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New-look Countryside Code reminds visitors to respect rural areas of England Latest survey sought views on best practices for visiting the countryside and protecting the natural environment Summer walk in the countryside (Image: Getty Images) Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include reco...

As Natural England updates the Countryside Code - a guide for people visiting rural spaces. Ellen explains why it matters to her that people take care of the natural world

New Countryside Code launched to remind visitors to respect the rural environment Guidance published ahead of busy Easter weekend Geraldine Gardner  ); A new Countryside Code has been launched today, Thursday, April 1, to help people enjoy the outdoors and allow people of all ages and backgrounds to enjoy the health and wellbeing benefits that nature offers, while giving it the respect it deserves. The first Countryside Code booklet was published in 1951. This update - the first in over a deca...

The six unwritten rules of the countryside code that locals like me need you to know As the Countryside Code gets an update, a tourist-weary resident explains what its overlooked – including how to behave in a rural pub Sophie Tweedale has lived in the picture-perfect Cotswolds for over ten years 70 years ago the Countryside Code verged on an almost delightful, bucolic read for any daytripper heading for the hills. Entreating townies to ‘not tramples grass’ in rhyme, and other gentle pers...

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VISITORS to the outdoors are being urged to say hello to other people, stay on footpaths, and bag and bin their dog’s poo in a new-look Countryside Code. The updated version of the code, which provides advice for visitors to natural places, is being launched on the 70th anniversary of the booklet’s first publication in 1951. It is the first refresh of the Countryside Code in more than a decade, although there were some updates last summer in response to issues raised during lockdown,...

VISITORS to the outdoors are being urged to say hello to other people, stay on footpaths, and bag and bin their dog’s poo in a new-look Countryside Code. The updated version of the code, which provides advice for visitors to natural places, is being launched on the 70th anniversary of the booklet’s first publication in 1951. It is the first refresh of the Countryside Code in more than a decade, although there were some updates last summer in response to issues raised during lockdown, ...

NO DOUBT you’re planning to stretch your legs and venture out a bit further across Wales this Easter weekend – but do you know your Countryside Code? Visitors to the outdoors are being urged to say hello to other people, stay on footpaths and bag and bin their dog’s poo in a new-look Countryside Code. The updated version of the code, which provides advice for visitors to natural places, is being launched on the 70th anniversary of the booklet’s first publication in 1951. It is t...

Updated Thursday, 1st April 2021, 10:50 am Spring visitors to the countryside are being urged to keep their dogs under control as farmers brace themselves for a wave of attacks on their sheep over Easter. Leading rural insurer NFU Mutual is concerned that the Easter break could see an influx of walkers unfamiliar with the Countryside Code and unaware of how their new dogs will behave around livestock. It’s a critical time for farmers as the spring lambing period is now well underway, meaning...

A DEVASTATED farmer has described the moment he found 29 dead lambs in his field as ‘like a war zone’. Steve Gunn has urgently called on dog walkers to keep their pets on a lead after he found dozens of lambs - some only four days old - had been mauled and trampled to death. “People need to put their dogs on leads, but it’s a bit late for that advice now,” said Mr Gunn, who farms at Leighton House, Slack Head, near Milnthorpe. “You can’t imagine the fear those lambs were f...