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Buntingford 3 bridleway runs from the public road next to St Bartholomew's Church to Buntingford 4 bridleway. We need a volunteer to photograph this route for the 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 Buntingford 3's legal record did not explicitly state that it met the recorded public road to the west. The historical evidence showed a continuous route, so an application was made in 2021 to record the gap. The gap is a good example of 'perfectly obvious paths' that would be extinguished by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 if an application had not been made in time.

Legal History 2 Feb 1953: Buntingford 3 was recorded as a bridleway on the original definitive map and statement. DM sheet DM1-10 (Herts 14 NW). 11 Jan 2021: Application made to upgrade to restricted byway and confirm the junction with the public road to the west. Application Process Path Application Certificate Direction Inv Report Order Confirmed EC1135 11 Jan 2021 EH/501 8 Mar 2021

Definitive Statement (4 Dec 2015) Path: [Buntingford] 3.  Status: Bridleway.  Definitive Map sheet: 15 Commences from S of Layston Church then E for a few yards to junction with BR4. Maintainability This route 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: EC1135. HCC reference: EH/501.