[wood_spirit]

Crikey, I”d hardly sell the UK as good with land access! The UK is pretty awful in comparison to the nearby Nordics. Sweden, for example, has a right to roam in nature which makes the constant antagonism between footpath walkers and landowners that are a mainstay of the English countryside seem so petty.

[giobox]

Depends of course upon which UK legal system we are discussing... The right to roam provided in Scotland under Scots law is often cited as one of the best examples of the concept. The UK is more than just England etc.

[ericmay]

I'll tell you what, the Nordics themselves are pretty awful when compared with the Outback or American southwest. You can just roam wherever you want, no questions asked!

[bdamm]

Try roaming through Area 51. Or White Sands.

[ericmay]

I've heard it's great this time of year. Lots of cool stuff to look at.

[bdamm]

Roaming on either of these will lead to you being arrested.

[ericmay]

You can just avoid those areas and roam on not government property. There's tons of it out there and nobody cares.

[yencabulator]

Nordics let you roam on private property.

[ericmay]

Our national park system in the US is larger than the entire country of Sweden and Denmark and Iceland (or close enough) - depending on how it's defined maybe throw Norway in there too. I don't need to walk through someone's private property to see all this great stuff.

Maybe the Nordics should set aside more public land and catch up to the United States?

[bdamm]

I don't want to roam in Yosemite. I want to roam starting from my house.

[ericmay]

I don't want people roaming through my yard and stepping on my plants and stuff or god forbid they bring their stinky dogs and their urine and feces so I have a fence put up to keep them out.

[wood_spirit]

Sweden has the right to roam on privately owned nature property but it is trumped by exceptions for crops and the right to privacy at home. So it’s not ok - and not done - to walk in peoples yards etc. The rules are well taught at schools and well explained for tourists and it just works nicely.