10-Minute Walk Map

10-Minute Walk Map

Caledonian Park, a publically accessible greenspace in Islington (© Richard Welpton) We are very pleased to announce that the Greater London Authority (GLA) has published the 10 Minute Walk Map that shows areas that are more than a 10-minute walk from a publicly...
Introducing GiGL’s new POSAoD maps

Introducing GiGL’s new POSAoD maps

In June 2021, GiGL’s Database Officer Amy introduced us to the updates GiGL have been making to our Areas of Deficiency (AoD) models, starting with Areas of Deficiency in Access to Nature (SINCAoD). Now it is the turn of GiGL’s Areas of Deficiency in Access to Public...
GiGL’s Spaces to Visit dataset

GiGL’s Spaces to Visit dataset

Despite being a bustling metropolis, London is blessed with amazing green spaces of all shapes and sizes. Whether a park or common, playing field or a golf course, an allotment or a civic square, open spaces are important to all of London’s residents. They provide...
Interview, Tanvi Desai

Interview, Tanvi Desai

Tanvi Desai, GiGL Database Officer Tanvi is one of GiGL’s Database Officers. She delivers work to review, manage and develop GiGL’s open space and habitat databases. This includes collating data in partnership with local authorities and land managers and...