Access to the countryside

Guidance and services

• Get access to the countryside
• Countryside access and rights of way appeals
• Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000: guidance for local authorities
• Rights of way: guidance
• Wales Coast Path
• Dedicating land for access purposes: guidance
• Dedicating land for access purposes: form A
• Apply to register a dedication as a local land charge: form B
• New National Park Designation Project
• Sustainable Landscapes, Sustainable Places - Landscape Fund: grants allocated
• Sustainable Landscapes, Sustainable Places - Access Fund: grants allocated
• Access Improvement Grant 2021 to 2022: infographic
• National park authorities: term of government remit letter

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• Wales Coast Path: 10th anniversary review
  Report
• Access Reform Programme
  Policy and strategy
• The Health Protection (Coronavirus: Closure of Leisure Businesses, Footpaths and Access Land) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (revoked)
  Legislation
• Access to inland waterways: our intentions
  Policy and strategy
• Priorities for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and National Parks 2018 (valued and resilient)
  Policy and strategy
• Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and National Parks 2017: report
  Report
• Review of Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and National Parks 2015
  Report
• The Countryside Access (Local Access Forums) (Wales) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020
  Legislation
• Analysis Report: Reform 3B Integrated planning of public access in Wales
  Report
  Access Reform Advisory Group
• Sections 147 and 147ZA of the Highways Act 1980: statutory guidance
  Legislation
• Behavioural Insights commissioned workshops with stakeholders: dogs and livestock worrying
  Report
  Access Reform Advisory Group
• Behavioural Insights commissioned literature review: dogs and livestock worrying
  Report
  Access Reform Advisory Group