Household surveys in England

Household surveys in England

In March 2009 fieldwork commenced on the Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment (MENE) survey, which includes collecting information on visits to the outdoors in England. Further information on the survey, including copies of annual reports and online data viewers to access more detailed results, is available at www.gov.uk/government/collections/monitor-of-engagement-with-the-natural-environment-survey-purpose-and-results

Table 6.2 shows the main characteristics of visits to woodlands over the most recent 5 years. Around two thirds of visits to woodland involved walking with a dog and around one fifth involved other walking. Walking was the main mode of transport for around three fifths of visits to woodland. Around three fifths of visits to woodland were within 2 miles.

Table 6.2 Woodland visit characteristics¹ – England 2010-11 to 2014-15
	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
per cent
Activities on trip (multi response)
Walking with a dog	68	70	67	69	67
Other walking	21	21	21	20	21
Wildlife watching	5	5	5	5	5
Playing with children	5	5	4	5	6
Eat/ drink out	4	4	3	3	5
Visiting an attraction	3	2	2	2	2
Off road cycling or mountain biking	2	2	2	3	2
Road cycling	2	2	2	2	2
Main mode of transport
On foot	62	65	65	62	60
Car/ van	34	32	31	33	36
Bicycle	2	2	3	3	2
Distance travelled (one way)
Less than 1 mile	36	30	31	36	39
1 to 2 miles	27	32	29	27	25
3 to 5 miles	19	22	23	22	19
6 to 10 miles	8	7	8	7	9
Over 10 miles	10	9	9	8	8

Source: Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment (MENE), carried out by TNS, for Natural England, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) and Forestry Commission.

Notes:

1. All trips that included a visit to woodland.

.. Denotes data not available.

These figures are outside the scope of National Statistics

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