Annotated map reproduced courtesy of Googlemaps.

There are riding tracks set out for horse riders round the edge of Chipperfield Common, as shown on the plan. We have photographs from the 2021 Access and Riding Rights of Way Survey to add. Find out more!

Legal History 4 Apr 1939: The Hemel Hempstead Rural District Council made a scheme of management for Chippenham Common. It was confirmed by the Minister on 24 May 1939. Paragraph 9(l) enables the council to make byelaws 'For prohibiting any person without lawful authority from driving exercising or breaking in horses on this common or any part thereof and for regulating the riding of horses on the common.' (See Appendix 2 to the Management Plan.) 24 Oct 1950: The Hemel Hempstead Rural District Council passed byelaws (confirmed by the Secretary of State on 11 Jan 1951). Byelaw 10 provides, "A person shall not without lawful authority drive, exercise or break in or except on existing public bridle paths, ride any horse on any part of the Common." (See Appendix 3 to the Management Plan.) Feb 2013: A Management Plan for the period 2013-2017 was published by Dacorum Borough Council. This sets out a designated riding route, on Map 3.

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