Everyone has the right to be on most land and inland water providing they act responsibly. Your access rights and responsibilities are explained fully in the Scottish Outdoor Access Code.

Whether you're in the outdoors or managing the outdoors, the key things are to:

• take responsibility for your own actions
• respect the interests of other people
• care for the environment

For further information click on the left hand menu and for advice relevant to your individual needs click on the appropriate button above.

The Code....Coming to a TV screen near you!

The Scottish Outdoor Access Code will again be promoted through television advertising, between 23rd July - 16th August 2009. Click here to view the advert.

The Scottish Outdoors Code....goes Outdoors!

We're taking our 'Don't Mess with Nature' campaign outdoors and onto the radio. The campaign, targeted towards 18-30 year olds who tend to camp at festivals or at rivers/lochsides, will commence w/c 27th July for 2-3 weeks in the Glasgow area. The outdoor adverts feature the ‘Don’t Mess with Nature’ characters on Phone Boxes and Bus Shelters. Listen here to the radio advert featuring the characters who sound exasperated at the lack of respect shown by the group of young campers.

If you want to use the Scottish Outdoor Access Code brand on any promotional material such as flyers, posters, information boards or merchandise, you'll be pleased to know you can now access this online. Various sizes, layouts, and colour schemes can be downloaded and you can also read guidance on how to write positively about access in Scotland. It couldn't be easier!

Scotland's outdoors is a great place for dogs however those that aren't under control can be a real concern to land managers and visitors to the countryside. Our new promotional material 'Your dog doesn't know any better. Make sure you do' features three dog characters 'Loopy', 'Dotty' and 'Daftie' and can be downloaded here.

If you work with young people our two educational Activity Guides can help you raise awareness and understanding of the Scottish Outdoor Access Code amongst 8-14 year olds. Let us help you get the message across using fun and thought provoking activities.