Good practice guidance and advice

SATIN Online

The Scottish Access Technical Information Network (SATIN) has recently launched a web service and is looking for new members to share knowledge and experience on technical information. Membership is free - to sign up visit www.satinonline.org    and find out about events, join discussion groups about popular topics and share views. There is also the opportunity to forward technical information or information about events for inclusion on the site.

The following guides aim to help people manage and improve paths and access designs in the countryside. Most are available online free however some have to be ordered from SNH's Publications Department.

Lowland Path Construction: A Guide to Good Practice   

Aimed at path providers and funding agencies, it promotes good practice in planning, path construction, maintenance and monitoring.

Countryside Access Design 

Targeted at paths and facility providers, this publication provides advice on how to choose and design structures that accommodate and assist public access.

Visitor Monitoring Manual    

Upland Pathwork: Construction Standards for Scotland 

Devised for people such as pathworkers, surveyors and land managers, this gives guidance on the basic principles of upland path management and pathwork techniques.

Upland Path Management - Standards for Delivering Path Projects in Scotland's Natural Heritage  

Complements the above Upland Pathwork guide and is designed for all those involved in upland path management.

Car Parks in the Countryside: A Practical Guide to Planning, Design

This a priced SNH publication.

Information and Advisory Note - The Implications of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 for Countryside Service Providers 

Explains the responsibilities of service providers in catering for disabled people using their facilities.

Technical Guide to the Design and Construction of Lowland Recreation Routes

Practical advice for those without formal engineering training/path skills and those with engineering skills who may be designing path work for the first time. This is a priced SNH publication.

Automatic Counters Fact Sheet   

Counters are utilised to detect people, vehicles, horses and cyclists and this sheet explains how they work.

Constructed Tracks in the Scottish Uplands 

A guide to the process of assessing the need for a track.

To order any of the publications above, please  e-mail us pubs@snh.gov.uk or call 01738 458530.