Key Contacts and Information Sources

Government & Agencies

• Defra Common Land:

• Overview

• Correcting the Registers

•  Natural England

• Rural Payments Agency

  • Common Land and the Basic Payment

• MAGIC – a great source of maps and geographic data

• Works on Common Land

• Heritage England

National Organisations with a special interest in Common Land

• Foundation for Common Land

• Open Spaces Society

  • 25 A Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BA, (01491) 573535

•  Association of Commons Registration Officers

•  National Trust

  • Heelis, Kemble Drive, Swindon SN2 2NA
    Tel: 01793 817400
    Email: enquiries@nationaltrust.org.uk

•  Moorland Association: Membership organisation for grouse moor owners in England and Wales

Regional and Local Organisations

• Dartmoor Commoners’ Council

  • 6 Lockyer Mews, Paddons Row, Tavistock, Devon, PL19 0HF

    Tel: 01822 618892

• Federation of Cumbria Commoners

• New Forest Verderers

  • The Queen’s House, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, SO43 7NH

    Tel: 023 8028 2052 

• Commoners Defence Association

• Malvern Hills Trust

Legislation

• Commons Act 2006

• Commons Registration Act 1965

Key Guidance

• A Common Purpose (2012) A guide to Community Engagement for those contemplating management on Common Land