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Hot from the most recent meeting of the Clean Green & Safe working group
PARKS AND GREENSPACE SURVEY 947 responses received between June 2008 to August 2008 75% of respondents to the Parks Survey were satisfied with Edinburgh’s parks. 67% of respondents were satisfied with the upkeep of parks Most respondents had not attempted to contact the Parks Service, but of those that had, only half felt this was easy. 63% of respondents felt that the parks service delivered value for money, 26% did not. 13% of respondents had previously complained about parks and of those 42% were dissatisfied with the response they received. Dissatisfaction was caused by a perception of nothing being done, the Council not caring or responses taking too long. Upkeep and appearance of parks 64% in North rated parks as good (only lower to West 51%). Meeting the needs of users – 71% of respondents in North Edinburgh felt that our parks made them proud of the city (higher than city average of 69%). Main issues : general maintenance not of a high enough standard, sports facilities not well enough maintained, litter, dog fouling and not enough facilities for certain age groups or enough areas of interest. Priorities for parks – for example - trees and woodlands 88%, grassed areas 88%, signage 67%, events 53%. Majority of respondents were regular visitors, visiting at least once a week, spending between 30 minutes to 2 hours. Main reasons for visiting a park, for example – 28% just walk by or through, 20% to enjoy open space, 14% walk dog, 2% watch wildlife, 1% have lunch. Dog walkers were the most frequent of visitors and tended to stay in parks longer.
This also is related to the "Greenflag" survey the results of which can be seen on this link. |
Edinburgh Council 
