This represents about 84 per cent. of the land area of the country.
In addition, it is estimated by the Forestry Commission that
nearly 1,900,000 acres are under woods. forests or plantations.

2. The area not used for agriculture.—The balance, consisting
of about four million acres, covers the area occupied by towns,
villages, houses, and buildings of all kinds, roads, railways, etc.,
together with public parks, open spaces and pleasure gardens
not used for agricultural purposes.
It has, however, frequently been suggested that there are
substantial areas of land in the country which are not used for
any agricultural or productive purpose, but which might be so
used. It is true that there are certain areas, particularly the
areas returned as rough grazings, which are not and, in many
cases, cannot be very productive, but they are used for agricultural
 purposes, that is to say they are grazed at some time
during the year by cattle or sheep. They are thus brought
within the agricultural returns, and there is little room outside
the area covered by the returns for purely unproductive land.
With a view to testing the question as far as possible the
Crop Reporters were asked in 1925 to report any land not already
included in the Agricultural Returns which could be regarded as
having some potential agricultural value. It was not possible,
without considerable expense, to undertake an exhaustive
investigation in regard to this matter, but it was thought that
the Crop Reporters from their own knowledge and a moderate
amount of local enquiry would be able to give an approximate
indication of land not included in the returns which might be
regarded as available for agricultural purposes. Enquiry was
not made as regards land in urban districts.
The areas returned were as follows :(—

Swamp or scrub land -
Waste or derelict land, including land formerly
used for agriculture but more or less permanently
 abandoned - - : -
Park land not used for grazing - : :
Common, heath, moor and rough land not used
for grazing - z = - - -
Prospective building land not actually in course
of development (excluding land in urban
districts) win - g - - =
Recreation grounds, playing fields and golf links
not used for grazing 2
Other land -

Acres.
04.000

37,000
10.000

230.000

13.000

23,000
13.000

420.000

Of this area, it will be seen that swamp and scrub land, and
common, heath and moor land not used for grazing account