Rights of Way in West Sussex

[+drdick&vick]

A helpful little map courtesy of West Sussex Council that shows all Footpaths and Bridleways, worth a look

 

West Sussex Footpaths & Bridleways map

[+hawkeye81]

A helpful little map courtesy of West Sussex Council that shows all Footpaths and Bridleways, worth a look

 

West Sussex Footpaths & Bridleways map

 

Shame they don't all appear to be highlighted correctly - stick 'Burstow' in to getamap and compare to the other map (NE of Crawley, SE of Horley) - there are a number of footpaths and bridleways not coloured.

[+drdick&vick]

It was just a link to the West Sussex Authority map as a guide, not sure how accurate it is compared to a 1:25000 OS map.

[+hawkeye81]

It was just a link to the West Sussex Authority map as a guide, not sure how accurate it is compared to a 1:25000 OS map.

 

Looks like the underlying map is an OS one for the 1:25k and 1:50k scales, just they've not got the highlighting quite right for some reason ... either that or the OS shows far more RoW than actually exist

Edited November 26, 2008 by hawkeye81

[+Wintonian]

Hampshire also have maps HCC Rights of way maps. though once you have put in your postcode for example you have to select a property and then you can zoom out to see the nice colourd lines.

 

There is also a list for each parish with the descriptions for each right of way: Definitive Statements.

[+Bear and Ragged]

It was just a link to the West Sussex Authority map as a guide, not sure how accurate it is compared to a 1:25000 OS map.

 

If it's by the County Council, it should be from the Definitive Map, and therefore more accurate than the OS map...

 

ie the Definitive Map is what the OS work from to produce the printed version!

[+keehotee]

A helpful little map courtesy of West Sussex Council that shows all Footpaths and Bridleways, worth a look

 

West Sussex Footpaths & Bridleways map

 

Shame they don't all appear to be highlighted correctly - stick 'Burstow' in to getamap and compare to the other map (NE of Crawley, SE of Horley) - there are a number of footpaths and bridleways not coloured.

 

A definitive map is a map prepared by a surveying authority which is a legal record of the public's rights of way in one of four categories (footpath, bridleway, road used as a public path or byway open to all traffic). If a way is shown on the map, then that is legal, or conclusive, evidence that the public had those rights along the way at the relevant date of the map

 

AFAIA the definitive map does not have to show permissive routes - routes across private land over which you have no "right of way" but which the landowner permits you to use. Your local surveying authority (the county council in this case) will not include permissive routes on its map as it has no legal reason to do so - and the routes are subject to change.

 

The landowner can close off or divert the path if they wish to do so, without any legal process being involved.

The landowner can make restrictions which would not normally apply to highways, for example to allow horse riding but not cycling, or the other way around.

Edited November 27, 2008 by keehotee