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Rural Leisure

How rural communities spend their leisure time provides insight to the desire, the need and the opportunity in accessing appropriate recreational facilities and spaces.

The sixth year of the survey, Active People Survey 6, started in mid October 2011 and ran continuously for 12 months until mid October 2012.
The full year results were published on 6 December 2012. Click here for further information.

Sport England's Active People survey is the largest ever survey of sport and active recreation to be undertaken in Europe.

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Local Authority pages
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Observatory
For analysis and comment on key rural services, click here.
 


Our Events

Our Events
For Rural Services Network events and notable dates, click here.
 


Our Events

Pledge on rural services areas
To watch the government's pledge to help rural services, click here.
 


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Rural studies archive
For our Commission for Rural Communities archive, click here.
 


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Rural funding facts
Click here to discover the facts for predominantly-rural councils.
 


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Parliamentary Group
For the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Rural Services, click here.
 


Hinterland

Hinterland
Rural intelligence from behind the headlines, click here