The most popular outdoor activity in Wales is walking. In 2019, approximately 76 percent of the respondents in a nationally representative survey advised that they went walking as an outdoors activity at least once in the past 12 months. Second in popularity came picnicking and visiting children's playground or taking children to play outdoors with 32 percent.
More information about sport in Wales can be found in the Dossier: Sport in Wales.
Share of people who participated in outdoors activities during the last 12 months in Wales in 2019, by activity
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Walking
76%
Picnicking (as a significant part of the activity)
32%
Visiting children's playgrounds / taking children to play area outdoors
32%
Informal games (e.g. frisbee or golf)
22%
Wildlife watching
21%
Running
18%
Swimming outdoors
16%
Road cycling
14%
Off-road cycling or mountain biking
10%
Other watersports
6%
Fishing
5%
Field sports (shooting / hunting)
3%
Horse riding
3%
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of respondents76%76%32%32%32%32%22%22%21%21%18%18%16%16%14%14%10%10%6%6%5%5%3%3%3%3%3%3%3%3%2%2%18%18%WalkingPicnicking (as a significant part of the activity)Visiting children's playgrounds / taking children to play area outdoorsInformal games (e.g. frisbee or golf)Wildlife watchingRunningSwimming outdoorsRoad cyclingOff-road cycling or mountain bikingOther watersportsFishingField sports (shooting / hunting)Horse ridingOff-road driving or motorcyclingRock climbing or cavingMotorised watersportsNone of these
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Sport Wales. (June 20, 2019). Share of people who participated in outdoors activities during the last 12 months in Wales in 2019, by activity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 10, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1025124/wales-frequency-of-outdoor-activities-by-activity/
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Sport Wales. (2019). Share of people who participated in outdoors activities during the last 12 months in Wales in 2019, by activity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1025124/wales-frequency-of-outdoor-activities-by-activity/
Sport Wales. "Share of People Who Participated in Outdoors Activities during The Last 12 Months in Wales in 2019, by Activity." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1025124/wales-frequency-of-outdoor-activities-by-activity/
Sport Wales, Share of people who participated in outdoors activities during the last 12 months in Wales in 2019, by activity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1025124/wales-frequency-of-outdoor-activities-by-activity/ (last visited May 10, 2025)
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