Countryside

Visiting and living in the countryside, rights of way and managing protected areas

Visiting the countryside

• Rights of way and accessing land
• The Countryside Code
• King Charles III England Coast Path: improving public access to the coast
• National Nature Reserves in England
• Social clubs: get an exemption to camp without a licence
• Visit national parks, nature reserves and green spaces

Protecting the countryside

• Public rights of way: landowner responsibilities
• Find protected areas of countryside
• Countryside hedgerow protection: removing hedgerows
• Local nature reserves: setting up and management
• Appeal against a right of way decision
• Appeal against a hedgerow notice

Common land and village greens

• Common land and village greens
• Carrying out works on common land
• Managing common land
• Town and village greens: how to register
• Common land and town or village greens: access your property by vehicle
• Common land and town or village greens: how a claim of ownership can affect the land