Bromley rated best place to live in London for greenspace Bromley borough has been crowned the best place to live in London for green space, according to a new study.

The London Borough Index by Essential Living has crunched the numbers to determine the best and worst areas to live, depending on eight factors, including the number of publicly open spaces.

In terms of hectares, Bromley received a 10/10 score for having the most parks and gardens to explore.

With 2,585 hectares of public green spaces, Bromley has seven parks awarded Green Flag status, a scheme run by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy which recognises quality sites managed by voluntary and community groups.

According to TripAdvisor, visitor favourites include High Elms Country Park, Church House Gardens, Priory Gardens, Queens Gardens and Elmstead Woods.

Many reviews on the site praise the popular High Elms Country Park for being “well maintained”, with a dog-friendly café serving homemade food, and 150-acre golf course.

Ranking in second place is Richmond-Upon-Thames with 2,317 hectares, giving the borough a score of 9.7/10.

Nick Woodward, lettings director at Essential Living, said: “If you ask people to describe London, you’d hear the words “busy” and “expensive” crop up a lot.

“We wanted to highlight the greenest, quietest and most accessible boroughs in the capital, based on a range of factors, to help individuals make an informed decision on the best place to live for them.

“Although Bromley has its cons - just like any borough - it’s great to see the area shine for its vast amount of green space.

“This makes it an ideal location for bringing up children, or living with pets, not to mention the endless studies linking time spent in nature to better mental health”.

Bromley comes in 11th place (out of 32 boroughs) for its noise complaint score - worked out by calculating the percentage of noise complaints per population - and in 12th place (out of 32 boroughs) for its house prices, with the average house costing £573,300.

However, Bromley did come in last place for two criteria - scoring 0/10 for having the lowest percentage of cheaper supermarkets, and the least cost-effective travel options to the city centre.