These are journals produced prior to Summer 2015 and are all available as PDF downloads.
CRN Journal Vol.22 – Accessible greenspace on your doorstep (low res)
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A high resolution version of this journal is also available upon request. Unfortunately it is too large to make available on this website.
Hard copies are also available by contacting enquiries@countrysiderecreation.org.uk
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CRN Journal Vol.21 – Growing the outdoor economy (conference proceedings)
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CRN Journal Vol.20 – Marine Recreation and Coastal Access – LOW RES(1mb)
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Vol.20 Marine Recreation and Coastal Access – HIGH RES (8mb)
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Articles include:
- Coastal Access Beyond Footpaths by Cath Flitcroft, British Mountaineering Council.
- The Intrinsic Value of Coastal Walking by Kate Conto, The Ramblers.
- The England Coast Path by Phil Owens, Natural England.
- Development of the Wales Coast Path by Quentin Grimley, Countryside Council for Wales.
- Durham Heritage Coast – Power to Flower, and Amazing Journey by Niall Benson and Coraline Niven, Durham Heritage Coast Partnership.
- Accessing Coastal Recreation through Effective Partnership Working by Bridget Betts, Dorset Coast Forum
- Marine Conservation Zones by Michelle Hawkins, Natural England.
- ‘Sail for a Fiver’ by John Tweed, Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.
- Pro-surfers Volunteer to Support the National Trust by Rob Joules, National Trust.
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CRN Journal Vol. 19 – Winter 2011
Public Health and Wellbeing – the transformative power of outdoor recreation
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CRN Journal VOL 18-2 Autumn and Winter 2010
This issue …‘Green Infrastructure’:
- Green Infrastructure – A Concept that’s Finally Come of Age?
- A Living Wales: Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Services
- A Green Network to Change the Face of Central Scotland
- Grey to Green: How We Shift Funding and Skills to Green our Cities
- Green Infrastructure: Development in Ireland
- The Importance of Children’s Play on Green Infrastructure
- Commons for Communities
- How can We Improve the Access Network to Secure Sustainable, Active and Healthy Communities?
- Agency Profile: National Parks & Wildlife Service
- News
- Case Study: Medway Canoe Trail – Environment Agency
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CRN Journal VOL 18-1 Summer 2010
This issue…‘Sustainable Tourism’.
- The South West Wales Coastal Recreation Audit: The Evidence Base for Sustainable Visitor Management?
- Pembrokeshire – Managing Adventurous Activities and Marine Wildlife Tourism
- Marketing Sustainability for Small Leisure and Tourism Firms
- Sustainable Tourism and the Outdoors: The Welsh Outdoor Gym!
- Pedal Peak District – a Sustainable Way to Enjoy the Peak District National Park
- Visitor Management and Sustainable Tourism in Japan’s National Parks
- Agency Profile: sportscotland
- Location, Location, Location: Tollymore National Outdoor Centre
- News
- Case Study: Branching Out Project
- Summary of Past CRN Events
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CRN Journal VOL 17-2 Autumn and Winter 2009
This issue…‘Young People and the Outdoors: the Next Steps’.
- Children and Nature-Deficit Disorder
- Real and Perceived Risk to Children in the Outdoors
- Growing Up Outdoors with the John Muir Award
- Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Glen Mile Mountain Bike Trail
- Wild Child – The National Trust Campaign to Get Children Outdoors
- Influencing Walkers with Dogs: Three Years of Progress
- From the Archive – Young People, Adventure and the Countryside
- Agency Profile – Defra
- News/ Case Study
- Summary of Past CRN Events and Forthcoming CRN Events
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CRN Journal VOL 17-1 Summer 2009
This issue…‘Participation in the Outdoors’.
- Recreation in a Changing Environment
- Exploring Strangford
- Participation in Sport and Active Recreation in the Countryside
- 1995-2008:Trends in Outdoor Recreation in Northern Ireland
- Participation in Outdoor Recreation in Scotland: Key Results from the Scottish Recreation Survey
- Preferences or Barriers? Why do Some People not visit the Outdoors?
- Physical and Mental Health Benefits of Participation in Forest School
- Agency Profile: Environment Agency
- News/Case studies
- CRN Past Events Summaries
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CRN Journal VOL 16-3 Autumn 2008
This issue…‘Looking Back Looking Forward’.
- Views from the North
- A Way Forward for Offroad Cycling
- We Know we Belong to the Land: and the Land we Belong to is Grand
- Swim without Restrictions?
- “Pack up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile”
- Agency Profile – Sport England
- Country Parks: Celebrating 40 years of Evolution of a Greenspace Family Member
- News
- Forthcoming CRN Events
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CRN Journal VOL 16-2 Summer 2008
This issue…‘Changing Social Behaviour’.
- Catch a Kid and Change a Life
- Encouraging Pro-Social Behaviour Amongst Young People
- Phoenix Futures Conservation Therapy Programme
- Mentro Allan: some of the stuff we’ve learnt so far…
- Does Adventure Education Mitigate Violent and Aggressive Behaviour in Individuals and Groups
- Volunteering at Anglesey Abbey
- Volunteering in the Natural Outdoors: A new report from CRN
- CRN Conference 2008
- Agency Profile – Sports Council for Wales
- News
- Summary of Latest CRN Events
- Forthcoming CRN Events
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CRN Journal VOL 16-1 Spring 2008
This issue…‘Green for Go! The Future of Recreational Greenspace Close to Where People Live’.
- Open Air Sitting Rooms
- Green Infrastructure
- Belfast Gets its Breath Back
- How Green are my Valleys
- The Development of a Green Route System for South Dublin
- Recreation Greenspace and the GCV Green Network
- Durlston: A Marketing Approach to Project Development
- CRN Conference 2008
- Agency Profile – National Trail Office, Irish Sports Council
- News
- CRN Conference 2008
- Summary of Latest CRN Events
- Forthcoming CRN Events
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CRN Journal VOL 15-3 Autumn & Winter 2007
This issue… ‘Young People in the Countryside’.
- Young People Enjoy the Countryside
- A Place Where the Needs of Every Child Matters
- Today’s Youth Reach New Heights
- Free Range Teenagers- the Role of Wild Adventure Space in Young People’s Lives
- Peak District Young Achievers Award
- Learning Outside the Classroom Manifesto
- Opportunities for Young People – Then and Now
- Life’s One Big Adventure
- Agency Profile – Countryside Access and Activities Network for Northern Ireland
- News
- Summary of Latest CRN Events
- Forthcoming CRN Events
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CRN Journal VOL 15-2 Summer 2007
This issue… ‘Consuming the Countryside’.
- Managing Recreation on Inland Water
- Participation in Outdoor Recreation in Scotland
- The Peak District Environmental Quality Mark
- Food Farming and the National Trust
- What’s in a Name – The Impact of WHS Status on Tourism along the Jurassic Coast
- Agency Profile – Countryside Council for Wales
- News
- Summary of Latest CRN Events
- Forthcoming CRN Events
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CRN Journal VOL 15-1 Spring 2007
This issue… ‘Water Recreation’.
- Coastal and Marine National Parks in Scotland
- Developing Canoe Trails in Northern Ireland
- Swimming in the City
- Scottish Access Rights on Inland Waterways
- Canoe Access – How to get access to new stretches of water
- Where Do All The Walkers Go?
- How Can Land Managers Reconcile Conservation with Recreation
- An Environmentally Sustainable Visitor Centre
- Agency Profile – Scottish Executive
- Response Section
- News
- Summary of Latest CRN Events
- Forthcoming CRN Events
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CRN Journal VOL 14-3 Autumn & Winter 2006
This issue… ‘Diversity and Equality’.
- 30 Years to Tourism for All
- Equality and Diversity in the Countryside: A disability perspective
- Diversity in the Outdoors
- The National Trust Divis and the Black Mountain – the story so far
- Engaging Minority Groups in Scotland with Natural and Built Heritage
- Tackling the Motorbike Problem on Towpaths and Improving Access for All
- Councils Strive for Equality of Access for Rural Residents
- Walking with Dogs: New approaches to better management
- Results of the communications survey
- News
- CRN Events
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CRN Journal VOL 14-2 Summer 2006
This issue… ‘Activity Tourism’.
- Understanding the Outdoor Activity Market
- Activity Based Tourism: What does it mean for us?
- Watchdog on the Outdoors (AALA)
- The Inter-relationship between Recreation and Tourism in the Yorkshire Dales and Drivers for Change
- Active Tourism – The Ingredients for Success
- Activity Tourism – Developing Cycle Tourism in the North York Moors and Coast
- Counting People in the Countryside
- The PROGRESS Report
- Naturally Active – A New Website for Commercial Recreation in Woodland
- News
- CRN Events
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CRN Journal VOL 14-1 Spring 2006
- An Update on Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) by Pam Whaley, Marine and Coastal Policy Team, Defra.
- Coastal Access – what it means to recreation, by Charlotte Edward, Central Council of Physical Recreation (CCPR).
- Pembrokeshire Marine Code, by Vicky Swales, Pembrokeshire Marine Code
- The Marine Environment: How do we increase the public’s understanding, by Lissa Goodwin, Marine Connection.
- Why Did It Take Three Years to Open a Simple Public Pathway- A case study in Malibu, California, by Linda Locklin, California Coastal Commission.
- Coastal Access- What do walkers really want?, by Andrew McCloy, freelance access consultant Coastal Access Information Sheet The Countryside Agency.
- Don’t Forget the Swimmers, by Jean Perraton, Environmental Consultant/Writer.
- Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics, by Hugh Westacott, Director of Guided Walks and Walking Tours.
- Beyond Lover’s Lane, by Dr Richard Byrne, Harper Adams University College.
- Delivering a Countryside for Health and Wellbeing Conference, by Countryside Access and Activites Network (NI) and CRN.
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CRN Journal VOL 13-3 Autumn & Winter 2005
Contents:
- People Make Parks, by Edward Hobson, Deputy Director, CABE Space.
- An Assessment of Rights of Way and Access Staff and Training Needs in Wales 2005, by Jont Bulbeck, Countryside Council for Wales.
- Is There Really A Skills Shortage? And what can we do about it?, by Lynn Crowe and John Rose, Sheffield Hallam University.
- So You Want A Careeer in Countryside Recreation?, by Andy Maginnis, Local Government Association.
- Comments.
- News.
- Countryside Recreation Network Seminars.
- Training and Events Diary.
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CRN Journal VOL 13-2 Summer 2005
Contents:
- Cowboy Motoring – Facts and Fallacies, by Alan Kind, Hodology Ltd.
- Abra Cadabra – The Off-Road Biking
Problem, by Bob Reid, North Lanarkshire Scramble and Quad Bike Club. - Towards Practical Management of Motorised Recreational Vehicle Activity in a National Park. The Lake District Hierarchy of Trail Routes, by Geoff Wilson, Chairman of the Hierarchy of Trail Routes in the Lake District Group and Dave Robinson, Lake District National Park Authority.
- Validating the Anecdotal Viewpoints of Rights of Way Officers Managing Byways, by Rebecca Hooper, Scott Wilson Pavement Engineering.
- Water skiing on the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads, by John Millard, Broads Authority.
- A Countryside for Health and Wellbeing Report Summary and Information.
- News.
- Countryside Recreation Network Seminars.
- Training and Events Diary.
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CRN Journal VOL 13-1 Spring 2005
Contents:
- A Countryside for Health and Wellbeing: The Physical and Mental Health Benefits of Green Exercise, by Jules Pretty, Murray Griffin, Jo Peacock, Rachel Hine,
Martin Sellens and Nigel South, University of Essex. - The Chopwell Wood Health Pilot Project, by Nicholas Powell, Gateshead Primary Care Trust.
- Nature’s Prozac – the long term view, by Fiona Duncan, Greenspace Scotland
- Natural Fit, by Ian Dickie, RSPB.
- Healthy Trees – Do Woodlands really make us healthier?, by Paul Nolan, Mersey Forest.
- Real World Learning, by Heather, RSPB.
- The History of Woodland, by Marcus Sangster, Forestry Commission.
- Conference Summary.
- News.
- Countryside Recreation Network Seminars.
- Training and Events Diary.
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CRN Journal VOL 12-2 Summer 2004
Contents:
- People: The Real Linear Access Solution, by Stephen Jenkinson and Andrew McCloy, The Access Company.
- Do walkers stay on footpaths? An observational study of Cwm Idwal in the Snowdonia National Park, by an Keirle and Mathew Stephens.
- Making Linear Walks more Attractive to Recreational Users, by Victoria Sixsmith, Great North Forest.
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CRN Journal VOL 12-1 Spring 2004
Contents:
- The North Sea Cycle Route: Economic Impacts of Linear Trails, by Andy Cope, Sustrans; Paul Downward, Staffordshire University; Les Lumsdon, University of Central Lancashire.
- Nature Conservation and Local Economies, by Ian Dickie, The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).
- Changing Economic Benefits of the Highlands and Islands Countryside Recreation Market. by Archie Prentice, Scottish Natural Heritage.
- Valuing Wildlife Recreation and Leisure, by Ian D Rotherham, Simon Doncaster and Dave Egan, Sheffield Hallam University.
- Economic Evaluation of the Kennet and Avon Canal Restoration, by Glenn Millar and Gareth Maaer.
- News
- Training and Events Diary.
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CRN Journal VOL 11-2 Autumn 2003
Contents:
- Towards a Country Parks Renaissance, by Andrew Maliphant and Wendy Thompson, The Countryside Agency.
- Visitor Safety in Country Parks, by Andy Maginnis, Visitor Safety in the Countryside Group (VSCG).
- The Green Flag Award Scheme for Country Parks, by Karen Lewis, Green Flag.
- Getting the Facts – Dog Walking and Visitor Numbers Survey at Burnham Beeches and their Implications for the Management Planning Process, by Andew Barnard, The Corporation of London.
- News
- Training and Events Diary.
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CRN Journal VOL 11-1 Spring 2003
Contents:
- Linking National Trust Properties to the National Cycle Network.
- Catching Up in Northern Ireland.
- People, Environment and Consensus.
- Wild Land in Britain: Promoting awareness through the Internet and GIS.
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