Leisure activities, habits and hobbies: Outdoor activities

Outdoor activities practised the most by people from the United Kingdom

• Walking is one of the most popular outdoor activities.
  • In England, around 86% of people walk at least once a month.
  • In Scotland, 23% of journeys are on foot.
  • In Wales around 65% use walking as a way to get to their destination than as exercise.
• Visiting archaeological ruins and nature parks, gardening, holding picnics or nature photography are also popular.
• There are fifteen national parks in the United Kingdom, which are also visited by many people:
  • Ten of them are in England.
  • Three in Wales.
  • Two are in Scotland.

The sports activities in nature that people from the United Kingdom do the most

• Swimming is one of the largest sports in England by participation.
• Running is also an often choice for sports activity.
• Watersports are practised by around 32% of the population.
  • Sailing and windsurfing are popular activities on the south coast.
• Cycling is also a popular activity, also as a way of getting to some destinations.
  • Most popular cycling routes are C2C, Way of the Roses and Cornish Way.
• Some of the popular sports are:
  • Football as the most popular sport to play. It is a team game played on the rectangle-shaped football field. Points are obtained by scoring a goal on opponents. Players use their legs to play, the only player who can use hands is the goalkeeper.
  • Rugby is also one of the major sports. It is a contact sport where points are obtained by placing the ball on the opponents’ point field.
  • Tennis is the third most popular sport. It is played on a tennis court, which involves piercing the ball with a tennis racket above or next to the net to the opponent’s field. It can be played 1 on 1 or 2 on 2.
  • Cricket is a sport that originated in England, it is a bat-and-ball type of game in which two teams of 11 people try to score a goal by throwing a ball at three wooden posts called wicket, which is defended by the opposite team with a wooden stick.

Social behaviour related to outdoor activities

• On average kids spend around one hour on outdoor activities.
• Boys tend to spend more time on outdoor activities than girls.
• Some places can ban some sports activities, you should respect it.