Nearly 7m people in UK identify as naturists or nudists, survey suggests

British Naturism said the online survey, which had almost 2,500 respondents, was likely to give the most accurate picture ever of naturism in the UK. Photograph: British Naturism

Temperatures may be falling – and there is now a nip in the air – but enthusiasm for getting naked is rising at an unprecedented rate in the UK.

The biggest survey ever into naturism has found 14% of people now describe themselves as naturists or nudists: an estimated 6.75 million – or one in seven people.