To establish present levels of use of the Middlewood Way and Macclesfield Canal. To measure public response to improvements made to these facilities in recent years. To identify implications for management and planning policies for both the facilities themselves and for the wider countryside of the Borough of Macclesfield. Variables Origins and distance travelled by visitors; frequency and length of visit; mode of transport to site and on site (walk, cycle, horse). Point of entry to site; how visitors heard of site; use of interpretive aids and attitude questions; size of groups; social and economic characteristics of visitors.