Editing Freedom to roam (section)

=====Northern Ireland=====
Access rights in Northern Ireland have been described as being "the most regressive and restrictive access legislation in Europe. Most of the routes used to reach{{nbsp}}[...] mountains, hills, seashores, rivers and national monuments pass over private land. In almost all cases, the walker has no right to be there."<ref name="walkingandhikingireland.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.walkingandhikingireland.com/242/ |title=Ireland.... Right to Roam? |date=7 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327081024/http://www.walkingandhikingireland.com/242/ |archive-date=27 March 2017 |access-date=26 March 2017}}</ref> The [[Access to the Countryside (Northern Ireland) Order 1983]] gave some rights, but access is generally modelled on the restrictive 1949 English/Welsh law. The absence of a tradition of access, political influence of landowners and problems of governance have been blamed for the lack of freedom to roam.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Simpson |first=Mark |title=A critical analysis of access to the countryside in Northern Ireland |date=September 2011 |url=https://www.academia.edu/2963335|url-access=registration}}</ref>