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Evaluate recent developments, regarding access issues in the countryside, in order to determine their success at enhancing recreational pursuits The countryside attracts huge numbers of visitors. In 1998, the 'UK Day Visitor Survey' produced by the Countryside Agency, reported that 66% of the English population had made a visit to the countryside sometime during that year compared to only 51% who had visited the seaside in the same period. Thus it is evident that rural areas have become increasingly important spaces for the performance of leisure and recreational pursuits. The main socio-economic factors which have stimulated and encouraged this growth relate to increased availability of leisure time and increased spending power allowing people to travel to and undertake a wider and more diverse range of recreational activities in rural areas (Groome, 1993). Visitors to the countryside support an estimated 340 000 jobs and contribute approximately £11.5 billion per year to the...

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