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03 November 2009

Walk London vital statistics

As well as co-ordinating investment in 7 routes, comprising 350 miles of Strategic Walks in London, Walk London gathers data on a number of key indicators to monitor use, quality and satisfaction with the Network each year. Some headlines that may be of interest to our visitors/walkers from 2008-09:

• There have been nearly 3 000 enquiries to the Strategic Walk Information Service by telephone and email
• Nearly 10 000 leaflets were posted out as a result, an increase of 14% on the previous year
• These comprise only 2% of all leaflets as over 500 000 were downloaded from the website
• A further 528 000 leaflets were distributed throughout London to libraries etc.
• The audio versions of all the walks received 871 calls
• 300 Certificates of Completion have been issued to walkers who have completed all of any one route
• Only 29% of Londoners are physically active (defined as a minimum of 3 sessions of 30 mins exercise a week) whereas 70% of all users of the Strategic Walk Network are physically active
• The routes are increasingly being used by people with disabilities (comparable to the London average) and an ethnically diverse background
• A grand total of over 4 000 people have been on Walk London’s three annual free led walking weekends since Nov 2007
• Awareness of the Walk London and Strategic Walk Network has nearly doubled since the previous year and, from the annual survey, user satisfaction is 92%

The full Report is available to borough partners through the Management Area of the website.

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