Barkway 5 Reed 9

Paths Greenways Bridleways Tracks
PG: OBJECTS: PROMOTION: Reed 9 and Barkway 5

Annotated map reproduced courtesy of Googlemaps.	This route starts as Reed 9 bridleway from Reed 20 bridleway and continues generally eastwards to a junction with Reed 24 bridleway then to the parish boundary. It continues as Barkway 5 bridleway, turning generally southwards to Church Lane (public road). We need a volunteer to photograph this 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!
As part of the British Horse Society's work to record paths before Path Extinguishment Day, it was spotted that there was no recorded path between Reed 9 BW and Reed 10 BOAT. The historical evidence showed a continuous route, so an application was made in 2013 to record the gap. The County Council decided that the link path was a bridleway and an order was made in 2016 to record the additional path and the width of Barkway 5 bridleway. The landowner objected and the order was determined by an Inspector, who confirmed the order in 2017.

Legal History
1 Nov 1953: Reed 9 and Barkway 5 were recorded as a bridleway on the original definitive map and statement. DM sheet DM4-23.
23 Mar 2013: Application to record Barkway 5 as a restricted byway. HCC ref. NH/248.
16 Feb 2016: The Hertfordshire County Council (Barkway 5, 27 and Reed 24) Modification Order 2016 (confirmed 8 Mar 2017) recorded a width for Barkway 5 but retained its status as bridleway. Definitive Statement (4 Dec 2015)
Path: [Reed] 9. Status: Bridleway. Definitive Map sheet: 8
Commences from FP20 S of moat thence E along S edge of plantation thence S and SE along edge of stream and across same to SW corner of Bush Wood. Thence E along southern edge of same thence N to join BR5 (Barkway) at parish boundary.
Path: [Barkway] 5. Status: Bridleway. Definitive Map sheet: 8
Commences from end of county road opposite allotment gardens thence NW to junction with FP4 thence W along southern edge of Rokey Wood to parish boundary opposite Bush Wood.