Open Access

Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000

Access Land Mapping

The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 created new rights to walk on 'access land' - generally mountain, moor, heath and down registered common land.

These areas have been identified on maps so that everyone knows where to walk.

The west (Area 7), covers Shropshire, part of Staffordshire (excluding that part within the Peak District National Park), part of Derbyshire (excluding that part within the Peak District National Park), Herefordshire, Worcestershire, West Midlands, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Gloucestershire (excluding south Gloucestershire), Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire.

Visit http://www.openaccess.gov.uk/S4/html/regional/7/r7.htm to see this map.

Find out more about the mapping process and its effect on you contact Natural England:

Tel: 0845 600 3078

Write to: Enquiries, Natural England. Northminster House, Peterborough
PE1 1UA

Section 15 Maps

Natural England have now published full maps and accompanying details of all land recorded on their central dataset of Section 15 land. This is land falling within one or more of the categories set out in Section 15 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CROW), which relate to pre-CROW open access rights over land.

For more information, please visit:

http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/enjoying/places/openaccess/section15.aspx

Staffordshire County Council accepts no responsibility for the content of external websites.

Last Modified: 10/08/2010 15:03:29
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