Forestry Commission facilities and activities |
A breakdown of the recreation facilities and activities that were included on the recreation area of the Forestry Commission website in August 2011 is shown below. A total of 675 sites were featured on the website: 307 (45%) in Scotland, 257 (38%) in England and 111 (16%) in Wales.
Most sites had parking facilities; around three quarters of sites offered walking activities and around two fifths cycling routes and picnic sites.
| Facilities/ activities |
England |
Wales |
Scotland |
GB |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number of sites | |||||
|
Total sites on FC website |
257 |
111 |
307 |
675 |
|
|
Facilities |
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|
Parking - Free |
187 |
80 |
248 |
515 |
|
|
Parking - Paid |
43 |
7 |
23 |
73 |
|
|
Information |
110 |
20 |
125 |
255 |
|
|
Easy Access |
98 |
25 |
50 |
173 |
|
|
Toilets |
72 |
15 |
65 |
152 |
|
|
Refreshments |
54 |
7 |
31 |
92 |
|
|
Visitor Centre |
30 |
6 |
20 |
56 |
|
|
Shop |
18 |
5 |
12 |
35 |
|
|
Activities |
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|
Walking |
177 |
84 |
251 |
512 |
|
|
Picnic |
114 |
39 |
107 |
260 |
|
|
Cycling |
113 |
41 |
118 |
272 |
|
|
Horse Riding |
76 |
59 |
80 |
215 |
|
|
Wildlife Activities |
75 |
12 |
81 |
168 |
|
|
Education |
54 |
13 |
22 |
89 |
|
|
View Point |
39 |
14 |
87 |
140 |
|
|
Heritage |
27 |
5 |
54 |
86 |
|
|
Fishing |
27 |
11 |
17 |
55 |
|
|
Barbecue |
31 |
11 |
6 |
48 |
|
|
Play Area |
29 |
6 |
13 |
48 |
|
|
Orienteering |
34 |
4 |
16 |
54 |
|
|
Camping |
21 |
3 |
6 |
30 |
|
|
Arts |
19 |
0 |
19 |
38 |
|
|
Forest Drive |
13 |
1 |
3 |
17 |
|
|
Arboretum |
7 |
5 |
7 |
19 |
|
|
Watersports |
4 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
|
|
Skiing |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Not National Statistics.
Source: Forestry Commission.
Notes:
1. Number of sites where a given facility or activity is present. These data are not directly comparable with numbers published for years before 2003.
2. Facilities and activity counts are taken from the recreation listings on the Forestry Commission website: http://www.forestry.gov.uk/website/fchomepages.nsf/hp/GBEEE
3. A small number of facilities or activities are double counted as they appear more than once in the database used for the website.