A guide to creating parks that work for teenage girls
This guide is aimed at anyone useful working with parks and public space. It brings together a few years of learning from the Make Space York project, alongside a growing body of work, case studies and ideas emerging across the UK. This is designed as a practical guide, not an academic one. Something that can be picked up, dipped into and used in real situations.
It’s for anyone involved in shaping public space, including local authorities, landscape architects and urban designers, park managers, developers, councillors and community organisations.
The aim is simple -to help create parks that feel more welcoming, inclusive and relevant for teenage girls, a group that is still often overlooked in design and decision making.
The guide includes:
- insights from engagement with teenage girls
- case studies showing how their input has shaped real change
- examples of physical improvements to parks across the UK
- practical ideas that can be applied in different contexts
This is very much an evolving document. I’ll continue to update it as new examples emerge and as people share feedback. Alongside this, I’m also developing a more hands-on toolkit to support implementation.
If you’re working in this space, have examples to share, or want to start a conversation, I’d love to hear from you.
If you’d like to discuss this work, share examples, or explore how it could apply to your project, you can get in touch – makespaceyork@gmail.com (Abigail Gaines)
You can also find out more about the Make Space York project here.
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