Land access rows: explored
Get off my land!! This article points out
Travellers living on a picturesque stretch of the Welsh coastline have objected to plans to open a path next to their campsite, citing an invasion of privacy. Travellers living in the Rover Way site are furious about ‘strangers’ walking along the path that skirts their 21 pitch site. Here are some other objections made to public access paths.
• A school in Plymouth wants to close a historic public right of way to protect children and staff from “violence, arsonists and suspected paedophiles” that they say blights the public access areas next to the school.They claim the anti-social beahavior in the surrounding area means it’s difficult to keep pupils safe. Rambling groups, however, have opposed the objections “on the grounds of principle”, and are fighting to preserve the right of way.
• A dispute broke out when Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson re-routed a stretch of the coastal footpath around his Lighthouse Cottages holiday home in the Lagness peninsula in the Isle of Man.Clarkson said he put up a barrier around his home to increase his family’s privacy, but there has been an ongoing right-of-way dispute with locals. Some residents condemned it as resembling a Stalag – a German prisoner of war camp. Walkers formed an action group Prowl – Public Rights of Way Langness – to fight to reverse his action.