Rural and countryside

Services

  • Sign in to the Rural Payments service to make a rural payments claim or update your details. Find out how to register for an account.

  • Check what safety requirements and insurance are needed to use a boat on UK rivers, canals, or at sea - boat safety certificates, safety regulations and equipment, disposing of old flares

  • Register or license a boat for use on the UK's inland waterways or at sea - which authority to register with, the UK Ship Register and Small Ships Register, penalties and fines

  • Rights of way and right to roam - access rights of way, open access and permissive access land, use common lands, the Countryside Code, report problems.

  • Make changes to your digital maps and register new land.

Guidance and regulation

News and communications

Research and statistics

Policy papers and consultations

Transparency and freedom of information releases