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Re:Cities Need More Trees by helsinkiandrew on Monday July 01, 2024 @05:31AM (#40844047)
> and the general public has the right to roam on it

There's no right to freely roam in the UK unlike Finland and other countries [1], although there are public footpaths/rights of way that cross private land [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_to_roam

[2] https://www.gov.uk/right-of-way-open-access-land/use-public-...

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Re:Cities Need More Trees by riknox on Monday July 01, 2024 @07:36AM (#40844771)
That applies outside of Scotland as far as I'm aware, whereas in Scotland there is a right to roam on all land as long as you're not disturbing housing/farm activities etc.
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Re:Cities Need More Trees by helsinkiandrew on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @04:50AM (#40854742)
Good point
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