To prevent people walking onto your property:
A) Lock your gate (if you have one)
B) Place a sign stating "Trespassers will be prosecuted" or "No
Hawkers" or "Beware of the DOG"
and if you have a pub or business "Right of Admission Reserved" at the
entrance.
BG
 coming into your property to knock at your door would be breaking the
> law. Imagine your friends and other legitimate visitors being locked
> up simply for walking up to your door!  I would imagine they start
> really committing the crime of trespassing once you have identified
> them and asked them to leave. I would imagine of course if they are
> doing anything other than ringing the bell or knocking on the door and
> waiting for an answer that they could be considered to be trespassing.
> If they have jumped a locked gate or the fence then they are even more
> likely to be up to no good and are certainly trespassing.
>
> Even then trying to get charges laid and a conviction for trespassing
> would probably be next to impossible.
>
> But as you said a sound legal explanation would be handy
>
> Trev
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