United Kingdom Landowner Agreements

Click here to download a map showing the boundaries of their countryside sites.

Aberdeen City Council are supportive of geocaching in their parks and nature reserves but you must get permission first and follow their guidelines. Some sensitive sites may also require approval from Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). These are Nigg Bay SSSI and Scotstown Moor nature reserve (also an SSSI).

A list of the parks and nature reserves is on their website.

Full details including contact information is in the GAGB Landowner Database.

Aldwark, Yorkshire

Yorkshire

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The landowner has requested that no caches be placed.

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The BC&N Wildlife trust have asked that no caches are placed on their reserves. Caches submitted which are identified in such locations cannot be published.

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One geocacher (Muddypad) has permission to place caches in the Berkeley Estate. No other caches are allowed.
No caches at all are allowed within the Deer Park.

There is more information including the Estate contacts in the GAGB Landowner Database.

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No geocaching allowed on this private land.

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Caches are allowed in the council parks but you must get permission first from Blackburn and Darwen Council parks department first. Details of who to contact are in the GAGB Landowner Database.

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Caches are allowed on the estate with prior permission from the estate management. Full details in the GAGB Landowner Database.

Click here for Devon County Council Interactive Map to show boundary of Woods.

No caches to be placed in Blaxton Woods at any time at request of Joe Hess, Estate Manager, Maristow Estate.

Bolton Abbey/Chatsworth Estates,

Yorkshire

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The Agent of Bolton Abbey/Chatsworth Estates in Yorkshire (Duke of Devonshire's land) requested no caches be placed on their holdings around Barden Moor, Embsay Moor, Cracoe Fell, Barden Fell, Beamsley Moor and the Wharfe valley from Bolton Bridge almost to Burnsall (2012).

10 June 2019 - new boundaries drawn.

Click here to download the Council parks and gardens boundaries

Bournemouth Borough Council allow geocaching on their land but you need to apply for permission before placing a cache. Not all land is included. Caches cannot be placed in the following specific locations:
Horseshoe Common nature reserve and Lower Gardens. In addition to this, caches cannot be placed in any council maintained Cemetery, Rest Garden or War Memorial or any site that is fenced off for any reason.

You may view the full agreement on the Bournemouth Borough Council website - click here which includes a contact email address for the parks department to ask for permission.

Click here to download a map of the BBNPA owned land.

Click here to download a map of the entire Park boundary.

The Bannau Brycheiniog National Park (BBNPA) encourages geocaching within the Park boundaries but before placing a cache you must get permission from the landowner. The BBNPA does not own all the land within the Park boundary, the greater part of it is privately owned. The BBNPA will be able to give permission for caches on its own land but not for caches in the rest of the Park. You will need to contact the relevant landowner and apply for permission from them. The map shows the land owned by the BBNPA.

Caches within Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Nature Reserves will be dealt with on a case by case basis by the landowner. Caches on Scheduled Ancient Monuments (SAM) will not be allowed anywhere within the Park boundary irrespective of who the landowner is. The Data Map Wales map will show you these areas.

N.B. Caches are allowed within Natural Resources Wales woodlands (formerly Forestry Commission) without specific permission being applied for. Please see the NRW agreement for more details.

Hiding a cache on BBNPA land. Please contact the BBNPA on 01874 624437 or email enquiries@beacons-npa.gov.uk. Please use the following format for your email:

Subject: Geocaching Permission Request
Your name:
Your geocaching username:
Name of area where the cache is to be placed (this is shown on the map):
Coordinates and Location on OS maps (insert link from Streetmap)*:
GC number of the cache (if you have created the page)
Any other relevant information:

Hiding a cache on private land within the Park. You will need to find out who the landowner is. When you do it is suggested you provide them with the same information as shown above.

When you get confirmation from the BBNPA or landowner please copy the entire email to your cache page as a 'Reviewer Note' and submit it for review again.

All caches should comply with the Geocache Listing Requirements / Guidelines and the UK Geocaching Policies Wiki.

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British Telecom have requested that no caches are placed in or on their phone boxes.
Please note that this only applies to phone boxes (of any type) operated by British Telecom and not to any operated by other telecommunications companies such as Kingston Upon Hull Telecom, Manx Telecom, Jersey Telecom or Cable & Wireless (Guernsey). Nor does it apply to any of the old 'red' phone boxes that are out of use and may be owned and maintained as attractions by local councils or parish councils. For these normal permission would apply.

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The Brocklesby Estate have given permission for only one geocacher to place caches on their land. The estate may give permission for others to hide caches in the future but as of January 2013 this has not yet been agreed to.
Note that the estate is only open to the public from 1st April-31st August.

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Broomhall Estate Fife. Caches may be placed with permission from the estate factor - Kathleen Brewster
kb@drrural.co.uk

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This is a National Nature Reserve owned by the City of London Corporation. No caches are allowed in the woodland.

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Caches are allowed on the mountain with prior permission from CairnGorm Mountain Ltd. Full details in the GAGB Landowner Database.

MAGIC (England only)
To show sensitive locations such as SSSI's. The map does not show the canal trusts land holdings

The Trust have said there is no specific restrictions on placing caches on their land other than to ensure no damage results to towpaths or the surrounding area.
Further details about the Canal & River trust are in the GAGB Landowner database.

If the area is sensitive for other reasons such as a nature reserve, site of special scientific interest or historical/archeological then specific permission may be required. Please see the section Protected Land Area in this Wiki about such areas. The MAGIC map will help identify such areas.

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The managers of several gardens in this area of Manchester have requested no caches in the open area flower beds.

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Caches are allowed within the CMRP but will require permission from the landowners. The park ranger service will contact the landowner on behalf of the cache owner so requests for permission should go to the ranger service directly. Contact information is on the CMRP website - click here.

There are Sustrans cycle tracks through the park. These are not controlled by the the park rangers so caches on such a cycle track should have permission directly from the landowner. More information may be available on the Sustrans website - click here.

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The Borough Council are generally happy to support Geocaching but wish to be informed of the locations of geocaches before they are placed. Please contact the General Country Site Team e mail address countryside@colchester.gov.uk for permission prior to placing a geocache.

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Woodland near Goodrich in Herefordshire. The Coppett Hill Trust are keen for geocachers to use the woodland but ask they seek permission first before placing caches.
Trust website: http://www.coppett-hill.org.uk/home.html
Trust email: trustees@coppett-hill.org.uk

By agreement with the Trees and Woodlands Officer, geocaching is permitted on the following sites: Hearsall Wood, Plants Hill Wood, Pig Wood, Park Wood, Stivichall Woods, Ten Shilling Wood, Wainbody Wood North.
These sites may be accessed between 1 June and 31 January. This is in consideration of nesting birds.

Geocaching is not permitted on the following sites at any times:
Binley Little Wood, Coundon Community Wood, Kenilworth Road Spinney, Tile Hill Wood, Wainbody Wood South, Limbrick Wood, Willenhall Wood.

If you require any additional information regarding the woodlands, please contact our Trees and Woodlands Officer, Tim Rose on (024) 7683 5200.

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Natural Resources Wales closed off a large part of the Forest Drive and woodland areas for the removal of the infected Larch trees. Areas were closed from 2015. After extensive redevelopment Forest Drive re-opened in 2021.
NRW Cwn Carn Forest

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The landowner, Mr Simpson has requested that no caches are placed in this area of Spitchwick common  including Sharp Tor. His concern is the already large number of letterboxes on Dartmoor and the likely increase in damage to the land with geocaches also being placed. The Google Map overlay is drawn from map data supplied by the landowner.

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This is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and the Dartmoor National Park Authority (DNPA) have refused permission for geocaches in this location. The map area is drawn from data the DNPA supplied. This specific area therefore doesn't come under the current DNPA geocaching agreement (see that entry on this page).

The DNPA is outlined in yellow on the OS 1:50 scale maps.
Click here for an example

The Dartmoor National Park Authority are very supportive of geocaching but you must follow their guidelines when placing caches anywhere within the park boundary.

Scheduled Ancient Monuments (SAM) are legally protected areas and caches may or may not be allowed in such locations. You will need to contact a local geocacher, Dave Martin (Dartmoor Dave) who is the liaison with the DNPA and give him the coordinates so he can check with the DNPA. He will not be able to see your cache as it's not published so don't send him a link. You can email him through his profile. Dave will reply to you via email and if the location is approved please copy the text of his email as a Reviewer Note on the cache and submit it for review again. If the location is not suitable then you will need to move the cache.

You can use the MAGIC map to check locations on Dartmoor. The map has the layer for SAM’s enabled so you can see them. Details of how to use the MAGIC map are in this Wiki.

Map of reserves not available. Please see the DWT website

The Devon Wildlife trust are happy for caches to be placed on their reserves. You must apply for permission before placing a cache. Details are available on their website.
There is also an interactive application form that you can fill in with your cache application and email to the DWT.
Click here to download the form.

Click here to download the EWT reserve boundaries

Caches are allowed in the country parks but permission must be obtained first. Full details and application process in the GAGB Landowner Database.

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The Essex Wildlife trust are happy for caches to be placed on their reserves. You must apply for permission before placing a cache. An interactive application form is available which contains all the details and guidelines to follow.
Click here to download the form.

Click here to download a map of the village playing fields.

Etwall Parish Council have requested that no geocaches are placed on the council owned playing fields and village hall.

Click here to download maps of each forest region as well as find locations on an interactive map.

Forestry Commission Scotland will allow the placing of geocaches on the National Forest Estate, without the need to get permission as long as certain conditions are followed. These are explained below.

Please note that, geocaching events require written permission and will be subject to the standard recreation permission and charging process. Contact the relevant Forest District office to apply.

Due to the damage that could be caused to archaeological sites whether scheduled (SAM) or not caches will not be allowed in such locations without permission. You can check for such sites on the Ordnance Survey maps and Pastmap.