There has been a recent and renewed interest in planning policies that focus on living locally, specifically concepts such as 20-minute neighbourhoods. Despite the adoption of the 20-minute neighbourhood policy in a large number of cities globally, there is surprisingly little evidence of whether having access to important facilities and amenities required for daily locally living are associated with more time spent living locally. That was the aim of this study. There was variation in the built and natural environments within 800m of children’s homes between those living in the most/least deprived and between urban/rural areas of Scotland.