What are among the most popular outdoor leisure activities for adults? Presented by 吴文斯

Walking Walking is now the number one leisure activity in this country, with 77 per cent of the population walking for pleasure on a regular basis, and 62 per cent going for a walk as their main source of exercise.

77% of UK adults, or about 38 million people, say they walk for pleasure at least once a month. 62% say that walking is their main form of exercise (ICM 2000). The most recent official national survey (National Statistics 1997) found 44.5% of adults went for a walk of over two miles for leisure at least once every four weeks 8% of all visits to towns, 27% of visits to the seaside/coast and 34% of all visits to the countryside include walking. 65% of all visits to woods or forests are people going for a walk. (National Centre for Social Research1998).

The median age of adults who regularly walk two or more miles is 43 (National Statistics 1997). Men are slightly keener recreational walkers than women: 48% of men walked over two miles every four weeks in 1996 compared with 41% of women (National Statistics 1997). Women walk more overall: they made an average of 278 journeys on foot per year in comparison to 246 for men (DfT 2003). Generally, people on higher incomes participate more in recreational walking than people on lower incomes, but as individuals poorer walkers tend to walk more often and further than richer walkers (Kay 2002).

Visiting the countryside is now the most popular leisure activity in Britain, with over 1,600 million visits a year, according to recent Countryside Commission data. As the awareness of the general public about the countryside and the environment in general is increasing, so too is the range of recreational opportunities on offer and the amount of leisure time available for people to enjoy them. Visiting the countryside

Sports and physical recreation have always been popular. Local governments provide cheap sport and leisure facilities such as swimming pools, tennis courts, parks and gold courses. People go to watch other people play sports like football or take part in sports themselves. Sports and Physical Recreation

Pubs Going to the pub is among the most popular leisure activity outside the home. Darts Darts is a very popular pub game

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