"Right to Roam: England's Public Land Conundrum Takes Center Stage in New Documentary. England's stark landscape is often shrouded in mystery, with the public allowed access to a mere 8% of the country's land. A new documentary, 'Our Land,' sheds light on the growing movement to change this status quo, inspired by Scotland's more permissive approach to public access. As momentum builds for the 'right to roam' in England, the film aims to spark an informed conversation about the balance between individual freedom and land ownership, and whether it's time for a shift in the nation's relationship with its natural spaces."
Documentary makers seek to start ‘informed conversation’ in country where public is allowed on just 8% of landAnger and momentum are building for Scottish style rights of access to mountains, meadows, rivers and woodlands in England where the public is allowed on just 8% of land, a new documentary suggests.Our Land, a film whose title is a nod to the protest song by Woody Guthrie, explores the rise of the right to roam movement in England. Continue reading...