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On the lane to Crockham Hill the walk passes the lovely garden at Close Farm (Walk 4)

THE COUNTRY CODE

Respect other people:

 consider the local community and other people enjoying the outdoors

 leave gates and property as you find them and follow paths unless wider access is available

Protect the natural environment:

 leave no trace of your visit and take your litter home

 keep dogs under effective control

Enjoy the outdoors:

 plan ahead and be prepared

 follow advice and local signs

It was Octavia Hill, that indomitable Victorian champion of the countryside and co-founder of the National Trust, whose prescient words sum up the spirit of the Country Code:

Let the grass growing for hay be respected, let the primrose roots be left in their loveliness in the hedges, the birds unmolested and the gates shut. If those who frequented country places would consider those who live there, they would better deserve, and more often retain, the rights and privileges they enjoy.

THE WALKS

Leaving Ridley the way cuts across fields (Walk 26)