Reconnecting the UK with its wild green spaces
Thousands of woodlands, nature reserves, and parks are within walking distance of most UK homes — yet most people couldn't name one near them. Glade changes that.
Nature is closer than you think — but harder to find than it should be
England has over 1.3 million hectares of woodland. Natural England estimates that around 3 million people in England lack meaningful access to green space — not because the space doesn't exist, but because finding the right spot is needlessly hard.
Fragmented open datasets, no unified discovery layer, and poor mobile tools leave the local ancient woodland, the reservoir trail, the dog-friendly forest invisible. We're building the layer that makes them findable.
We believe everyone deserves to find their forest — the quiet clearing, the ancient oak, the reservoir path at dawn.The Glade mission
Built on three principles
Open by default
Every boundary, trail, and facility comes from openly licensed public datasets — National Forest Inventory, Ordnance Survey, Natural England, OpenStreetMap. No proprietary lock-in. No walled gardens.
Intelligently surfaced
We don't just dump data on a map. Glade enriches each location with activities, facilities, photos, and nearby events — so you arrive knowing what to expect.
Free forever
No subscription, no account required. Public funding built these landscapes — open data should describe them. Access to nature information should be as free as access to nature itself.
Building the layer the UK's green spaces deserve
Every visit starts with knowing where to go
We're building toward AI-generated location overviews, community trail condition reports, and seasonal access alerts — so every Glade page tells you not just that a place exists, but whether it's worth visiting on a wet Wednesday in November.
Glade Aerial
AI-generated location footage — coming soon
Built on 15+ openly licensed public datasets
Every piece of information on Glade — from ancient woodland boundaries to cycle trail waypoints — comes from government datasets, national bodies, and the OpenStreetMap community under open licences.
This means the data is freely reusable and attributable. When open data improves, Glade improves — automatically.
View all data sources and licencesAll datasets used under OGL v3.0, ODbL, or Creative Commons licences.
The road ahead
Glade is live and growing. Here's what we're building.
Location discovery
Search by postcode, browse by type, find accessible and dog-friendly spaces near you.
Trails & paths overlay
Public rights of way, named routes, NCN cycling trails, and MTB routes on the map.
Nearby events
Outdoor events and activities shown for each location and search area.
Bookable activities
Guided walks, cycling tours, and nature sessions via GetYourGuide and activity partners.
Seasonal access alerts
Ground-nesting bird closures, deer stalking seasons, winter flooding — automated alerts from land manager feeds.
Community trail reports
Short-form condition updates from visitors — muddy paths, fallen trees, accessible route changes.
The quiet clearing. The ancient oak. The reservoir at dawn.
Your forest is waiting
Enter your postcode and discover what's been hiding in plain sight all along.
Find your forest