Cairngorms estate goes back on sale after criticism of ‘green laird’ owner
Campaigners say sudden sale suggests Abrdn’s use of Scottish countryside was ‘get-rich-quick scheme’
June 2024
Countryside access curbs in England ‘cost six times’ Scotland’s right to roam
Exclusive: Data shows implementing English countryside legislation cost £69m over five years
May 2024
Labour must beware the pitfalls of its new towns policy
Country diary
Country diary: Ribbons, rituals and common rights – this pageant is now 575 years old
March 2024
Land ownership in rural Scotland more concentrated despite reforms, study finds
Exclusive: Half of all privately owned rural land held by 433 people and companies, according to campaigner Andy Wightman
Much of England’s ‘national landscapes’ out of bounds, say campaigners
Right to Roam finds areas of outstanding natural beauty have on average poorer footpath access than rest of England
Scottish lairds may be forced to break up estates during land sales
Bill proposes dividing large estates into smaller lots to spread land ownership and boost rural populations
February 2024
‘Community capital’: ownerless Scottish properties to be offered to local schemes
Plan for picnic stop in Muirkirk and similar projects contrast with land system in rest of UK, where state or crown keep assets
The right to roam … but you have to trespass to get there. England’s countryside rules are truly absurd
Simon Jenkins
It is a scandal that 2,500 beauty spots are designated as places to walk and enjoy, but no one can legally reach them except the landowners, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
Mass trespass on Dartmoor to highlight England’s ‘piecemeal’ right to roam laws
Campaigners say system often entails trespassing on private land to reach free-to-roam areas and call for Scotland-style rules
January 2024
Let’s give the Viennese housing model a whirl
Letter: Much of the land in Vienna is held under public ownership or by cooperatives, reducing the inflationary pressures of speculators, Geoffrey Payne writes
Destroying paper wills is guaranteeing problems down the line
Letters: Mistakes and disputes will be inevitable if scanned digital copies are used instead, writes former judge Roger Bartlett.Plus letters from Andy Clarke and Dr Keith Flett
The community buyout projects leading Scotland’s self-help revolution
From play parks and community centres to film sets, Scottish communities are using government buyout powers to revitalise derelict properties
December 2023
The ‘right to roam’ in Scotland comes with responsibilities
This is how our 21st-century peasants’ revolt took on the royals over rewilding – and won
Joel Scott-Halkes
November 2023
Building houses on Britain’s vast, exclusive golf courses makes sense for everyone – even golfers
Phineas Harper
Time to expand public access to woodland
September 2023
‘Leisure land’: Cotswolds meadow locals campaign against sell-off plan
Community around Juniper Hill Field wants to stop wildflower-rich land being divided into small plots
August 2023
Reforesting Scotland doesn’t need multimillionaires, say campaigners
The Guardian view on wild camping at Dartmoor: immersion in beauty is legal after all
