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The Countryside Code Respect and protect wildlife, plants, trees and other people. All life we know depends on each other for survival; enjoy your place in nature and think about your effect on other life. Plan ahead to be safe and prepared. Find out the weather forecast and pack what you might need for your trip; water, map, mobile phone, first aid kit etc... Guard against any risk of fire. Every summer unnecessary fires devastate life in affected areas. Take extra care to ensure cigarettes, matches and fires are completely extinguished. And do not leave glass where the sun will catch it. Take your litter home. Leave the countryside as you found it. Litter including bags, fishing line etc is not only unsightly, it can injure and kill wildlife, and unbalance delicate ecosystems. Leave property as you find it. Leave gates as you find them. Stick to paths on farmland and if you find an obstruction walk around it generally sticking to the edge of fields. Crops are valuable and fences costly to repair. Find out where you have the right to roam. Keep dogs under proper control. The friendly household pet can be a killer in the countryside. Did you know that every year thousands of sheep are killed either directly, by disease or by worry caused by dogs not kept under appropriate control? Keep natural water and ecosystems clean. As well as being water supplies for local people, streams are the home of much life. Do not pollute them with litter or waste. Other points that often come up include such things as washing hands. If you wash then make sure you are using products that will not damage the environment, or dispose of such waste elsewhere. Ecover and many other companies make a number of such products that are biodegradeable and cause minimal impact on the environment. The ecosystems of streams, rivers and environmentally sensitive areas are very delicate. For more information on camping etc please visit the 'Lifestyle' pages here. The Countryside Code for Land Owners Know your rights, responsibilities and liabilities Make it easy for visitors to act responsibly Identify possible threats to visitor's safety Web links The Countryside Code for Public, Land Managers, and Educational Resources at Countryside Access. The Countryside Code at The Countryside Agency. Advice for Farmers & Land Owners. The Countryside Code at The Ramblers' Association.		Warning: fopen(http://xml-eu.amazon.com/onca/xml3?locale=uk&dev-t=1NYGSN2NKCQ316GG4G82&f=xml&KeywordSearch=british+countryside&mode=books&page=1&t=remedia-21&type=lite) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 410 Gone in /content/StartupHostPlus/w/i/withnature.co.uk/web/country/countryside_code.php on line 203 Can't open socket for xml.amazon.com.