Public space

Public spaces - parks, streets and squares – are vital parts of our towns and cities.

CABE Space works with national, regional and local bodies to deliver well-designed and managed public spaces across England.

Read our plans to improve the design, management and maintenance of public spaces.

Latest additions

Grey to Green

Our campaign to shift spending from grey to green infratructure in local authorities.

Public space at CABE

Open space strategies

Practical guidance for local authorities on how to prepare, deliver, monitor and review an open space strategy.

Parks and green spaces

A successful park or public space can be the making of a place. An unsuccessful one can help to ruin it.

Streets

Streets make up about 80 per cent of our urban public spaces - it’s critical that we get their design right.

Children's play

A new era of design thinking is encouraging more creativity in the design of play environments, backed by £235m of government investment and the first national Play Strategy.

Green space skills

Skills to Grow is a national strategy for improving the green space skills of our workforce.

Guide to green space apprenticeships

A good practice guide to help local authorities and others to plan and manage successful horticulture apprenticeship programmes.

CABE Space leaders programme

An intensive, three day learning programme designed specifically for green space managers.

Climate change and public space

Public spaces can play a major role in combating the effects of climate change.

Spaceshaper

A practical toolkit to measure the quality of a public space before investing time and money in improving it.

Space enabling

A specialist service for clients working on public space projects.

Public space on the web

Institute of Parks and Green Space (IPGS)

The UK's only insitute dedicated solely to parks, green space and related issues.

Groundwork

Supports communities in need, working with partners to help improve the quality of people’s lives, their prospects and potential and the places where they live, work and play.

Institute for Sport, Parks and Leisure

Supplies education and training, conferences, events and policy guidance surrounding the promotion of high levels of standards and professional skills in sports, parks and leisure.

Landscape Institute

An educational charity and chartered body responsible for protecting, conserving and enhancing the natural and built environment for the benefit of the public.

Resource for Urban Design Information

The largest web resource dedicated to urban design and placemaking. Independent and unbiased, RUDI provides information to practitioners, academics, organisations and the public.