I'm in Scotland - I don't think that applies to the same extent. I should note that most of the footpaths around here were built by the farmers who own the land

I'm in Scotland - I don't think that applies to the same extent. I should note that most of the footpaths around here were built by the farmers who own the land! "While in England and Wales, highway authorities have a duty to maintain legally recognised maps of rights of way, in Scotland different legislation applies and there is no legally recognised record of rights of way." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_way#Scotland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_way#Scotland I do a lot of walking in Scotland and I've never paid any attention to whether a path is described as a "Right of Way" or not - mostly it seems of historical interest for places like the wonderful "Jock's Road": https://www.heritagepaths.co.uk/pathdetails.php?path=38 https://www.heritagepaths.co.uk/pathdetails.php?path=38