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===Europe=== [[File:Finchingfield village green (geograph 2496080).jpg|thumb|[[Finchingfield]] village green]] A notable example of a village green is that in the village of [[Finchingfield]] in Essex, England, which is said to be "the most photographed village in England".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.essexlive.news/whats-on/whats-on-news/essexs-most-picturesque-villages-amazing-2953840 |website=Essex Live |access-date=16 February 2021|title=Nine of Essex's most picturesque villages with these amazing country pubs |date=15 August 2019 }}</ref> The green dominates the village, and slopes down to a duck pond, and is occasionally flooded after heavy rain. The small village of [[Car Colston]] in [[Nottinghamshire]], England, has two village greens, totaling 29 acres (12 ha),<ref>Good Pub Guide [http://www.thegoodpubguide.co.uk/pub/view/Royal-Oak-NG13-8JE Retrieved 2 April 2016.]</ref> and the village of [[Burton Leonard]] in [[North Yorkshire]] has three. The [[Open Spaces Society]] states that in 2005 there were about 3,650 registered greens in England covering {{convert|8150|acres|0|abbr=on}} and about 220 in [[Wales]] covering about {{convert|620|acres|0|abbr=on}}. [[File:The large green village of Zuidlaren.JPG|thumb|A village green in Zuidlaren, [[Netherlands]]]] The northern part of the province of [[Drenthe]] in the [[Netherlands]] is also known for its village greens. [[Zuidlaren]] is the village with the largest number of village greens in the Netherlands. The [[Błonia Park]], originally established in the Middle Ages, is an example of a large village green in [[Kraków]], Poland.
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