Abstract
ABSTRACT Rural recreation policies in Britain have fostered the major growth of a wide range of facilities over the last 20 years. In particular, the British land use planning system has supported the expansion of rural recreation but there have been criticisms that policies have failed to adequately cater for disadvantaged groups and in particular, the non-car owner or user. Several initiatives are currently being operated with the aim of widening access to rural recreation for the whole community. The initiatives are described and note is made of the way in which they attempt to identify recreational needs in the population and to remove the barriers that discourage people from visiting the countryside. The article concludes with a number of questions about the extent to which policy makers can promote access to rural recreation, the problems of identifying «need», the role of marketing and the extent to which urban open spaces may act as a substitute for countryside.
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