Scilly residents 'most active in England'

Isles of Scilly residents are the most active in England, a new survey has revealed.

Sport England, the agency that develops community sport, found that 36.9% of people on Scilly participate in at least 30 minutes of active recreation three or more days a week.

The agency questioned 1,000 people in each of England’s 355 boroughs.

Richmond upon Thames was the most active borough in mainland England, with 31.6%.

The Active People Survey, which examines the participation of adults (16 years and over) in sport and active recreation in England, started in October 2005, and will finish (with about 356,000 completed interviews) in October 2006.

The published results are based on data from the six months from October 2005 to April 2006.