Paths Greenways Bridleways Tracks
 PG: OBJECTS: PROMOTION: Great Ashby and Stevenage Bottany Bay Lane
Stevenage Horse and Pony Route: Anti-clockwise: Turn left onto Back Lane, then Gravely 8. Clockwise: Great Ashby 19.  SHPR 
Map showing Bottany Bay Lane on the Stevenage and Great Ashby border
Annotated map reproduced courtesy of Googlemaps.		 This route runs from Back Lane (public road) generally southeastwards to Great Ashby 19 bridleway.

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!

Legal History
1983: The route is shown in Stevenage Borough Council leaflet as an on-road part of the SHPR which is stated as being open for use.
20 Jul 2000: The Borough of Stevenage (Bottany Bay Lane) (Prohibition of Driving) Order 2000 prohibits the use of this route by motor vehicles.
12 Oct 2015: Application to record as a byway. HCC reference STV/37 and NH/276.
19 Aug 2022: Shortlisted for next set of BHS direction applications.
Application Process
Path Application Certificate Direction Inv Report Order Confirmed
EC918 12 Oct 2015
STV/37, NH/276		 16 Nov 2015        
[This route is not yet recorded on the definitive map and so there is no definitive statement.]
Maintainability
This route is maintainable at the public expense because it was a highway before 1835.

© 2022-2026 Patchetts Green Bridleways Trust. File reference: EC918. HCC reference: STV/37 and NH/276.

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