The People and Nature Surveys for England
The People and Nature Surveys for England gather evidence and trend data about people's access, understanding and enjoyment of nature, and how it contributes to wellbeing.
This data contributes to the outcome indicator framework for the 25 Year Environment Plan.
Read guidance about The People and Nature Surveys for England methodologies and how the data is used.
Contact information
If you have questions about The People and Nature Surveys for England, contact people_and_nature@naturalengland.org.uk.
Adults' survey reports and data
Annual reports and the most recent quarterly data.
Children's' survey reports and data
Data and publications relating to The Children’s People and Nature Survey for England (children aged 8 to 15).
Survey methods and technical details
Guidance, information and supporting materials for The People and Nature Surveys for England.
Supplementary analysis and reports
Further analysis and information about the data; plus reports collected and published by The People and Nature Surveys.
Monthly indicators: Year 2 (April 2021 to March 2022)
Monthly data to understand the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on how people used the natural environment in England between April 2021 and March 2022.
Monthly interim indicators: Year 1 (April 2020 to March 2021)
Monthly indicators to understand the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on how people used the natural environment in England between April 2020 and March 2021.
Updates to this page
Last updated 1 October 2024 + show all updates
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PANS Adult's year 4 added.
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Y4Q3 data added.
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PaNS Y4Q2 data added to document collection.
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Statistics and technical details for 2024 national indicators added to Supplementary analysis and reports document collection.
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Analysis and comparability of PaNS published
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Data for Year 4 Quarter 1 (April to June 2023) added to document collection.
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Childrens 2023 update published
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A link to a new guidance page has been added. Out-of-date guidance about coronavirus data has been removed. Links to some older documents have been removed from this collection.
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Year 3 data (April 2022 to March 2023) added to document collection.
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The publication ‘Comparability between the People and Nature Survey and the Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment Report’ added to document collection.
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Updated for new publication.
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Summary data for Q11 (October 2022 to December 2022) added to document collection.
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Data for year 3 quarter 2 (July to September 2022) added to document collection.
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Adult survey data for Y3Q1 (1st April 2022 to 30 June 2022) added to document collection.
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2022 publication added to document collection.
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Paragraph added.
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Annual update.
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Year 2 Quarter 3 data added to document collection.
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New monthly data for March 2022 added.
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Chane to contact details made.
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New data for February 2022 added to monthly interim indicators data section. Also new data for year 2 quarter 2 (1st April 2020 - 30th September 2021) added to Adult Survey section.
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Childrens 2021 update published.
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New publication added with data for January 2022.
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New monthly publication added with data for December 2021.
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New publication with data for year 2 quarter 1 and monthly data for November 2021 added.
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New publication added with data for October 2021.
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New publication added with data for September 2021.
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New Children's People and Nature Survey publication.
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New monthly data for August 2021 added.
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New document added to collection page.
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New publication.
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New publication including monthly interim indicator data for July 2021.
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New monthly publication added with data for June 2021.
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Body text that sits below the Monthly Indicators Year 2 group heading on the collections page updated. New publication added including data for May 2021.
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New publication.
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New monthly data for April 2021 added.
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Changes made to names of collection groups.
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Multiple amendments made of varying types (e.g. reordering of groups, hyperlinks added, changes to text).
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Changes to layout of collection pages.
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Link to March data added.
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New monthly publication with data for March 2021.
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New monthly publication for February 2021 added.
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Link to Q3 (October to December 2020) adult data added.
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The People and Nature Survey for England: Adult Data Y1Q3 (October-December 2020) (Experimental Statistics) published
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Link to January 2021 publication added.
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New monthly publication for January 2021 added.
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Link to December 2020 monthly interim indicator added.
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New publication containing data for December 2020 added.
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Typo amended to fix broken url. Publications reordered into chronological order of release.
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Links to monthly report for November 2020 and adult data quarterly report for Y1Q2 (July to September 2020) added.
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Link to latest monthly publication for October 2020 added.
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New monthly publication for October 2020 added.
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New monthly publication including data for September 2020.
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Child survey data and August 2020 data added.
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URL changed to ensure link to publication is working properly.
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Quarterly data added and technical guidance publication added.
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URLs changed to ensure links to publications are working properly.
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Changes to layout of collection documents page.
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Reverted to original layout of collection documents page for this particular publication.
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Various changes to layout of page.
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Link to June publication added.
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Amendments to positions of text. Sentence also added linking user to User Hub. New monthly publication for June 2020 data.
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Link to The People and Nature Survey for England: Monthly interim indicators for May 2020 (Experimental Statistics) data added under contents, as requested by Natural England.
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New monthly publication for May 2020 added.
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Link added below contents heading.
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First publication of new statistical release from Natural England (NE), namely The People and Nature Survey for England: Monthly interim indicators. In this case for April 2020.
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First published.