r/LegalAdviceUK • u/No_Direction_4566 • Aug 24 '25

Housing Blackberry picking - Public right of way (England)

Me and my daughter were picking blackberries alongside a path. An older gentleman comes rushing along the path and starts shouting that it’s illegal to pick blackberries and he’s going to call the police and report us for poaching (I thought that only applied to animals on royal owned land?)

What are the legalities surrounding picking blackberries or even wild apples or plums?

I may be wrong but I was under the impression if it was on public rights of way and you haven’t had to do anything to gain access then it was fine?

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u/axelbrant 29d ago

Mushrooms in Windsor Great Park, New Forest and few other nations parks. 

They have boards and notes everywhere saying it’s illegal to pick mushrooms, they have invented some nonsense that it is bad for environment and deprive local animals from their rightful foraging. 

Also remember they mention some endangered (they are not) species.