Achievements
The Countryside and Rights of Way Act, granting the freedom to roam in the open countryside in England and Wales, was passed in 2000. The Ramblers was at the forefront of those campaigning for a consistent scheme of access to the whole coast of England and Wales (under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009).
A campaign in the summer of 2003 was conducted "to work for safer road crossing points for users of public rights of way" in order to make the authorities and the public at large aware of the attendant dangers of crossing some extremely busy roads while walking.
Long-distance footpaths, some of them ancient, have been maintained in conjunction with local authorities, and their use has been encouraged and promoted by the charity. It is in this way that walking on the Pennine Way, the Pilgrims' Way, the Saxon Shore Way, Offa's Dyke, The Ridgeway and many others, as well as innumerable shorter paths, has become very popular over the years. Gloucestershire-area members of the Ramblers were also responsible for devising (in 1953) and promoting the line of the Cotswold Way.
Along with the Long Distance Walkers Association, the Ramblers is recognised by Sport England as the governing body for "Rambling" in England.
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