Nick Hayes


Nick Hayes is a British writer, illustrator, and campaigner for land access. He has written a number of graphic novels and a non-fiction book, The Book of Trespass.

Life and work

Hayes grew up in Upper Basildon, Berkshire. He attended Abingdon School from 1995 to 2000.
He works as an illustrator. In 2004 he was a founding editor of Meat Magazine.
In August 2020, Hayes and Guy Shrubsole launched a campaign on freedom to roam in England, called Right to Roam. In July 2021 he and Shrubsole collaborated with Landscapes of Freedom and David Bangs to organise a mass trespass on the Sussex Downs to raise awareness of the failings of the 2000 CROW act, which Shrubsole claims still only gives the public access to 8% of land and 3% of rivers in England.

Publications

Graphic novels