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ACCESS BRIEFING
“We always need thoughtful knowledgable locals to act as access reps. Attend your local BMC area meeting and have your say. Always check the Regional Access Data-base (RAD)! Download the RAD app to get access info, seasonal restrictions, parking and weather tips, and much more. Available for Android and iOS devices:
www.thebmc.co.uk/bmc-rad-app” Jon Fullwood, BMC access & conservation officer Right to Roam WHEN:
16-19 November in and around the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
The BMC recently conducted an access survey in which it posed a series of questions about the types of recreational activities members are currently undertaking outdoors and what the future of access legislation might look like.
WHY:
Bring your jacket and get down to the premier event for outdoor lovers! There’s loads on over this weekend that you don’t need a ticket for, like lectures, competitions, awards and many a freebie, you’ll be crazy to miss out. Plus take your choice from all the adventure films, frolicking and festivities made for and by eve- ryone who loves the outdoors.
We believe now is the time to be ambitious and bold and really think about how we increase access to more places, for more people, to be able to do more things; no-one should have to travel far or make a big effort to experience the enormous health and social benefits of being in nature.
4360 people took part in the survey and the results of this, alongside wider consultation across the BMC, give us the mandate to lobby for amendments to or the introduction of new legislation in Eng- land and Wales to significantly extend rights of access.
In particular, the survey showed:
• 90% of respondents would support extending the ‘right to roam’ to most land and water in England
• Woodland, watersides and grassland are those landscapes that the majority of respondents would like to see access extended to
• 84% of people would like to see wild camping included as a right under new access laws, alongside activities such as outdoor swimming, paddle sports and mountain biking
• The majority of respondents would welcome a hybrid approach to publicising new access rights – both a mapped approach (similar to the area of yellow wash on OS maps showing open access land) and a code of good behaviour (similar to the Scottish Outdoor Access Code).
Overall, those completing the survey would like to see more areas open for us to enjoy both on land and water, with many more and better-connected spaces close to where people live.
…seconds! That’s right, it only takes 5.6 seconds for Rafe Stokes to climb a wall 15m high – and that’s the new British Speed Climbing that he set in Edinburgh at the British Climbing Championships at the beginning of September.
5.588 ALL IN THE NUMBERS:
For the full survey results, and for more information, please visit:
https://hillwalking.thebmc.co.uk/extending-the-right-to-roam-backed-by-survey-results
Support the Right to Roam in Wales and write to your MS:
https://hillwalking.thebmc.co.uk/right-to-roam-in-wales
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