Campaigners call for right to roam on edges of private farmland in England and Wales

Polling suggests seven of out 10 adults think people should be allowed to walk along the edges of privately owned fields, as longs as they are respectful. Photograph: Anthony Kay/Alamy

Give people the right to walk around the edges of privately owned fields, say campaigners seeking to open up more paths in the countryside in England and Wales.

Slow Ways, a group advocating for more access to the countryside, said people in rural areas often have to walk on roads that do not have pavements, which can be extremely dangerous.