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Access More of Your Countryside

It's nearly 10 years since the Ramblers successfully achieved its ambition to open up large areas of the countryside for walkers to enjoy. Under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act (CRoW) 2000 the public has a right to walk on 'access land' i.e. mapped areas of mountain, moor, heath, down and registered common land in England. Maps showing access land will soon be reviewed and we would like to find out what you think could be improved.

Access land provides significant public benefits, including more opportunities for recreation, better public understanding of the countryside, and greater income for rural areas through increased tourism. However the Ramblers believes that more access should have been granted, particularly in lowland areas. The Ramblers is also aware that the management of access land could be improved in some areas. For example, there are some isolated islands of access land which still can not legally be reached on foot.

Please answer the following questions, or as many/few that apply, to let us know what you think about access land.

(1) Is there access land near you? If so do you use it? To check whether land is access land, go to the Natural England website: http://tinyurl.com/yfmbknq

(2) Are there any areas of open, uncultivated countryside near you which have not been mapped as access land, but you feel should have?

(3) Do you know of any examples of positive management of access land? For example, good information provision or signage.

(4) Do you know of any areas where the management of access could be improved? For example the need for gates, information or links to reach access land.

(5) Has access land benefitted local businesses or the wider local community? Please provide examples if possible.

Finally, please provide us with a few details about yourself. We will not pass them onto anyone else.

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