In reply to Jimbo C:
> What mechanism could they use to restrict climbing on open access land. I thought that the CRoW act defined access land as open moorland and mountainside, amongst other types of land. Does a crag not fall into that description? Just curious by the way.
Schedule 1(t) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 specifically excludes any and all commercial activity.
The NT use this to ban 'commercial' groups from climbing at Cheddar Gorge.
That is in direct contrast with Section 1-3c of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 which specifically
includes any commercial conduct of an accepted recreational activity.
In short, compared to Scotland, access legislation in England and Wales (by the letter of the law) is actually fairly restrictive.