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In fact each county maintains its own 'definitive map' of public rights of way. That's how they're protected. This is mine https://explorer.geowessex.com/?laye

In fact each county maintains its own 'definitive map' of public rights of way. That's how they're protected. This is mine https://explorer.geowessex.com/?layers=48&basemap=26 https://explorer.geowessex.com/?layers=48&basemap=26 Definitive maps https://www.ramblers.org.uk/advice/paths-in-england-and-wales/definitive-maps-explained.aspx https://www.ramblers.org.uk/advice/paths-in-england-and-wale...

chrisseaton 6y ago
But look at how you get footpaths to be legally protected, and how you get them protected again after they're been forgotten, and how to protect new ones - using evidence from reputable archive sources like Ordnance Survey - that's how they argue these cases. You're showing me the result - I'm telling you how that gets achieved in practice. You can read more about it here from a relevant group https://www.ramblers.org.uk/-/media/Resources/Volunteer%20resources/Protecting%20and%20expanding%20where%20we%20walk%20toolkit/lostways_20150311110454.ashx?la=en&hash=BC516FDB5FA99B32271DEF392719481F https://www.ramblers.org.uk/-/media/Resources/Volunteer%20re...
- arethuza 6y ago
  Is there any chance that England and Wales will get the same "Right to Roam" as in Scotland?
  - rossng 6y ago
    Given that the government is currently busy trying to make trespass a criminal offence, I wouldn't bet on it any time soon.
dazzawazza 6y ago
For those who don't know, the Rambler Association has been fighting for new and ancient foot paths and "rights to roam" for 90 years in the UK. England in particular has a long and complex history of land being gifted by royalty and clergy to sycophants leading to the rest of us being screwed over for literally a thousand years! Green and pleasant land indeed!
- adwww 6y ago
  I don't disagree, and the opaqueness of land ownership here is a real problem. That said, England does have a fantastically extensive network of public footpaths. It's really something you don't appreciate until you go somewhere without such a network.

chrisseaton 6y ago

But look at how you get footpaths to be legally protected, and how you get them protected again after they're been forgotten, and how to protect new ones - using evidence from reputable archive sources like Ordnance Survey - that's how they argue these cases. You're showing me the result - I'm telling you how that gets achieved in practice. You can read more about it here from a relevant group https://www.ramblers.org.uk/-/media/Resources/Volunteer%20resources/Protecting%20and%20expanding%20where%20we%20walk%20toolkit/lostways_20150311110454.ashx?la=en&hash=BC516FDB5FA99B32271DEF392719481F https://www.ramblers.org.uk/-/media/Resources/Volunteer%20re...

arethuza 6y ago
Is there any chance that England and Wales will get the same "Right to Roam" as in Scotland?
- rossng 6y ago
  Given that the government is currently busy trying to make trespass a criminal offence, I wouldn't bet on it any time soon.

dazzawazza 6y ago

For those who don't know, the Rambler Association has been fighting for new and ancient foot paths and "rights to roam" for 90 years in the UK. England in particular has a long and complex history of land being gifted by royalty and clergy to sycophants leading to the rest of us being screwed over for literally a thousand years! Green and pleasant land indeed!

adwww 6y ago
I don't disagree, and the opaqueness of land ownership here is a real problem. That said, England does have a fantastically extensive network of public footpaths. It's really something you don't appreciate until you go somewhere without such a network.