Welcome by Chair 7
Wendy Thompson, Natural England
Overview of Assessing National and Regional Surveys 8
Professor Nigel Curry, University of the West of England
Assessing the Business Case Needs of a Combined 18
National Visitor Survey in Wales
Sue Williams, Countryside Council for Wales and Duncan Stewart, TNS Travel & Tourism
The Active People Survey – Evidence supporting improved strategic planning in the delivery system for sport 27
Nick Rowe, Sport England
UK Surveys and their Application to Local Management Decisions 31
Angela Groves, British Waterways
How to Understand Customers to Support Economic and Social Policy 37
Paul Bivand, Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion (CESI)
Monitoring National Waymarked Ways in Northern Ireland 43
Ian McClelland, Countryside Access and Activities Network
Monitoring From the Start – Assessing the use of open access land 47
Joanne Hall, Natural England
Visits to Woodland in Scotland: The Scotland All Forests Survey 52
Neil Grant, Forestry Commission
Measuring participation in outdoor recreation in Scotland: The Scottish Recreation Survey 58
Graham Neville, Scottish Natural Heritage
Trails, Trials and Resounding Results – How the Countryside Agency has collected data on National Trails and how it has used the results 64
Jane Wain, Natural England
Concluding Remarks 68
Wendy Thompson, Natural England