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17.5 Public park user surveys

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Park user surveys are carried out from time to time but never seem to reveal useful information. The sad truth is that the owners and managers of public open space generally know what their users want to do - and generally try to stop them from doing it.

Photo courtesy Julie Nimmo

What the park users want to do: swimming, diving, fishing and letting their dogs off the lead.