Using Merkinch Local Nature Reserve for access into central Inverness

This very short survey will help us find out more about how local people use, or might like to use, Merkinch Local Nature Reserve (LNR) as a green travel route into Inverness. All responses are anonymous. Thank you for your time (it should take you no longer than 5 minutes to complete). Please respond on or before Monday Friday 11 November 2022 (extended deadline)

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* 1. Where do you live?

Clachnaharry

Muirtown

The Carse

Merkinch

South Kessock

If none of these please tell us the area/village/town where you live:

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* 2. How would you describe your mobility?

I am quite fit and have walked, run or cycled before in Merkinch LNR

I often walk my dog around Merkinch LNR

A physical condition affects my ability to walk very far in Merkinch LNR

I am not as young as I was - it helps to be able to sit and rest if I go for a walk in Merkinch LNR

I have young children, so that affects my ability to walk as far as I would like in Merkinch LNR

I use a motorised or other wheelchair and so that limits the areas of Merkinch LNR I can currently access

Tell us more about your mobility if you would like to here:

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* 3. Do you already travel into Inverness via Merkinch LNR?

Yes

If you answered yes above, please tell us the start point and end point of your journey here:

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* 4. What might encourage you to travel into Inverness via Merkinch LNR?

Improved paths/cycleways

A new and fully accessible boardwalk through the reserve marshland

Fewer steps, more ramped access

More benches/rest points

Better lighting

If you can think of something else we could do to make Merkinch LNR a better green access route into Inverness, tell us here:

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* 5. Which of these additions to Merkinch LNR would be useful to you or to others you know?

More maps of location and routes

More waymarkers/signposts

More panels telling the story of wildlife and the history of Merkinch LNR

Safer access at the railway crossing

More guided walks, talks and community activities

Tactile maps for visually impaired people

What else might be useful additions on site, do you think?

Many thanks for your time in responding to this survey.