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Name: _________________________
HIGHFIELDS SCHOOL
GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
Year 10
GCSE GEOGRAPHY
Data Collection Booklet
Coursework:
‘Castleton is a tourist honeypot’
‘Is Castleton a tourist honeypot?’
Time Activity Location
09:00 -
10:00 Travelling to Castleton
10:00 –
10:30
Sketching and photography in
Cave Dale (looking at human and
physical features)
Cave Dale
10:30 –
11:00
Ground floor land use survey
Landscape evaluation
Photography
Castleton
11:00 –
11:15
Traffic count
Photography Castleton
11:15 –
11:45
Visit Visitor Centre
Tax disc survey
Photography
Visitor Centre
and Car Park
11:45 –
12:40 Return journey to Highfields
13:50 –
15:30 Write-up results and methodology School
Journey:
Whilst on the coach, make note of the following… M
atlock t
o B
akew
ell
Landscape: rural / urban
Towns / villages /
isolated farms
Busy major roads /
country lanes
Factories / farms
Arable / pastoral
Lots of people & cars /
few people & cars
Bakew
ell t
o C
astleto
n
Landscape: rural / urban
Towns / villages /
isolated farms
Busy major roads /
country lanes
Factories / farms
Arable / pastoral
Lots of people & cars /
few people & cars
Methods of data collection
1. Field Sketches
2. Survey of pedestrians in Cave Dale
3. Environmental Quality Survey
4. Land Use Survey
5. Local authority tourist provision
6. Traffic Count
7. Pedestrian Count
8. Car Park Survey & parking management
9. Tax Disc Survey
10. Visitor Centre Evaluation
Data Collection Team
Names Task(s)
1. Field Sketches of physical features in Cave
Dale
Away from Castleton
Towards Castleton
Field Sketches of footpath erosion in Cave Dale
Erosion
Brief description of Cave Dale
What is it? Why do people go there?
What do you think of it?
2. Survey of pedestrians in Cave Dale
Number (including the Geography group): Type:
Families Groups (school) Older couples Young couples Individuals Groups (3 or more people)
3. Environmental quality survey
Location
-3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 dirty clean
crowded uncrowded
closely packed open spaces
noisy quiet
lots of litter no litter
ugly buildings character cottages
disruptive peaceful
ugly beautiful
Total
Overall total = ________
Location
-3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 dirty clean
crowded uncrowded
closely packed open spaces
noisy quiet
lots of litter no litter
ugly buildings character cottages
disruptive peaceful
ugly beautiful
Total
Overall total = ________
Location
-3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 dirty clean
crowded uncrowded
closely packed open spaces
noisy quiet
lots of litter no litter
ugly buildings character cottages
disruptive peaceful
ugly beautiful
Total
Overall total = ________
Location
-3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 dirty clean
crowded uncrowded
closely packed open spaces
noisy quiet
lots of litter no litter
ugly buildings character cottages
disruptive peaceful
ugly beautiful
Total
Overall total = ________
Location
-3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 dirty clean
crowded uncrowded
closely packed open spaces
noisy quiet
lots of litter no litter
ugly buildings character cottages
disruptive peaceful
ugly beautiful
Total
Overall total = ________
Location
-3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 dirty clean
crowded uncrowded
closely packed open spaces
noisy quiet
lots of litter no litter
ugly buildings character cottages
disruptive peaceful
ugly beautiful
Total
Overall total = ________
4. Land use survey
1 Car park 16
2 17
3 18
4 19
5 20
6 21
7 22 B & B
8 23
9 24
10 25
11 26
12 27
13 28
14 29
15 30
5. Local authority tourist provision
Note in the spaces below, any evidence of facilities
provided by the local council (e.g. ‘brown’ sign posts, litter
bins).
6. Traffic Survey Data Collection Sheet
Location Start time
Direction of traffic (from / to) :
Type of vehicle Tally Total number
Cars
Vans
Lorries
Buses
Motor bikes
Pedal bikes
Other
Additional notes / observations / comments
Location Start time
Direction of traffic (from / to) :
Type of vehicle Tally Total number
Cars
Vans
Lorries
Buses
Motor bikes
Pedal bikes
Other
Additional notes / observations / comments
7. Pedestrian Count
Location:
Approximate age
Count Total
0-4 years
5-16 years
17-25 years
26-40 years
41-60 years
60+ years
Location:
Approximate age
Count Total
0-4 years
5-16 years
17-25 years
26-40 years
41-60 years
60+ years
8. Car park survey
Cost of parking (photo of information board?)
Number of spaces (cars / coaches / disabled)
Number of cars
Number of camper vans / caravans
Number of coaches
Number of car parks
Car parking management
Look at opportunities for on-street parking … note down what
you see.
9. Tax disc survey
Look at the tax disc – on it, is written the name of the post
office where the tax disc was purchased. You need to write the
name of the post office in the box below.
Look around the Visitor Centre
Who is the information aimed at? What information is available? (list)
What services are provided for visitors? (list)