In the UK this principle applies even to private land in most cases. Not people’s back gardens, but if you own a large amount of land, they’ll almost always be

In the UK this principle applies even to private land in most cases. Not people’s back gardens, but if you own a large amount of land, they’ll almost always be public rights of way through it. And even where there’s not, you’ll usually be alright crossing it so long as you’re not making a nuisance of yourself. The idea that so much land is privately owned and shut off to everyone else seems downright dystopian to me. https://www.gov.uk/right-of-way-open-access-land/use-your-right-to-roam https://www.gov.uk/right-of-way-open-access-land/use-your-ri...