access rights

Parliament’s New Chainsaw – Petition to fight the Infrastructure Bill

28.10.2014
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Hands Off Our Forest and SoW have been asked by many, many people to create a petition to help fight the worrying Infrastructure bill. So here it is! Please do have a read, sign and share. Thank you!  Save Our Forests and Public Land, Amend or Scrap the Infrastructure Bill! ‘PARLIAMENT’S NEW CHAINSAW: The Infrastructure Bill poses […]

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Infrastructure Bill debate on Nov 5th – Join activists for day of action!

27.10.2014
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  Update from HOOF – www.facebook.com/groups/infrastructurebill We have now heard that Clause 21 of the Infrastructure Bill (re public land transfers) will be debated and voted on in the Lords on NOVEMBER 5. We don’t have long to stop this. We are calling on everyone to lobby Lords to ask them to back the amendment […]

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THE FOREST OF DEAN UNDER THREAT ONCE MORE

22.04.2013

Up to 200 acres of woodland and wildlife sites in the
Statutory Forest are to be transfered/sold to the
Forest of Dean District Council (FoDDC) by
the Forestry Commission for current and future
industrial and residential development by the FoDDC.

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Making Connections – A Photography Exhibition in the Woods

21.09.2012

Sarah Walters of Alvecote Wood and the Small Woodland Owners Group shares with SoW her breathtaking photography exhibition, held in the most beautiful gallery there is; her woodland, Alvcote Wood

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The Save Our Forests Campaign, an UPDATE

04.12.2011

… our forests and woodlands are in a more precarious position than they were in at the time of the proposed sell off… We all need to be prepared…

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Fighting for our woodland heritage

15.11.2011

Writer and access hero, Jon Bainbridge writes on access rights to woods and warns that the fight to save our woods has barely begun….

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Wild Space – Hen goes to Forest School

14.08.2011

Hen goes to Forest School and learns more than she bargained for… #NPPF #Riots

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The Ramblers response to the Forestry Panels ‘Call for Views’

07.07.2011

The Ramblers response to the Forestry Panels Call for Views. Published exclusively on SoW.

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Access all areas? by Sarah Walters

31.03.2011

Sarah Walters, Alvecote Wood, shares her thoughts on the effects of public access to her private woodland.

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Access – Don’t just take our word for it

01.02.2011

Access is a huge issue. Don’t just take our word for it. Here’s a roundup of some of the concerns being aired.

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What would a sell-off mean for public access?

31.01.2011

Nick delves into access issues if the forest sell-off occurs.

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Peak & Northern Footpath Society: Faults Database

24.01.2011

There are almost 5000 unresolved access problems in the NW of England. Many of these occur when footpaths cross privately owned land.

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DEFRA’s Mythbuster – busted

18.01.2011

DEFRA’s publication of their “mythbuster” gets busted.

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