HPI: Access to Recreational Facilities per Capita in England, 2001-2003

England's Health Poverty Index provides administrative data on access to recreational facilities per capita at the Local Authority District level. The data is sourced from the Department of Health and Sport England, with a numerator from 2003 and a denominator from 2001. It was published by the Health Poverty Index and last updated on the platform in July 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling health inequality based on recreational facility access mentioned in the description
• Mapping spatial disparities in community resources at the Local Authority District level
• Analyzing intervening factors in the Health Poverty Index framework

Strengths

• Data is sourced from authoritative government bodies: the Department of Health and Sport England
• Provides geographic granularity at the Local Authority District level for England
• Released under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 license

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data points are from 2001 and 2003, which may limit contemporary relevance
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Department of Health (DoH), Sport England Sports Gateway Facility Finder

Collection Method

Administrative data

Time Range

2001-2003

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:04.700522; freshness should be verified

Geography

England