Fedo[T] ¶@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 3 days agoRight to roam: The European freedom that’s illegal in the USAyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1307arrow-down110
arrow-up1297arrow-down1external-linkRight to roam: The European freedom that’s illegal in the USAyoutu.beFedo[T] ¶@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareAux@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoEngland has limited right to roam plus public right of way. This effectively means that most land is accessible one way or another.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours agoThe vast majority of land isn’t open access though. Most woodlands and fields are privately owned and you are not allowed to walk through them.
minus-squareAux@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours agoWe have public right of way, so you can definitely walk through them.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoOnly if there is a public footpath through it. Otherwise you are trespassing if you don’t have the land owners permission
minus-squareAux@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoWhy would you walk over an overgrown field?
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-212 hours agoYou would typically walk around the edge of it, but you don’t have permission to do that either and we don’t have the right to roam here. Also not all land is agricultural fields, pasture and woodland for example.
England has limited right to roam plus public right of way. This effectively means that most land is accessible one way or another.
The vast majority of land isn’t open access though. Most woodlands and fields are privately owned and you are not allowed to walk through them.
We have public right of way, so you can definitely walk through them.
Only if there is a public footpath through it. Otherwise you are trespassing if you don’t have the land owners permission
Why would you walk over an overgrown field?
You would typically walk around the edge of it, but you don’t have permission to do that either and we don’t have the right to roam here. Also not all land is agricultural fields, pasture and woodland for example.