Annotated map reproduced courtesy of Googlemaps.	This route starts as a roadway from Stocks Road (public road) and heads generally southeastwards, becmoing Aldbury 2 bridleway and continuing southwestwards to the Monument Clearing. We need a volunteer to photograph the bridleway (blue route) for this year's Access and Riding Rights of Way Survey. It's easy - just take photographs (safely) when you use the path. Find out more! At the time of the 2016 Access Survey (7 Jul 2016), no gates were across the roadway (orange route) and there were no signs to inicate the public nature of this part of route. A bridlegate was at the start of the bridleway section.
View from Stocks Road Photo: Phil Wadey, 7 Jul 2016	Continuing southwestwards Photo: Phil Wadey, 7 Jul 2016	Continuing southwestwards Photo: Phil Wadey, 7 Jul 2016	Continuing southwestwards Photo: Phil Wadey, 7 Jul 2016	Start of bridleway section Photo: Phil Wadey, 7 Jul 2016
As part of the British Horse Society's work to record paths before Path Extinguishment Day, it was spotted that the road leading from Stocks Road to the bridleway (mentioned as a county road in the definitive statement and shown in orange in the plan above) was no longer on the county council's List of Streets. Accordingly an application was made to ensure that the rights on this section are not lost in 2031.

Legal History 20 Jun 1953: Aldbury 29 was recorded as a bridleway on the original definitive map and statement. DM sheet DM3-11 (SP91SE). 31 Dec 1977: Aldbury 29 was shown as a bridleway on the special review draft map and statement. DM sheet SR-52 (SP91SE). 2 Mar 2015: Application to record the (no longer recorded) county road as restricted byway. HCC reference DAC/145. Application Process Path Application Certificate Direction Inv Report Order Confirmed EC1000 2 Mar 2015 DAC/145 7 Jul 2016

Definitive Statement (4 Dec 2015) Path: [Aldbury] 29.  Status: Bridleway.  Definitive Map sheet: 52 Commences at Monument Clearing NW of Aldbury Common thence NW across BR 28 to junction with county road from Stocks Road. Maintainability Aldbury 14 is maintainable at the public expense because it was a footpath or bridleway existing before 30 Apr 1959.

© 2024 Patchetts Green Bridleways Trust. File reference: EC769. HCC reference: DAC/145.