Annotated map reproduced courtesy of Googlemaps.

The route runs from Woodcock Hill (public road) generally northeast to a juntion with Hatfield 47 bridleway then northwest to Hammonds 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!

As part of the Patchetts Green Bridleways Trust’s and the British Horse Society’s work to record paths before Path Extinguishment Day, it was spotted that a short section (220m) of Sandridge 1 was shown as bridleway on the definitive map, while the rest of the route was shown as a restricted byway. The historical evidence showed a continuous route as an old road, so an application was made in 2015 to record the gap as a restricted byway. The County Council agreed with the application and an order to change the BW section to RB was made in 2016 and confirmed as an unopposed order. This is a good example of ‘perfectly obvious paths’ that would have been extinguished by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 had an application not been made in time.

Legal History 1938: The northern end of the route is shown as a Sandridge 1 GL (green dots) on the Hertfordshire County Council ROW survey. Map St Albans Rural 6 (Herts 28 SW) and St Albans Riral 11. 20 Jun 1953: The route was recorded as part bridleway, part CRF (Carriage Road used as a Footpath) on the original definitive map and statement. DM sheet DM3-15. 31 Dec 1977: The route was shown as a bridleway on the special review draft map and statement. DM sheet SR-56. 2 May 2006: Restricted Byway rights were confirmed or created on most of this path by virtue of ss 47 and 48 Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. 19 Sep 2015: Application to upgrade the BW section to RB. HCC reference STA/148. 30 Sep 2016: The Hertfordshire County Council (Sandridge 1) Modification Order 2016 (confirmed 13 Jan 2017) upgraded the BW section to RB.

Definitive Statement (6 Sep 2016) Path: [Sandridge] 1.  Status: Restricted Byway.  Definitive Map sheet: 56 Commences from Woodcock Hill (public highway) opposite Fairfold's Farm running generally NNW then NNE following the W boundary of Hill Wood and Hammond's Wood then turning ESE to the parish boundary then running generally N along the parish boundary for 22m to the junction with Hatfield Bridleway 47 at TL 1915 1009 then generally NW to a junction with FP 17 and Hammonds Lane (public highway). Width: Varies between 4m and 14m between TL 1915 1078 and TL 1915 1099 and includes the Hatfield moiety of the route as shown in the Hertfordshire County Council (Sandridge 1) Modification Order 2016. Limitations: None between TL 1915 1078 and TL 1915 1099. Maintainability This route is maintainable at the public expense because it was a highway before 1835.

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