Case Studies
The Visitor Safety in the Countryside Group undertakes work in a variety of environments. We have included some of our work in a selection of online case studies. All of them have Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF versions available for download.
- Blythe Waters, West Midlands
Reducing risk to anglers from overhead power lines - Carnewas, Cornwall
Control of risk at a popular coastal site, including consideration of the need for cliff edge fencing. - Challon Hall Wood, Leighton Moss, RSPB North West
An example of how the RSPB assesses the risk from trees on part of its Leighton Moss Reserve. - Dalby Forest, North York Moors
How to provide a wide range of leisure and recreation facilities with minimum disturbance to the landscape. - Fort George, Moray Firth, Scotland
Dealing with unguarded drops in a Scheduled Ancient Monument. - Gas Street Basin, Birmingham
Safety Management in a very busy urban waterfront environment. - Halifax, West Yorkshire
Safety measures at an historic urban water feature, without detracting too much from the historic detail of the park - Kingsford Forest Park, Kidderminster
Reducing risk from mountain biking in a country park. - Lord’s Rake, Scafell, Lake District
Why signs have been erected in a mountain landscape to ensure walkers are aware of specially high risk from rock falls. - Skara Brae, Orkney, Scotland
Creating a marked path around the perimeter of a prehistoric village to reduce the risk of vistors falling. - South Stack Cliffs, Ynys Mon
Risk assessment on a well visited coastal path leads to a decision not to erect cliff edge fencing. - Wigmore, Herefordshire
English Heritage’s approach to visitor safety at a remote ruined castle, restored in its natural ruinous state, without the normal safety infrastructure. - Zoning for Safety in the Countryside
Abernethy Forest is an RSPB nature reserve in Strathspey, Scotland. Risk controls vary from the ‘urban’ zone of the Osprey Centre to the wild zone on the Cairngorm plateau.