| Historic sites top visits study |
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Taking Part is a DCMS report on the extent and nature of engagement and non engagement in culture, leisure and sport. Headline results now brought together for the whole year show that 70% of adults attended a historic environment site, the top figure for participation, and 27% visited a historic church. This annual report is the first time engagement in these sectors has been assessed in one comprehensive document. It fills big gaps in quality-assured data on participation, attendance, attitudes and related factors across its sectors that is necessary to inform policy and planning.Chapter 3 looks at engagement in the historic environment in more detail. 70% of all adults had attended a historic environment site, equivalent to 27.7million adults. Just over 53% of all adults visited a city or town of historic character and just under two fifths, 38%, visited a historic park and garden open to the public. Having more free time was the main factor that would encourage more frequent attendance. The data explores the relationship between recent attendance at historic environment sites and attendance as a child. It also looks at attitudes to local heritage: over 70% agree that 'I'm interested in the history of the place where I live' and over 90% agreed that' when trying to improve local places, it's worth saving their historic features' with only 2% disagreeing with that statement.For more fascinating figures see the report online here
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