Summary information

Study title

Macclesfield Countryside Visitor Survey, 1986

Creator

Groome, D. M., University of Manchester, Department of Town and Country Planning

Study number / PID

2222 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-2222-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


To establish present levels of use of the Middlewood Way and Macclesfield Canal. To measure public response to improvements made to these facilities in recent years. To identify implications for management and planning policies for both the facilities themselves and for the wider countryside of the Borough of Macclesfield.
Main Topics:

Variables
Origins and distance travelled by visitors; frequency and length of visit; mode of transport to site and on site (walk, cycle, horse). Point of entry to site; how visitors heard of site; use of interpretive aids and attitude questions; size of groups; social and economic characteristics of visitors.

Methodology

Data collection period

28/06/1986 - 12/10/1986

Country

England

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals
Subnational
Amenity users
Countryside visitors

Universe

Visitors to the countryside

Sampling procedure

No information recorded

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1988

Terms of data access

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Related publications

Not available