Written question asked by Lord Swire (Conservative) on Tuesday, 10 July 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 July 2018 (named day). It was answered by Baroness Coffey (Conservative) on Monday, 16 July 2018 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Public Footpaths

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote use of National Trails.

Answer: Since 2013 the promotion of national trails and the ‘acorn’ (registered trademark) has been carried out by Walk Unlimited, a social enterprise, which champions the network through its website www.nationaltrail.co.uk. It works with the individual trail partnerships who remain responsible for providing information on their trail to the national site and for local promotion. Natural England also encourages individual trail partnerships and the emerging England Coast Path partners to consider promotion of both the individual trails and stretches of those trails and the promotion of the family of national trails.

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