Archive for June 2026
Chris Beney, accessibility champion
We are extremely sad to report that Chris Beney, our trustee and local correspondent, has died aged 93. He was active to the end. Chris was an electrical engineer who was able to retire at the age of 55. That was to the great benefit of the Bushey and District Footpaths Association, which he founded…
Read MoreWe recover common land in Cornwall
We are delighted that land in Cornwall has been registered as common. Planning inspector Daniel Young has granted the society’s application to register as common land approximately 3.8 hectares of land situated about 1.5 miles east of St Just, in the far south-west of the county. The land comprises swathes of heather and gorse and…
Read More‘Deeds, not words’
Our general secretary, Kate Ashbrook, urges the government to keep up the Labour tradition of legislation for public access in town and country. Jess Phillips, resigning on 12 May as Safeguarding Minister, summed it up well. She wrote to the Prime Minister: ‘Every Labour government in my and my family’s lifetime has forged progress that…
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