Kings Walden 36 Offley 22

Paths Greenways Bridleways Tracks
PG: OBJECTS: PROMOTION: Kings Walden 36 RB and Offley 22 BW

Map showing recorded Kings Walden, Offley and Preston paths

Annotated map reproduced courtesy of Googlemaps.

This route starts from the public road at Austage End and continues generally northwestwards, becoming a bridleway at the parish boundary before continuing to the public road by Chalk Hill.

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Legal History
1938: The route is shown as Offley 22 BW (blue dots) and Kings Walden 39 BW (blue dots) on the Hertfordshire County Council ROW survey. Map Hitchin Rural West 11 (Herts 11 SE).
1 Nov 1953: Offley 22 was recorded as a bridleway on the original definitive map and statement. DM sheet DM4-30 (Herts 11 SE).
31 Dec 1977: The whole route was shown as a bridleway on the special review draft map and statement but there must have been an objection as the status remained unaltered. DM sheets SR-19 (TL12NW) and SR-20 (TL12NE).
2 May 2006: Restricted Byway rights were confirmed or created on Kings Walden 36 by virtue of ss 47 and 48 Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.
9 Nov 2017: Landowner Deposit under s.31(6) Highways Act 1980 admited Offley 22 as bridleway.
9 Nov 2017: Landowner Deposit under s.31(6) Highways Act 1980 admited Kings Walden 36 as restricted byway.

Definitive Statement (4 Dec 2015)
Path: [Kings Walden] 36. Status: Restricted Byway. Definitive Map sheet: 20
Commences from county road opposite pond at Austage End thence NW across FP27 to parish boundary at NW corner of West Wood.
Path: [Offley] 22. Status: Bridleway. Definitive Map sheets: 19 and 20
Commences from county road W of Chalk Hill thence SE to W corner of Cornelius Wood thence generally S to parish boundary at junction with Restricted Byway 36 (Kings Walden) SE of Goodley's Wood.

Maintainability
Offley 22 is maintainable at the public expense because it was a footpath or bridleway existing before 30 Apr 1959.
Kings Walden 36 is maintainable at the public expense by virtue of s.49(1) Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. [RB converted from RUPP]