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Rights of way are legally protected, but are not necessarily public property. Footpaths and bridleways often cross privately owned land, especially in rural are
by Reason077 6y ago
Rights of way are legally protected, but are not necessarily public property. Footpaths and bridleways often cross privately owned land, especially in rural areas.
- ascorbic 6y agoThe UK foreshore is owned by the Crown, except for some cases where it has been sold off. These are the minority though. If anyone else owns this it's likely to be the Ministry of Defence.
- robin_reala 6y agoMy last house came with two separate titles: one for the house and grounds, and one for just the footpath that lead up to and past it. I had literal nightmares when selling it that one the day of exchange the buyer would refuse to take the footpath title, leading to me being in a different country but legally having to maintain the passability of a footpath back in the UK.