open country

Land defined in the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (the CROW Act) as wholly or predominantly mountain, moor, heath or down. The CROW Act gave the public free access to open country (access land), with some restrictions (see excepted land).



This definition is abridged from A – Z of tree terms: A companion to British arboriculture.
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