Clare Outdoor Recreation Survey

Have your say

Clare Outdoor Recreation Survey want to hear from you

Your views will help us to deliver better services/facilities.

They will help us to:

• Plan for the future of Outdoor Recreation in Clare
• Understand what works well for you as a member of the public
• Understand where we need to do more to help you

About the survey and your data

All survey responses are anonymous.

We really appreciate you taking the time to give us your views.

For the purpose of this survey, sport and physical activity in the outdoors is defined as sport and recreation activities that:

• Are carried out in a natural or semi-natural environment and involve dealing with natural elements
• Include sport and recreation activities that take place on infrastructure such as trails, greenways, cycle tracks, canal banks, roads, etc.
• Require human and/or natural element power
• Can be in an urban or rural landscape
• Have their roots in a natural environment but are carried out in a purpose built setting designed to replicate the natural environment - e.g. a climbing wall, a constructed canoeing/kayaking facility.
• May use some form of equipment e.g. surf board, bicycle, skis, etc.
• Do not include sports and active recreation carried out on constructed pitches (e.g. football, golf, rugby)

Within the Irish sport context there are a significant number of recognised outdoor sports including:

• Archery
• Angling
• Climbing
• Mountaineering
• Canoeing/Kayaking
• Rowing
• Sailing
• Windsurfing
• Caving
• Clay Pigeon Shooting
• Cycling (All Disciplines)
• Horse Riding
• Orienteering
• Recreational /Trail/ Mountain Running
• Surfing
• Underwater Sports
• Swimming (in a natural element)
• Triathlon
• Water-skiing & Wakeboarding
• Walking & Hiking