The guidance for anyone managing land for public access and recreation, including land managers, community trusts, community groups and volunteers, access and recreation teams and owners, and will also assist anyone involved in designing outdoor spaces, planning outdoor activities and creating communication materials.

It also recognises a wide diversity of uses, from a local walk or wheel, horse ride or cycle, to venturing out on a countryside trail or visiting a forest, garden or park.

The new document is designed to help make our outdoor places and spaces, routes and facilities more accessible, and outdoor experiences more inclusive, so they can be enjoyed by everyone. It updates and expands ‘Countryside for All’, which has been widely respected as a benchmark reference for improving access to the countryside across the UK since it was published in 1997.

You can download a PDF version of the guidance here.