Help Make National Trails Work Better

Are you dissatisfied with the way national trails are managed and run? Do you even know what they are?

Okay, actually most of the big name paths - stuff like the Pennine Way, Offa's Dyke and the various coast paths for example -are designated as National Trails and have dedicated full time managers who's job it is to keep us happy. There are apparently over 2,500 miles of walking, cycling and horse-riding tracks in the system and to help the Countryside Agency improve the way they're run, the National Trail web site has an online user survey.

The idea of the survey is to help the CA to manage the trails more effectively and keep us all happy by understanding what we do and want from trails. Got to be worth five minutes of your time. You can find the survey here.

The main site is also worth a look, lots of information on what the trails are, some news and links to individual trail web sites.