Connect with nature

Walking boosts physical, mental and emotional health. Being active helps prevent heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer and depression. If people walk in nature, especially with others, these positive health effects are even greater. This section has resources about creating and promoting more opportunities to enjoy nature.

Over ?10 billion per year

could be raised by the end of the decade with new levies on unhealthy food, tobacco, vapes, gambling and alcohol by the government embedding that if a product causes harm, the polluter should pay.

Tags: Physical, mental and social health

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Equality Diversity and Inclusion

of adults view climate change as an immediate and urgent problem (SHS 2022)

Source: Scottish Household Survey

Tags: Equalities, Diversity & Inclusion

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of disabled people would find fewer cars parked on the pavement useful to walk or wheel more.

Source: Walking for everyone

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of women were dissatisfied or very dissastified about safety on walking or wheeling routes

Source: Scottish Women's Budget Group

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children's accessibilty of walking to relevant locations is reduced by at least 75% due to traffic danger, highlighting an environmental injustice being imposed on them by modes of travel only accessible to adults.

Source: Journal of Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

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trips to the outdoors involved walking which is 86% of all trips to the outdoors (SPANS 2020)

Source: Scotland's People and Nature Survey

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of local path can be accessed by the most deprived half of society, compared to the 10,351 miles that the least deprived half can access

Source: Ramblers Scotland

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of females reported letting people know what their travel plans were when walking

Source: National Travel Attitudes Study: Wave 8

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serious long-term health conditions prevented by every day walking, wheeling and cycling in the citites that take part in the Walking and Cycling Index

Source: The Walking and Cycling Index

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of core paths across Scotland in 2016 (SNH 2018)

Source: Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003

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say they support actions to encourage more people to walk or cycle instead of driving a car to reduce the UK?s carbon emissions.

Source: Public back action to encourage cycling and public transport

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in green space use were sustained, and possibly exacerbated, during movement restrictions

Source: Green space positively influences health and well-being

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