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This route runs from Kimpton Road (public road) to Tanyard 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!

This route had been ridden for many years, but the equestrian rights were brought into question when a sign appeared on the route saying, 'No Horses', in 2000. As a result BHS volunteers collected user statements to show that the route had been used as of right for many years. An application to record the route as a bridleway was made. The landowner offered a permissive bridleway, but the evidence was strong. The County Council agreed with the application. An order was made in 2006 and confirmed unopposed.

Legal History 1938: The route is shown as Codicote 35 BW bridleway (blue dots) on the Hertfordshire County Council ROW survey. Map: Hitchin Rural West 18 (Herts 20 SW). 1 Nov 1953: Recorded as a footpath on the original definitive map and statement. DM sheet DM4-42. 12 Jul 2000: Application to record Codicote 38 as a bridleway. 13 Jan 2006: The Hertfordshire County Council (Codicote 38) Modification Order 2006 (confirmed 20 Mar 2006) recorded the route as a bridleway. Application Process Path Application Certificate Direction Inv Report Order Confirmed EC186 12 Jun 2000 9 Apr 2012 Not Needed 10 Jun 2005 13 Jan 2006 20 Mar 2006

Definitive Statement (4 Dec 2015) Path: [Codicote] 38.  Status: Bridleway.  Definitive Map sheet: 42 Commencing from Kimpton Road at TL 1979 1843 and continues generally southwest along the parish boundary to TL 1952 1789, then turning in a generally southerly direction to a junction with Tanyard Lane at TL 1954 1755. Width: Minimum 4 metres. Limitations: None. Maintainability This route is maintainable at the public expense because it was a footpath or bridleway existing before 30 Apr 1959.

© 2025 Patchetts Green Bridleways Trust. File reference: EC186.