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Accessible green spaces are an important part of a healthy lifestyle. Alongside the building of new homes, there is a conscious effort to ensure that green space is expanded and improved.
This green space is available to the public for walking, nature conservation, sports, and recreation. A network of accessible green spaces links the new developments, with new footpaths, cycleways, and leisure spaces.
Open spaces in the form of SANGs at Langley Mead, The Ridge, Mays Farm and Five Acre Field provide varied and semi-natural countryside walks and riverside views. Each SANG is linked, providing a wildlife corridor. These green spaces were brought forward alongside new development.
The University delivered and is actively involved in the management of Langley Mead, the Ridge and Strategic Greenspace between them, undertaking the creation and restoration of hedgerows to provide enhanced habitats for nesting birds, replanting of wildflower meadows and reintroduction of native species. The work has continued with the creation of new ponds and wildlife habitats for amphibians and grass snakes.