London’s top boroughs for garden homes – Croydon, Barnet and Bromley are the capital’s garden property hotspots

Londoners are most likely to find a house or flat with a garden in Croydon, according to new research which says the area is home to 132,836 garden properties.

The top ten London areas with private gardens also include some inner London areas (Zones up to 3), such as Lewisham with 112,463 garden properties and neighboring Lambeth, which has 108,524.

New rankings from seed company The Grass People show Londoners have the UK’s most expensive gardens. Those in the capital pay an average of £2,348 per m2 for their outdoor space, and every borough has more homes without gardens than with them.

Boroughs outside London dominate the top ten, such as leafy Barnet in north London with 122,373 garden properties, and suburban areas such as Bromley (120,799) and Ealing (114,620) also top the list. Wandsworth and Enfield are also full of green space.

Results vary for different property types. Those looking for a garden flat are more likely to find success in more central areas, with Westminster having the most garden flats in London at 77,354. Lambeth, Wandsworth and Southwark are other garden hotspots.

For those who need more space, Bromley has the most homes with private gardens (93,453), followed by Croydon (92,144) and Havering (78,456). The data also shows that the London borough with the fewest garden properties is the City of London, which has just 554 properties.

While London is the most expensive place to have a garden, the area in the UK that pays the least for their garden is Telford. Here the average cost per square meter (m2) totals just £376, with an average garden size of 495 metres. This is followed by Hull, where the cost per m2 is £379 and Sheffield, where the cost per m2 is £393.

The cheapest gardens in London are in Barking and Dagenham, where the average cost per m2 is £1,826, and Croydon, which costs £2,182. The most expensive London borough for a garden is Hackney, where garden space costs £3,802 per m2.

Chris McIlroy, spokesman for The Grass People, said: “We found the research surprising that the difference in the cost of gardens varies so much across the UK and even in the same city, depending on the type of house you own . Having access to an outdoor space is important for your mental health and well-being, we believe that whatever green spaces are intended for, they should be accessible and easy to care for.”

London’s top ten garden hot spots