The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CROW) creates new rights of access to certain areas of land defined as Mountain, Moor, Heath or Downland, and to registered Common Land. The Countryside Agency was given the task of preparing maps of this Access Land for the whole of England. Allerdale is part of the Agency's "Upper North West" Area where Provisional Maps were published in 2003. These maps have been through a process of objection and appeal and the Agency are due to publish their final maps for this area and bring in the new rights of access in May 2005.

The Provisional Maps can be viewed at Allerdale House or on the Agency's website, and the following links are available:

www.countrysideaccess.gov.uk gives up to date information on the new rights of access and the maps published so far can be viewed.

www.openaccess.gov.uk includes information for land owners and managers.

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