freedom to roam

English

Noun

freedom to roam (uncountable)

1. The general public's right to access public or privately owned land for their own recreation or exercise.

   Synonyms: everyman's right, right to roam

   • 1998, Andrew Light, Jonathan M. Smith, Philosophy and Geography II: The Production of Public Space, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 179:

     The Forestry Commission generally operated a freedom to roam policy whereby public access was not constrained except where young trees had been planted.

Translations

right to access public or privately owned land

• Dutch: allemansrecht
• Estonian: igaüheõigus
• Finnish: jokamiehenoikeus
• French: droit d’accès à la nature
• German: Jedermannsrecht (de), Wegefreiheit f
• Norwegian: allemannsretten
• Swedish: allemansrätten (sv)

Further reading

• freedom to roam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia