[Talk-GB] Town Greens

[nathan case]

> But village greens and public open green spaces are normally managed, or at least mown, by the local authority. They are not left in a wild or natural state.

Indeed, that’s why this is not a traditional village green - otherwise  I would have used that tag ;-).

This is an area of mixed land cover (wood and open field). It is not managed (or even owned) by the local authority and is in a semi-wild state. However, what has changed is its legal status. It is now legally a town green and so the public has a right to use this land for recreational purposes without hinderance from the land owner. 

It seemed like this was something I should update and record in OSM. Unfortunately it's now no longer rendering.

-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Wynne <martin at templot.com> 
Sent: Friday, April 3, 2020 1:53 PM
To: talk-gb at openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Town Greens

On 03/04/2020 13:40, nathan case wrote:
> I ruled it out because, from the same wiki:
> 
> "This tag is intended for (usually urban) parks with managed greenery" and "parks not so designed and manicured, but rather left in a more wild and natural state should not get this tag, instead, use another tag like boundary=national_park"
>

But village greens and public open green spaces are normally managed, or at least mown, by the local authority. They are not left in a wild or natural state.

Martin.

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