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We call on health secretary to make public access a reality

December 28, 2025

We were delighted to learn that the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting, enjoys walking.  Consequently, we have called on him to expedite the promised green paper on access to nature. Wes Streeting told The Observer (21 December) that he enjoys ‘the occasional solitary walk’ which allows him to ‘“decompress” from…

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We slate government for lack of action on public access

July 11, 2023

‘The Open Spaces Society is often critical of the government’s approach to open access opportunities.’  So said our chairman, Phil Wadey, in his keynote speech our AGM on 6 July. He continued: ‘Back in January, the government announced an environmental improvement plan for England which aspired to having every household no more than “a 15-minutes’…

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