Usage

52% of respondents visit a park once or twice a week, and 16% visit daily, as shown in the frequency graph in the attached files section below.

Most respondents (55%) do not visit a park at a regular time. Those who do, visit between 1pm and dusk (28%), and most don't stay longer than two hours at any one time - as shown in the usage of parks graph in the attached files section below.

Exercising, relaxing and taking the children to play remain the top three reasons to visit a park, as shown in the 'why use?' graph, also in the attached files section. Taking a short cut also remained a good reason to use a park.