Welsh Outdoor Recreation Survey

The Welsh Outdoor Recreation Survey measures participation in outdoor recreation among residents in Wales and has been commissioned jointly by Countryside Council for Wales and Forestry Commission Wales.

Updated data tables that provide additional analysis for the Welsh Outdoor Recreation Survey 2008 are now available.

The findings represent the views of residents of Wales on:

Their use of the outdoors
Places visited, including woodlands
Motivations for using the outdoors
Barriers to visiting the outdoors
The ‘latent demand’ for outdoor recreation.

This is the first survey of participation in outdoor recreation among residents in Wales.

The Countryside Council for Wales and Forestry Commission Wales plan to repeat this survey every three years.

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Official Statistics
This is an Official Statistics publication. See here for more information about Official Statistics and the UK Statistics Authority.

Forestry Commission
Forestry Commission Wales acts as the Welsh Assembly Governments (WAG) Department of Forestry and advises on the development of forestry policy and its implementation.

Resources

Research

First Release Headline Results This release presents a summary of the initial headline results from the Welsh Outdoor Recreation Survey 2008 which was undertaken between 21st January 2008 and 20th January 2009.

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Data Tables - (Summary) Tables presenting the summary findings from the survey.

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Update Data Tables (Full) Tables Presenting the full findings from the Welsh Outdoor Recreation Survey 2008

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