freedom to roam en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) The general public's right to access public or privately owned land for their own recreation or exercise.
The Forestry Commission generally operated a freedom to roam policy whereby public access was not constrained except where young trees had been planted.
1998, Andrew Light, Jonathan M. Smith, Philosophy and Geography II: The Production of Public Space, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 179:
Synonyms
right to roam · everyman's right
Translations (10)
et igaüheõigus (right to access public or privately owned land) · de Wegefreiheit (right to access public or privately owned land) · is almannaréttur (right to access public or privately owned land) · de Jedermannsrecht (right to access public or privately owned land) · no allemannsretten (right to access public or privately owned land) · gd còir air fàrsan (right to access public or privately owned land) · fr droit d'accès à la nature (right to access public or privately owned land) · fi jokamiehenoikeus (right to access public or privately owned land) · nl allemansrecht (right to access public or privately owned land) · sv allemansrätten (right to access public or privately owned land)