Fedo[T] ¶@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 5 days agoRight to roam: The European freedom that’s illegal in the USAyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-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 · 5 days agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·4 days agoEngland didn’t even when part of the EU.
minus-squareAux@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days 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-up2·3 days 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-up1·3 days agoWe have public right of way, so you can definitely walk through them.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days 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-up1·2 days agoWhy would you walk over an overgrown field?
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days 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.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoI know, this is why I said England rather than UK. Not sure on Wales/NI. Either way, not really a practical option to get there.
minus-squareabbadon420@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoAnd camper vans are ruining that
England didn’t even when part of the EU.
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.
Though Scotland does!
I know, this is why I said England rather than UK. Not sure on Wales/NI. Either way, not really a practical option to get there.
And camper vans are ruining that