Health benefits of being in nature worth £356 an adult in 2020, ONS data shows

Figures for UK from first year of lockdown significantly higher than for 2022, when there were 15% fewer visits

The health benefits gained from adults in the UK spending more time in nature during the first year of lockdown was equivalent to 356 an adult, new figures show.

However, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found the amount of time Britons visited or spent time in nature fell dramatically last year compared with 2020, with 15% fewer visits recorded in 2022 compared with 2020 at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.