Woodlands provide a range of ecosystem services (ES), yet indicators largely focus on the more tangible and quantifiable ‘goods’ such as timber rather than the benefits from cultural ES such as recreation. Physical health ‘benefits’ from recreation can improve life chances and reduce the burden on public health budgets. Whilst woodland managers recognise that these types of cultural ES are important, they often need quantitative measures to demonstrate their value and justify resource allocation. We develop a quantitative indicator of the benefits from physical recreation in woodlands using on-site visitor survey data. For each woodland sampled, we calculate the energy expenditure realised from recreational activities undertaken by each individual visitor. These values are converted to Quality Adjusted Life Years (a measure of the health benefits that combine duration and quality of life) and economically assessed. We demonstrate that annual recreation values vary considerably between woodlands due to the range of facilities provided, activities undertaken, frequency of visits and proximity of population. Monetary estimates ranged from £6 to £8542 per person to £2581 to £70,832 per woodland. This new indicator has the potential to inform future woodland management and enable managers to consider a wider portfolio of ES.

林地提供了一系列的生态系统服务（ES），但是指标主要集中在木材等有形和可量化的“商品”上，而不是娱乐性等文化ES所带来的收益上。休闲带来的身体健康“好处”可以改善生活机会，减轻公共卫生预算的负担。尽管林地管理者认识到这些类型的文化ES很重要，但他们通常仍需要定量措施来证明其价值并证明资源分配的合理性。我们使用现场访问者调查数据，开发了林地体育锻炼收益的定量指标。对于采样的每个林地，我们计算从每个访客进行的娱乐活动中实现的能源消耗。这些值将转换为“质量调整生命年”（衡量结合了持续时间和生活质量的健康益处的度量）并进行了经济评估。我们证明，由于所提供设施的范围，所开展的活动，探访的频率和人口的接近程度，林地之间的年度娱乐价值差异很大。货币估计范围从每人6英镑到8852英镑到每个林地2581英镑到70832英镑。这一新指标具有为未来林地管理提供信息的潜力，并使管理人员可以考虑更广泛的生态系统投资组合。货币估计范围从每人6英镑到8852英镑到每个林地2581英镑到70832英镑。该新指标具有为未来林地管理提供信息的潜力，并使管理人员可以考虑更广泛的ES系列产品。货币估计范围从每人6英镑到8852英镑到每个林地2581英镑到70832英镑。这一新指标具有为未来林地管理提供信息的潜力，并使管理人员可以考虑更广泛的生态系统投资组合。