Gap to KW 27

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PG: OBJECTS: PROMOTION: Kings Walden Roadway to FP 27

Annotated map reproduced courtesy of Googlemaps.	This route starts form the public road leading to Stopsley Holes Farm, and continues generally northeastwards to end at the juntcion of Kings Walden 27 and 35 footpaths. We need a volunteer to photograph this route for the Access and Riding Rights of Way Survey. It's easy - just take photographs (safely) when you walk the path. Find out more!
As part of the Ramblers' Don't Lose Your Way (DLYW) project to record paths before Path Extinguishment Day, it was spotted that the County Council's gazetteer showed a gap between the recorded public road at the start of Kings Walden 27 footpath. previously this gap had been considered to be a part of the public road and so hadn't been recorded on the definitive map. As the historical evidence showed a continuous route and to ensure connectivity, an application was made in 2023 to record the gap.

Legal History
1938: The route is shown as an unclassified road on the Hertfordshire County Council ROW survey. Map Hitchin Rural West 11.
1 Nov 1953: The route was not recorded on the original definitive map and statement. DM sheet DM4-30 (Herts 11 SE).
31 Dec 1977: The route was not shown on the special review draft map and statement. DM sheet SR-28 (TL12SE).
23 Aug 2023: Application to record gap as byway. HCC reference NH/350.
Definitive Statement (4 Dec 2015)
Adjoining Path: [Kings Walden] 27. Recorded Status: Footpath. Definitive Map sheet: 20
Commences from end of county road at Stopsley - Holes thence NE across Restricted Byway 36 to parish boundary at SE corner of West Wood to join FP7 and BR11 (Preston).
Adjoining Path: [Kings Walden] 35. Recorded Status: Footpath. Definitive Map sheet: 28
Commences from a point on footpath 29 grid ref TL1603 2471 then north westerly to the end of the county road and FP27 at Stopsley Holes.
Width: 2m between Grid Ref TL1603 2471 and TL1595 2478 and unspecified width elsewhere