State of the Countryside 2008 provides a comprehensive description of social, economic and environmental conditions and changes across rural England, highlighting the main challenges and future trends for government and other organisations. 

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Download the full report (10mb)

Download by section:

Part 1 - Introduction and Foreword (1mb)

Part 2 - Living in the Countryside (7mb)

Part 3 - Economic Wellbeing (1.5mb)

Part 4 - Land and Environment (2mb)

Part 5 - Discussion (240kb)

Part 6 - Annexes (360kb)

This report is the  tenth in the series so we're taking the opportunity to consider the changes taking place in rural England, looking forward to what the future might hold for rural communities and reflecting on what has remained important since the report was first published in 1999.

Join in our discussion to tell us what you think has changed over the last 10 years

Visit the State of the Countryside data page to download the datasets for this year's report

Read the press release

Read some of the media coverage of the report

We welcome your comments and feedback.
Email state.report@ruralcommunities.gov.uk

In a report of this size there'll almost certainly be some errors that have escaped our editing and data control.  The errata page has details and updated pages. The downloads on this page have been updated to include the corrections made so far.

A hard copy of this publication is available from our warehouse

Tel: 0845 6205595  Fax: 01709 881673 
Email: crc@cambertown.com