If you follow the Countryside Code wherever you go, you’ll get the best enjoyment possible and you’ll help to protect the countryside now and for future generations. (Applies in England and Wales)

You can access some land across England and Wales without having to use paths - this land is known as ‘open access land’ or ‘access land’. Explains what you can and can't do on access land.

Your rights to access lakes, rivers etc for fishing and other purposes.

Information on access to open country, public rights of way, nature conservation and areas of outstanding natural beauty.

How the law affects you if you work in and around the countryside. Includes information on shooting, hunting and angling seasons, protected species, fly tipping, and dogs in the countryside.

Explains what public rights of way are, how you can find them, and what you can do if you experience a problem using one. Includes footpaths, bridleways and byways.