Study title

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

This survey was undertaken to determine levels of use and attitudes of users to each other; to determine the change in levels of use and user attitudes after opening the towing path to unrestricted cycle use; to establish whether the new facilities encourage new visitors; to establish whether the towing path functions as part of a wider leisure path network; to obtain users' views on the new facilities.
Main Topics:
Group size, age, sex; origins, distance travelled, destinations, purpose of visit, frequency of visits; method of transport; use of local footpaths and country roads; how visitors heard of site, attractions of site, attitudes to other users, difficulties in using the towing path.
In addition to the interview data, observation data was collected for different types of user for forty minutes per hour between 10 a.m. and 6.40 p.m. on each survey date for 1 mile stretches of towing path centred on the survey points.