It may take more than one person contacting them, Councils tend to respond to group pressure. Email / telephone your Rights of Way Officer and get your RS to do the same. It may take months to open up! Good luck.
It may take more than one person contacting them, Councils tend to respond to group pressure. Email / telephone your Rights of Way Officer and get your RS to do the same. It may take months to open up! Good luck.
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MODS... even if you lock it, could we pretty pretty please with a cherry on top have this stickied for now?? 
Are you sure you are looking at the long green lines as I just checked my area and the footpaths look like long green dashes but they are deffinitely footpaths. Just wondered, of course it is probably just me getting easily confused.
Ahh, Thanks. Would they listen to a 16yr old though? They'd probably delete it straight away, perhaps I should walk down the lane and take pictures of the signpost directing us to the bridleway and then the 2 planks we're meant to walk our horses over to reach it and the stye
*racks brain trying to remember if she saw a stye or made it up*I looked on my area and saw loads of green routes then I realised bridleways are long green dashes and footpaths short green dashes. So no new ones for me
Are you sure you are looking at the long green lines as I just checked my area and the footpaths look like long green dashes but they are deffinitely footpaths. Just wondered, of course it is probably just me getting easily confused.
Haha
I'm almost absolutely certain there's one of those yellow signposts with a blue arrow on it pointing towards the golf course and saying bridleway! Your making me question my memory now!
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I looked on my area and saw loads of green routes then I realised bridleways are long green dashes and footpaths short green dashes. So no new ones for me
have a look again, look for byways/unclassified paths etc as you can ride on them, also you can go up foot paths but u have to dismount and lead!
Haha
If it is a bridleway, you must complain (they can't tell your age from an email
) and take photos and email those too - keep at it until you get an answer.
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jaydevon
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also worth noting peeps the bridleway website link i posted has 2 different forums, good place to ask questions about access to routes etc.
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erm erm yes! MODS pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
(in my defence please note, i dint start this thread as a hint, i discovered the link cause im in a new area and was hunting for hacks!)
erm erm yes! MODS pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
(in my defence please note, i dint start this thread as a hint, i discovered the link cause im in a new area and was hunting for hacks!)
I tried that! but with all the changes it seems to be a change too far!!! How can it be....
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jaydevon
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when u enlarge it, it actually over laps the last but you was looking at, do pick a place name, and enlarge, then say you have... bobs farm on left, (as your looking at it) enlarge and then move it east (i think)
can i just add, you can buy the full maps, whsmiths is a good place. about 6 quid.
can i just add, you can buy the full maps, whsmiths is a good place. about 6 quid.
Thanks for the link, Jaydevon. I looked at it last night and thought I'd try a new route this morning. So off we went, full of the joys of winter, down this bridleway to find tethered gypsy ponies on it! Spinning round on their tethers, there was no way we could get past. What a shame.
I looked on my area and saw loads of green routes then I realised bridleways are long green dashes and footpaths short green dashes. So no new ones for me
It all depends which scale map you are looking at.
In brief - on the 1:50000 maps footpaths are tiny red dashes; bridleways are long red dashes, Restricted Byways are red long dashes alternating with short dashes and Byways Open to All Traffic are like the Restricted Byway symbol, but with a short vertical line through the middle of each long dash. Red blobs are 'other route with public access'. This may or may not be accessible for horses; it will (usually) depend largely on what, if any, Right-of-Way status is held by any linking paths. For full details of symbols see here
On the 1:25000 maps, footpaths are tiny green dashes, bridleways are long green dashes, RBs are long green dashes like a bridleway, but with blobs on one side of each dash, the blob alternating sides from dash to dash. Byways Open to All Traffic are shown as long green dashes like the bridleway, but with a short dash through the middle of each dash. Green blobs show 'other route with public access'. For full details of symbols see here.
A few permissive bridleways and footpaths are shown on the 1:25000 map, by symbols which are the same as the green ones, but which are in brown.
Diamonds (in green for the 1:25000 scale and red for 1:50000) along the route of a path indicate that it is a named national trail or recreational route eg the South Downs Way, the Dales Way, the Bronte Trail etc.
Be aware that the right of way information on even the most recent ordnance survey maps on-line is only as up-to-date as their most recent update from council definitive maps, which will be AT LEAST several months, and often several years previous - and councils are not exactly known for their speediness in updating the definitive map.
In addition, whatever the status of the path shown on the OS map, and however accurate the map, there is no way that the map shows, or can show, any blockages, obstructions, disputes or modification orders which may be in progress.
But don't let that discourage you; get out there and explore!
If there are unexplored bridleways in your area and you want help or advice in investigating them or advice about reopening them, I'll be happy to help you if you want to PM me.
Awesome, that's brill. I can't wait to get out hacking at Crimbo! I've been looking for the way to get out onto the Mendips and now I know, although I think I'll still manage to get lost!
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