The 10 places in Britain where you’ll get the biggest garden for your money

Aberdeen is the best urban location to get more garden for your money, new data published reveals. 

The Scottish city offers 161.8m² of garden per £100,000 spent on a property, according to building products firm Eurocell.

This is five times more the outdoor space buyers in Portsmouth get for their money, the data added. 

Dundee and Stirling made up the top three cities where buyers get more garden space for their money. 

Rotherham, South Yorkshire, came in fourth place in the rankings, offering buyers 108.99m² of garden space for every £100,000 spent on the property.

In Rotherham, average property prices are around £179,194, while the average garden size in the area is 195.30m². 

Bigger garden for your buck: Aberdeen is the best urban location to get more garden for your money

The town of Newcastle-under-Lyme came in fifth place, providing buyers with 106.73m² of garden per £100,000. The average cost of a home is Newcastle-under-Lyme is around £195,171. 

Barnsley, Hartlepool, Mansfield, Stoke-on-Trent and Stockton-on-Tees also made it to the top 10 list of urban hotspots offering the biggest gardens for your money.  

Northern cities across Scotland, Yorkshire and the North East typically ranked highest, Eurocell said. 

Less garden for your money in Portsmouth 

London was not included in the rankings and is notorious for offering small garden spaces at a high premium. 

Within the towns and cities ranked, Portsmouth emerged as the location offering the smallest sized garden for your money.  

While the average house price in the Hampshire city is cheaper than average, outdoor space of only 75.40m² means buyers in the city only get 29.87m² of garden space per £100,000, Eurocell claimed. 

At a premium: Homeowners in cities like Portsmouth, Cambridge, Oxford and Brighton pay a premium for their outdoor space, Eurocell said

Cambridge and Oxford ranked second and third respectively. 

With the average property price hovering at around £500,000 in both locations, buyers in the two university cities get around 30m² per £100,000 they spend on their home purchase.

Brighton, Bristol, Watford, Milton Keynes, Reading and Exeter also featured in the ten locations offering the smallest garden spaces per £100,000. 

How to make a small garden look bigger 

Many people do not have a large garden, but there are plenty of ways to make the space appear bigger and ensure it works for your household. 

As a starting point, incorporate taller plants, trees and shrubs into a small garden. Cover boundaries to make the space appear bigger and introduce layered planting to give the space a sense of depth. 

Lighting and mirrors can also help make small gardens appear bigger and make sure fences or sheds are painted in light colours to help give a feeling of space. 

Use garden furniture wisely in small gardens. Make sure it fit into the space before you buy it. Foldable furniture can be very handy for small gardens. 

Small gardens, courtyards and balconies and window boxes can be great places to grow fruit and vegetables, so do not ignore them just because your outdoor space is small. 

Scrutinising data from the Office for National Statistics and Land Registry, Eurcoell found that, excluding flats, around 96 per cent of homes have private outdoor space, with the average home coming with 207m² of garden space.  

Beth Boulton, marketing director at Eurocell, said: ‘The garden has become an extension of the living room, used for everything from entertaining to relaxing, working, or even exercising.

‘Our research shows that homeowners in cities like Aberdeen, Dundee and Rotherham are getting incredible value when it comes to garden space, and that’s something worth investing in.

‘On the other hand, homeowners in cities like Portsmouth, Cambridge, Oxford and Brighton pay a premium for their outdoor space, but that value can be retained and expanded upon with creative planning to make the best use of the garden, attracting higher offers from buyers.’