has secured a place for itself as a city that is committed to sustainable development and growth. The Belfast Smart City project has been hailed worldwide as one that is bound to improve the health and wellbeing of the residents of Britain.
9. Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Newcastle upon Tyne shares more in common with Copenhagen, Denmark, and southern Sweden than the same latitude. It’s one of the greenest cities in the United Kingdom. This shouldn’t come as a surprise as it did to some people when they learned that Newcastle-upon-Tyne was a year’s winner claiming the top spot as the greenest city in the sustainability audit of Britain. Consideration should be given to the very fact that it used to be choked with smoke in the past and had now cleared its air by putting the environment top on agenda.
Newcastle upon Tyne should be an inspiration for all polluted cities of the world that they can clean up their cities if they want to.
8. Nottingham, England
The next one of the 10 greenest cities in the UK is Nottingham, a city in Nottinghamshire. According to a Sunday Times article published on September 1, 2017, 15.3 percent of Nottingham is covered in accessible green space. This made it the second greenest city then in Britain. An overall 25 percent of the city is made up of parks and green spaces.
Up to 32 parks in this city have been recognized by Keep Britain Tidy, an environmental charity, as amongst the very best in the UK. Nottingham also has several awards that recognize and highlight the value the city authorities place on their parks and green spaces as an important part of people’s lives and well-being in the city.
7. Glasgow, Scotland
In 2020, Glasgow won the top prize of Global Green City at an online awards ceremony organized by the Global Forum on Human Settlements (GFSH). Called the Global Green City award and supported by the United Nation’s Environment Program, the award puts Glasgow in the same bracket as Vancouver, Vienna, and Yokohama among many other European, American, and Asian cities that have been previous winners of the award.
Glasgow got this award based on its efforts that scored it high across several criteria including planning, low carbon, energy efficiency, transportation, open spaces, buildings, and the economy. Glasgow scored a total of 32 percent on these and that placed it second in the table.
6. Leeds, England
This largest city in the county of West Yorkshire is the 6th on our list of the 10 greenest cities in the UK.
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