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.

of Scottish adults said being able to walk to local shops was important when choosing where to live

Source: Paths for All

Tags: Physical, mental and social health

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Equality Diversity and Inclusion

People from an ethnic minority

are 25% more likely to be a casualty than white pedestrians

Source: Pedestrian casualties higher among BAME people and in poor areas

Tags: Equalities, Diversity & Inclusion

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Equality Diversity and Inclusion

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

Tags: Equalities, Diversity & Inclusion

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Equality Diversity and Inclusion

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

Source: Scotland's People and Nature Survey

Tags: Equalities, Diversity & Inclusion

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20 minute neighbourhoods

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

Source: Walking for everyone

Tags: 20-Minute Neighbourhoods

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A quarter of adults in Scotland

state that their ability to participate in outdoor recreation is limited by a long-term illness, health problem or disability

Source: Scotland?s People and Nature Survey: underrepresented groups

Tags: Community & participation

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the pecentage increase in pedestrian casualities in Scotland in 2022-23

Source: Scottish Transport Statistics 2023

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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

Tags: Behaviour change

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20 minute neighbourhoods

are places that are designed so residents?can meet their day-to-day needs within a 20 minute walk of their home

Source: 20 minute neighbourhoods in a Scottish context

Tags: Behaviour change

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reported taking more visits to the outdoors than pre-pandemic

Source: Enjoying the Outdoors - Monitoring the impact of Coronavirus and social distancing - Wave 3 survey results

Tags: Physical, mental and social health

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of soot pollution in the air was reduced outside a school in London through banning parents dropping children off by car

Source: Evening Standard

Tags: Behaviour change

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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

Tags: Behaviour change

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