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Over 300 people took part in the mass trespass. Credit: Curtis James According to Landscapes of Freedom, there is only a right to roam on 8% of England under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act (CROW, 2000). Trespasser Nick Hayes, co-founder of the Right to Roam campaign, said the statistic is a “national scandal”. “We all need greater access to nature on a regular basis, for our physical and mental health – our sedentary lifestyles cost society around £8 billion every year,” he said. “That’s one reason why we’re campaigning for a greater Right to Roam over our down...

A mass trespass is due to take place on the Brighton Downs on Saturday, July 24 “Our woods, our farm fields, our streams and waterlands, and many of our lanes and tracks are forbidden to us,” he said. “And on our local downs landowners continue to exclude the public even on some sites where we now have a statutory right of access. “The land should be our common delight because our common ancestors shaped and formed it, and we collectively make and consume its products. It is our common heritage." A mass trespass is due to take place on the Brighton Downs on Saturday, July 24

Councils fighting to keep on top of rights of way maintenance Local authorities are fighting to keep on top of the maintenance needs of public rights of way alongside a backdrop of increased public expectations, council place directors have said. The Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT) has published the results of its third survey on the impact of COVID-19 on rights of way. The survey ran from mid-January until the end of February 2021 and saw 85% of respondents reporting an increase in numbers using the public rights of way network, although some...

The debate about caving on open access land designated under CRoW

Information about caves and caving that arrived after Descent went to print