The open spaces society are one of Britain's oldest preservation societies. They support town greens because as they explain,
Town and village greens are the essence of rural England and Wales. Story-book images of village greens tend to be of an expanse of grass in the centre of a village complete with oak tree and seat, or a carefully-manicured recreation ground just outside the village, where cricket is played in the lengthening shadows of a summer evening, and the villagers dance round the maypole. In fact they are much more than that, and very varied.
A green is any land on which a significant number of inhabitants of any area has indulged in lawful sports and pastimes, for 20 years, as of right.
The open spaces society believe there to be about 3650 registered greens in England and about 220 in Wales, covering about 8150 and 620 acres respectively.
The open spaces society webpage is at
http://www.oss.org.uk/village-greens/
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