This content summarises publicly available manifesto statements. Paddle Cymru does not endorse any political party or policy position.

What do the manifestos say?

Plaid Cymru

• Refers directly to access to nature, including rivers and coasts, as part of wellbeing, health and planning policy.
• Describes land and water environments as shared assets for communities.
• Includes commitments to improve water quality, addressing sewage and agricultural pollution and supporting catchment‑based management.

Welsh Labour

• Focuses primarily on environmental improvement rather than explicitly on public access to nature or blue spaces.
• Sets out measures to improve water quality, including action on sewage discharges, agricultural pollution, regulation and enforcement.

Wales Green Party

• Explicitly frames rivers, seas and coasts as commons, with emphasis on safe public access.
• Includes detailed proposals on water quality, including ending sewage pollution, restoring rivers and wetlands, and introducing legally binding targets.

Welsh Liberal Democrats

• Refer to protecting and improving access to local green and blue spaces, highlighting community wellbeing and recreation.
• Commit to tackling water pollution, strengthening enforcement and improving transparency around water quality.

Welsh Conservatives

• Do not set out specific proposals relating to access to nature or blue spaces.
• Refer to water and environmental issues mainly in the context of regulation and farming policy, with limited detail on measures to improve water quality.

Reform UK (Wales)

• Do not reference access to nature or blue spaces in their manifesto.
• Do not include specific proposals aimed at improving water quality or tackling waterway pollution.