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A collection of sixteen surveys carried out on ten different types of water recreation resources to discover type of user and intensity of use. 1. Rickmansworth Gravel Pits: anglers, casual visitors. 2. River Hamble: boat owners keeping craft in study area and boat owners keeping craft at home. 3. Southampton Water: boat owners keeping craft in study area. 4. Canals around Braunston: survey of all craft entering study area. 5. Yorkshire Ouse: day boat users, cruiser owners. 6. Llandegfedd Reservoir: day boat users. 7. Siblyback Reservoir: day boat users. 8. Upper Wharfedale: casual users, game anglers, canoeists. 9. Gower Coast: sea anglers. 10. Lyme Regis: boat owners and users. Unnumbered: Braunston, Ouse, Llandegfedd, Siblyback: casual visitors, anglers. Gower Coast: surf canoeists, surfers. Lyme Regis and Gower Coast: casual users.

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Variables a. Common to all surveys Party size and type (where applicable), employment status, socio-economic group, home location, distance travelled to resource, means of travel, parking arrangements, frequency of visit, length of stay away from home including arrival and departure times, holiday location and accommodation type. Suggested improvements for resources and facilities, disturbance by other activities, subjective opinion on degree of overcrowding. Time (month, weekday, Saturday, Sunday) and place of interview. b. Surveys of anglers Membership of fishing club, years of fishing experience, details of catch, distance walked from car park, participation in competition, recent fishing experience, trips last month, number of competition trips last month. c. Surveys of boat users /owners Type and size of boat, years of ownership, years of experience, membership of clubs (names and locations), frequency of use over stated period and over normal season, number of passengers (adults and children), recent trip details (dates, times, areas visited), participation in competition, visits to boat for non-trip purposes, storage in winter/summer, means of boat transport overland (where appropriate). d. Survey of canoeists /surfers Type of canoe, years of experience, membership of clubs (names and locations), frequency of use over stated period and over normal season, means of boat transport overland (where applicable). e. Survey of casual users Activities. Visitors: first/second holiday, second holiday intentions, season of other holiday, county were taken, length. Residents: attitude to visitors, visitor policy suggestions. 1. POPULATION: a) Anglers on Batchworth and Bury lakes, Rickmansworth, except those under 14 years of age and those who had been interviewed previously b) Casual visitors: non-fishing visitors to Rickmansworth Aquadrome SAMPLE: a) One angler from each group interviewed b) Leader of all groups paying general admission METHOD: a) Oral interview b) Self-completion DATE: July - September 1970 2. POPULATION: a) Boat owners keeping craft in study area: people keeping boats on the Lower Hamble based on the records kept by Hampshire County Council plus counts of boat spaces not under the control of the Council. At Southampton, the population for the survey was supplied by nine of the eleven sailing clubs and by Hound Parish Council. b) Boat owners keeping craft at home and all sailors bringing their boats to the Hamble on a daily basis were interviewed at the four main hards on the Hamble. SAMPLE: Total (b. was stratified according to day of the week) METHOD: a) Postal questionnaire b) Oral interview DATE: July - September 1970 3. POPULATION: Supplied by 9 out of the 11 sailing clubs and by Hound Parish Council SAMPLE: Total METHOD: Postal questionnaire DATE: July - September 1970 4. POPULATION: All craft at entrance (locks) to study area (38 kms of predominantly rural canals in Warwickshire and Northants) SAMPLE: Stratified by month, weekday, Saturday and Sunday METHOD: Part A oral interview Part B self-completion DATE: April - August 1971 5. POPULATION: a) Day-boat users: owners of day-boats (i.e. dinghies, motor day-boats or inflatables) not kept permanently on the river but brought to the resource only for the day b) Cruiser owners who kept their craft permanently on the river. Ouse Navigation Trustees' records and club membership lists SAMPLE: a) Total, stratified by month, weekday, Saturday and Sunday METHOD: Oral interview DATE: a) May - August 1971 b) April - September 1971 6. POPULATION: Day-boat users SAMPLE: Total on representative survey days, stratified by month, weekday, Saturday and Sunday METHOD: Oral interview DATE: May - July 1970 7. POPULATION: Day-boat users; all sailing club members (sailing on the reservoir was restricted to club members) SAMPLE: Total METHOD: Postal questionnaire DATE: June 1971 8. POPULATION: a) Casual users: visitors at twelve sites along the river b) Game anglers: total angling population in the study area of ten zones (equalling ten sets of fishing rights) on the River Wharfe between Deepdale and Bolton Bridge c) Canoeists at two open weekend meetings organised by Leeds Canoe Club SAMPLE: a) Weighted with respect to day of week, month and site b) and c) Total METHOD: Oral interview DATE: a) and b) May - September 1972 c) October - November 1971 9. POPULATION: Sea anglers: shore anglers on 20 days SAMPLE: Total METHOD: Oral interview DATE: 21st May - 17th September 1972 10. POPULATION: Members of the Lyme Regis Power Boat Club and the Lyme Regis Sailing Club SAMPLE: Quota, stratified by month over a four month period, 25% of members chosen randomly for each month METHOD: Postal questionnaire DATE: June - September 1972 Braunston, Ouse, Llandegfedd and Siblyback (unnumbered) POPULATION: a) Casual visitors: all people involved in informal recreation at selected sites within the study area b) Anglers: all anglers on site SAMPLE: Total METHOD: Oral interview DATE: May - July 1970 and April - September 1971 The Gower Coast (unnumbered) POPULATION: a) Surf canoeists at beaches with suitable surf conditions on survey days b) All surfers (excluding surf canoeists) on beaches having suitable surf conditions on survey days SAMPLE: Total METHOD: Oral interview DATE: a) 18th June - 17th September 1972 b) 21st May - 6th September 1972 Lyme Regis and Gower Coast (unnumbered) POPULATION: Casual visitors: non-fishing/angling visitors at twelve different sites SAMPLE: Quota stratified by month, day of week and zone. Six sites at Lyme Regis and Gower METHOD: Oral interview DATE: May - September 1972

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