News is starting to filter out around the importance of having safe and accessible rights of way across South Wales.

#Cerdded #Wales #Cymru #DeCymru #Diogel #RightsOfWay #Footpath #LlwybrTroed #Newyddion

https://oggybloggyogwr.com/2025/04/best-foot-forward/

Is there a reason why (English) Forestry plantations don't have to keep footpaths/bridleways clear? eg Harwood or Kidland in Northumberland.

Often a footpath/bridleway will be completely impassable due to thick forestry, is this something to report to the council or is it permitted?

I know they often have forestry tracks nearby, but not always, not where you want to go, and not in Open Access land so not clear that it's permitted

Footpath Fury! Locals clash over blocked coastal path between Winterton and Hemsby, with public inquiry set to decide its fate. By Owen Sennitt

#RightsOfWay

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/battle-of-the-dunes-rumbles-on-for-10-years/

'There will be many #footpaths simply lost'

August 19, 2024
Emily Unia & Miguel Roca-Terry

"Thousands of miles of footpaths could be lost due to a massive backlog in local councils dealing with applications, campaigners say.

"The government has set a deadline of 2031 for all rights of way in England to be added to an official map.

"But data gathered by the BBC suggests nearly 8,000 requests to get public paths and bridleways added to the map have not been processed – and some date back to the 1980s.

"The government said processing applications was the responsibility of local authorities."

[...]

"'We’ve got tens of thousands of miles of public rights of way that are not recorded or protected across #England and #Wales.'

"'If we have a deadline then there will be many paths that are simply lost.'"

Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1k3719g0p4o

A very damp walk today surveying rights of way across St Mary Hill in Vale of Glamorgan. Blocked routes aplenty and damaged stiles all reported. These under walked routes will completely disappear over the next few years - use them or lose them. #ValeOfGlamorgan #RightsOfWay #Cerdded #Wales #Cymru

I lost the battle to the light whilst surveying rights of way across the Vale of Glamorgan. It made for a interesting end to the walk trying to guess where the stiles were. #RightsOfWay #StMaryHill #ValeOfGlamorgan #Cerdded #Cymru #Wales

First rights of way survey of the year across the murky St Mary Hill in Vale of Glamorgan. Most routes in fantastic condition with the exception of a few historical routes that lead nowhere. #RightsOfWay #ValeOfGlamorgan.#StMaryHill #Wales #Cymru #Cerdded #Walking #AccessLand #GreenSpaces #OpenSpaces