England’s uplands have special significance for their contribution to rural economies and their key role in landscape conservation, recreational activities, biodiversity, heritage and water management.

Topics: uplands-inquiry uplands natural-england upland-communities state-of-the-countryside rural-advocate uplands-inquiry upland-communities uplands 

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.

Topics: data state-of-the-countryside state-of-the-countryside 

Financial exclusion is a real challenge in rural areas. Financially excluded people living in rural areas are less visible and more difficult to reach than those in urban areas.

Topics: financial credit-union financial-inclusion post-offices social-exclusion financial-poverty fuel-poverty financial-inclusion state-of-the-countryside rural-economies 

The State of the Countryside report provides a unique analysis of how rural England is changing. This year's report includes a number of new areas of analysis providing a continuing insight into what is happening in rural communities and the emerging trends and challenges.

Topics: state-of-the-countryside 

In addition to our annual State of the Countryside report we recognise the need for more detailed, topic-focused updates, produced as new data and information is released...

Topics: young-people education state-of-the-countryside housing financial-inclusion upland-communities uplands data data older-people 

The State of the Countryside report presents a large amount of data and evidence. Although the report focuses on the national picture, where possible we have also analysed the data by region.

Topics: strategic-analysis rural-urban-definitions data state-of-the-countryside state-of-the-countryside 

Housing in rural areas, and particularly the availability of affordable housing, is a critical issue, and a key issue for the CRC.

Topics: state-of-the-countryside housing rural-communities rural-economies commission rural-places affordable-housing recession rural-experience sustainable-communities 

Defining what we mean by a ‘rural area’ is a complicated and sometimes contentious issue...

Topics: strategic-analysis rural-urban-definitions data rural-urban-definition state-of-the-countryside 

All of our State of the Countryside reporting is based on application of the Rural and Urban Definition, which was formally adopted by the Office for National Statistics and by government in 2004. ...

Topics: state-of-the-countryside 

The State of the Countryside report, which we publish every year, sets out to provide a broad picture of social, economic and environmental conditions and change across rural England...

Topics: state-of-the-countryside upland-communities uplands data state-of-the-countryside housing