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After 32 years detecting I should know the answer to this but to be perfectly honest I don't.

While looking at the ADS website for local historic areas I found a reference to a road side Fair site that was still holding fairs in the 18th century, the "fair field" is now a car park for a private care home, so obviously that is a no go, but between the fence to the home and the road there is about a 10 to 20 meter gap that is thinly wooded with old large trees.
The care home said it's not theirs, so any idea if this type of land (bordering a road) belongs to the highways authority or another branch the local council?

I have had dealing with the council before as far as permission is concerned and failed but was told unofficially had I just detected and made sure I left a very clean and tidy site I would probably of been able to detect without anyone being any the wiser. So if it is the council I'll just have a go until I get asked to stop.

Any ideas gladly received.

Ill look into it now, but heres the Land Regitry website, but they charge £4 per search
https://www.landregistry.gov.uk/wps/portal/Property_Search (https://www.landregistry.gov.uk/wps/portal/Property_Search)

Thanks Simon if you get any results, you'll definitely go to the top of my Christmas card list. I do use the land registry but on this occasion it isn't listed on there. the fields on either side of the road are but there is a wide area on both sides of the road which are basically overgrown and left untouched.

sounds like council land to me geoff just get on there mate and if someone do stop you i would say is it not waste land  ::)

is it maintained by anyone geoff?...like mowing the grass etc.....if so try the council...it could well be the highways authority......i'd just give it a go..... ;)....byron