Our latest article on The Crow's Nest explores the happy revival of an endangered bird -- and why it might just challenge how we think about access and conservation. By @jon-moses.bsky.social substack.com/@righttoroam...

No, Public Access Didn't Send A Rare Bird to the Brink.

But it might have helped bring them back.

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Great work here; ‘many designated long-distance walking trails are named after rivers they cannot follow’ including the Test Way that begins where I live, ‘a 44-mile (71km) walk named after the chalk stream [that] does not follow the river itself.’

Right to Roam@righttoroam.bsky.social · 2w ago

‼️Breaking: Almost three-quarters of English riverbanks have no right of access. Our new investigation has found that 71% of riverbanks in England have no right of access on either bank. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I spoke to the BBC about @righttoroam.bsky.social and the legacy of the Kinder Mass Trespass. "We're trying to propose a more positive idea of what it means to belong, which is about having the right to connect to that land, but then also to care for it, to act as an environmental guardian" 🔓🥾🌳

Retracing the defiant walk that changed Britain

Seventy-five years after the Peak District became Britain's first national park, visitors can retrace the mass trespass that helped open the countryside to everyone.

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‼️Breaking: Almost three-quarters of English riverbanks have no right of access. Our new investigation has found that 71% of riverbanks in England have no right of access on either bank. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

REVEALED: Almost three-quarters of riverbanks in England have no public access - new analysis by @righttoroam.bsky.social @lewis-winks.bsky.social As heatwaves get worse we need a right to responsibly access rivers @angelaeagle1.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Almost 75% of England’s riverbanks ‘off limits’ to public, figures show

Campaigners urge government to introduce right of access to water, particularly as heatwaves become more common

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Oi, av yew got a loicense for that there paddleboard? 🚨👮‍♂️ That'll be £1000 please and thank you @righttoroam.bsky.social

Our @righttoroam.bsky.social - Suyin Haynes reviews #OurLand, a timely documentary examining who owns England’s countryside, who gets to access it, and how campaigners are challenging centuries-old systems of exclusion in pursuit of a more equitable relationship with land. #Film #RightToRoam #Land

Our right to roam

Suyin Haynes reviews {cite}Our Land (2025){/cite} by Orban Wallace (director) a new film about land access in the English countryside

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'Why #Manchesterism is a politics of land. Andy Burnham's 'place first' philosophy opens up questions of land ownership and access' via @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @righttoroam.bsky.social #AndyBurnham #UKPolitics

Why Manchesterism is a politics of land

Andy Burnham's 'place first' philosophy opens up questions of land ownership & access

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‘“Manchesterism is the end of neoliberalism,” Burnham has declared in one of his campaign videos. If this is to be so, a reckoning is needed not only with neoliberalism’s privatisation of public services, but also of land itself.’ righttoroam.substack.com/p/why-manche...

Why Manchesterism is a politics of land

Andy Burnham's 'place first' philosophy opens up questions of land ownership & access

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In this new piece, Right to Roam co-founder @guyshrubsole.bsky.social reflects on the relationship between 'Manchesterism' and the politics of the land. For more like this, subscribe to The Crow's Nest: a blog from the Right to Roam campaign with regular writing on access, nature and land justice.

Guy Shrubsole@guyshrubsole.bsky.social · last mo.

Why Manchesterism is a politics of land: new blog by me Andy Burnham's 'place first' philosophy opens up questions of land ownership & access - from his support for public ownership & land value tax, to Manchester's history of pioneering the right to roam: righttoroam.substack.com/p/why-manche...

Why Manchesterism is a politics of land: new blog by me Andy Burnham's 'place first' philosophy opens up questions of land ownership & access - from his support for public ownership & land value tax, to Manchester's history of pioneering the right to roam: righttoroam.substack.com/p/why-manche...

Why Manchesterism is a politics of land

Andy Burnham's 'place first' philosophy opens up questions of land ownership & access

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This is good righttoroam.substack.com/p/why-manche...

Why Manchesterism is a politics of land

Andy Burnham's 'place first' philosophy opens up questions of land ownership & access

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A measured and sensible response from Jon Moses to those who object to ‘Scottish style’ responsible access south of the border.

Right to Roam@righttoroam.bsky.social · last mo.

Should the access movement be less political? Is it all about paths instead of wider rights? In our first substack, co-director @jon-moses.bsky.social responds to comments from the author and geographer, Nicholas Crane, about the right to roam campaign. righttoroam.substack.com/p/should-the...

This is a really interesting read. When I interviewed Nicholas Crane at the Hay Festival, he said he prefers a ‘right to routes’ over a ‘right to roam’. Here @jon-moses.bsky.social dissects that argument…

Right to Roam@righttoroam.bsky.social · last mo.

Should the access movement be less political? Is it all about paths instead of wider rights? In our first substack, co-director @jon-moses.bsky.social responds to comments from the author and geographer, Nicholas Crane, about the right to roam campaign. righttoroam.substack.com/p/should-the...

"access reform has different elements. Good reform will address all of them together, and ensure they’re complementary."

Right to Roam@righttoroam.bsky.social · last mo.

Should the access movement be less political? Is it all about paths instead of wider rights? In our first substack, co-director @jon-moses.bsky.social responds to comments from the author and geographer, Nicholas Crane, about the right to roam campaign. righttoroam.substack.com/p/should-the...

I joined Tony Hawks for his new Radio 4 series, exploring the link between access and play for @righttoroam.bsky.social . We discussed how patterns of ownership, rights and restrictions interact to present barriers in England today. Give it a listen! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Tony Hawks Just Wants to Play - Off Limits - BBC Sounds

From walks on the moor to games in a park, Tony looks at how access and play are linked.

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Should the access movement be less political? Is it all about paths instead of wider rights? In our first substack, co-director @jon-moses.bsky.social responds to comments from the author and geographer, Nicholas Crane, about the right to roam campaign. righttoroam.substack.com/p/should-the...

Should the access movement be less political?

a response to common criticisms of the right to roam campaign

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A tale of two heatwaves... 🏊‍♀️Spain: ensure everyone has access to cool water by heavily discounting municipal lidos; ⛔England: shut off all access to the reservoir in case the public consider swimming! @righttoroam.bsky.social

My first @righttoroam.bsky.social substack post. A response to comments from eminent author and geographer, Nicholas Crane, about the right to roam. And my thoughts on the ‘bingo card’ objections we hear time and again in the campaign. righttoroam.substack.com/p/should-the...

Should the access movement be less political?

a response to common criticisms of the right to roam campaign

righttoroam.substack.com

A new exhibition on Right to Roam @righttoroam.bsky.social opened at @northyorkmoors.org.uk Danby Lodge today. Freely explore the history of public access to the countryside and find common ground among artists' responses. 🖼️ No Owner of Mountains by Izzie May izzie-may-illustration.sumupstore.com

The Right to Roam print shop is live! Buy exclusive prints from our founder and artist, Nick Hayes, and help support the campaign to unlock the countryside for all. righttoroam.org.uk/shop

Who gets to roam the countryside? Who gets to care for it? New exhibition about @righttoroam.bsky.social at Danby Lodge Visitor Centre @northyorkmoors.org.uk 📅 20 June - 26 July www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/things-to-do...

My lovely friend Mary Colwell has fought for a Natural History GCSE, supported by many, including Caroline. For it to be proper natural history, we need lots of naturalists to give their opinions on the proposed framework. Please consider visiting the public consultation www.gov.uk/government/c...

GCSE natural history proposed subject content

We are seeking views on the proposed subject content for a new GCSE in natural history.

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Caroline Lucas@carolinelucas.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Good news! Ministers have finally given green light to new #NaturalHistory GCSE. We’ve campaigned so long for this! Big hats off to tireless advocate Mary Colwell 🙌 Now our young people will have a chance to get to know & love the natural world, to feel awe & wonder, & gain skills to protect it 🌷🌳🦡

☝️ Shot. 👇 Chaser. Compliments to @righttoroam.bsky.social and all for #OurLand, fantastic watch, particularly after a privileged day connecting with nature (though not the privilege of certain characters in the film, natch).

'Our Land features some of the most beautiful English vistas imaginable. Enjoy them on screen if you can, because you’re unlikely to visit them in person any time soon: vast swaths of the English countryside are fenced off by their owners, whereas in Scotland, freedom to roam is a public right.'

Our Land — a stunning documentary about the ever more inaccessible English countryside

The film, featuring Right to Roam activists and landowners alike, is a study of capital, class and exclusion

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As an immigrant, one of the most confusing things about the UK is how swimming outdoors is treated as an extreme, taboo, inherently dangerous act. I understand the water temperature is generally lower in the summer than where I come from, but that alone doesn’t explain it.

"wild swimming ... causes issues with private ownership" is genuinely a sentence written by the national park authority for Kinder Scout, the locus classicus of public access protest in England

Right to Roam@righttoroam.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It would be nice if, on a hot sunny day, the @peakdistrict.bsky.social, spent its time advising how swimming can be done safely without impacting wildlife, rather than acting like the most normal thing in the world is a dangerous act of criminality. #RightToSwim

It would be nice if, on a hot sunny day, the @peakdistrict.bsky.social, spent its time advising how swimming can be done safely without impacting wildlife, rather than acting like the most normal thing in the world is a dangerous act of criminality. #RightToSwim

It’s been quite the week for alternative rural voices. #RadicalRural gathering @themerl.bsky.social, the wonderful @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social Festival at Elmley, Our Land film & Q&A @righttoroam.bsky.social & finally seeing threeacresandacow.co.uk which is just revolutionary & BRILLIANT!

Our Land documentary @righttoroam.bsky.social @cornexchangenew.bsky.social with Q&A is sold out! @hollyastle.bsky.social @stevemasters.bsky.social & I’ll be there at 6pm. Tix still available for Wednesday morning.