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.

the average increase in retail sales created by projects that improve walking, cycling or public transport access to shops.

Source: Create Streets

Tags: Active Travel

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of people in remote rural areas do not visit the outdoors

Source: Rural Scotland Key Facts 2021

Tags: Planning, design & safety

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pedestrian fatalities in 2022 on Scotland's roads (RRCS 2022)

Source: Key Reported Road Casualties

Tags: Planning, design & safety

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Climate and environmental protection

the carbon emissions savings that could be made if every journey under three miles in Scotland in 2019 was made by active travel

Source: Sustrans

Tags: Climate & Environment

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20 minute neighbourhoods

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: 20-Minute Neighbourhoods

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recommended daily physical activity for children 1-5 years

Source: UK physical activity guidelines

Tags: Active Travel

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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

Tags: Physical, mental and social health

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of people regularly or occasionally cycled in 2022

Source: Monitoring Cycling in Scotland (Cycling Scotland)

Tags: Behaviour change

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Climate and environmental protection

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

Source: Walking for everyone

Tags: Climate & Environment

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Climate and environmental protection

the extra number of pupils that could be travelling to school actively if they are involved in 2 behaviour change interventions at school

Source: Sustrans

Tags: Climate & Environment

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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: Community & participation

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

Source: National Travel Attitudes Study: Wave 8

Tags: Behaviour change

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