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Trees & air quality in United Kingdom
How much tree cover United Kingdom's major cities have, what their air quality is right now, and how many more trees each one needs. Every report covers the same 2 km area, so the cities compare like for like.
- Cities tracked
- 5
- National forest cover
- 13.3%vs 30% target
- Worst air right now
- GlasgowAQI 32
5 cities in United Kingdom
London
2 km around London
Tree cover
19%
32.0K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Manchester
2 km around Central Retail District
Tree cover
15%
46.9K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Birmingham
2 km around City Centre
Tree cover
18%
37.1K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Glasgow
2 km around Glasgow
Tree cover
36%
None
trees needed
Healthy tree cover
Sheffield
2 km radius
United Kingdom as a whole
13.3% of United Kingdom was forested as of 2023, against a 30% benchmark. Closing that gap nationally would take roughly 4.0B trees across 4.0M hectares. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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