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The laws around activities such as hunting, shooting, fishing, rambling, walking, and climbing.

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Navigation law and access to water

Your rights to access lakes, rivers etc for fishing and other purposes.

https://naturenet.net/law/rivers.html
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Guns and weapons

Explains the law about using guns (including airguns) for sport. Also covers age restrictions and shooting seasons.

https://naturenet.net/law/guns.html
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Shooting, hunting, and angling seasons

The seasons when you cannot hunt particular animals or catch certain breeds of fish.

https://naturenet.net/law/seasons.htm
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The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000

Information on access to open country, public rights of way, nature conservation and areas of outstanding natural beauty.

https://naturenet.net/law/crow.html
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Paths and access

Provides links to detailed advice on rights of way and access issues to give you all the information you need for walking and rambling across England, Wales and Scotland.

http://www.ramblers.org.uk/advice/paths-and-access.aspx
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Commons

The Open Spaces Society campaigns to protect common land and public rights of way. Includes an overview of what common land and village greens are, how to find out if land is common land and what rights the public have on common land.

https://www.oss.org.uk/what-do-we-fight-for/commons/
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