Annotated map reproduced courtesy of Googlemaps.

This route runs along the Icknield Way, from the county boundary, though junctions with Hexton 1 and Lilley 16 bridleways, to Hexton Road (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!

Legal History 1837: Hexton 8 was shown on the Hexton tithe map as part of parcel 196, a road owned by the surveyor of highways and not subject to an apportionment. 1938: The route is shown as a green lane on the Hertfordshire County Council ROW survey. Map Hitchin West 6 (Herts 9 NW). 1 Nov 1953: The route was recorded as CRB (Carriage Road used as a Bridleway) on the original definitive statement. DM sheet DM4-27 (Herts 9 NW). 31 Dec 1977: The route was shown as a byway on the special review draft map and statement. DM sheet SR-19 (TL12NW). Sheet SR-18 was not produced.

Definitive Statement (4 Dec 2015) Path: [Hexton] 8.  Status: BOAT.  Definitive Map sheets: 18, 19 Commences from BR18 (Beds) at the county boundary thence NE along the Icknield Way to its junction with county road NW of Floodhole Plantation (scheduled also as BOAT 23 Lilley). Path: [Lilley] 23.  Status: BOAT.  Definitive Map sheets: 18, 19 Commences from BR18 (Beds) at county boundary thence NE along Icknield Way to its junction with county road NW of Floodhole Plantation (Scheduled also as BOAT 8 Hexton). Maintainability This route is maintainable at the public expense because it was a highway before 1835.

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