“…This view of the law was confirmed by the Supreme Court in R (Lewis) v Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council (No 2) [2010] UKSC 11, [2010] 2 AC 70. However, those enlarged recreational rights must be exercised in accordance with the principle of “give and take”: Lord Walker at [48]; Lord H…”
“… New Windsor Corporation v Mellor [1976] Ch. 380, Oxfordshire County Council and R. (on the application of Lewis) v Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council (No.2) [2010] UKSC 11. In New Windsor Corporation v Mellor, “[while] the land had long been in the ownership of the local council and its predecessors, it was not acquired and held …”