Ordnance Survey BOAT with concrete blocks & gates at either end!

fishsponge · Nov 14, 2011

I've found a BOAT near my workplace... visit Ordnance Survey Leisure getamap, sign in as "Guest", at the top-left click "Leisure" and search for "TL464636".

I thought this might be worth a try at lunchtime, so I stuck it into Google Maps... here is the southern entrance:

Google Maps
(LOOK TO THE LEFT OF THE TRAVELLERS SITE ENTRANCE - IT LOOKS LIKE A FOOTPATH, BUT HAS GREEN BOLLARDS BLOCKING ENTRANCE TO VEHICLES)

Half way along it intersects with "Butt Lane". Going here and looking south we see:

Google Maps
(LOOK TO THE LEFT OF THE SURFACED ROAD - AT THE CLOSED GATE IN THE BUSHES)

If we turn around from this point and look north we get this:

Google Maps
(LOOK TO THE RIGHT OF THE UNBLOCKED ENTRANCE. THERE MAY BE A WAY THROUGH HERE, BUT I WOULD BE TRESPASSING ON SOMEBODY'S LAND ON MY WAY IN.)

Finally, the other end of this BOAT is at Punch Farm/Oldfield Farm:

Google Maps
(AT THIS POINT THERE IS AN OPEN GATE, BUT A "NO VEHICLES" SIGN!)

So... the question is... what has happened to this supposed "Byway Open to All Traffic"?!?

Does this happen a lot?

Big Stu 12 · Nov 14, 2011

First Question..... is it on the Definative map at the council as a Byway open to all Trafic..... or is there a restriction... think the subject has been covered on Landyzone a fair few times.........

juste cause its on an OS map it does not mean you have the Right Of Way... or the fact that its on Trail wise.....

fishsponge · Nov 14, 2011

ah, ok... never been to trail wise... and now i understand that a BOAT isn't necessarily a Right of Way, it all makes sense.

As for the council maps, I have no idea, of course... and probably not worth finding out unless I can get together a load of other lanes to check at the same time!

Thanks for increasing my knowledge a little bit further!

Big Stu 12 · Nov 14, 2011

the Definitive map is really the only way of finding out if your not a club member, the other place you can find out is your local Club Right of way Officer, or GLASS's area rep.

Also there are a few lanes ie single track roads that are marked on a map but even they dont give you a right of way.

Big Stu 12 · Nov 14, 2011

By the way , if there are No TRO's and you do have the right of way the obstructions to the Lane, BOAT can be reported to the council and they should remove it.....

fishsponge · Nov 15, 2011

ok... thanks for the info!

I drove down a lane yesterday near cambridge... well, on ordnance survey it was a BOAT and in google maps, my road atlas and my TomTom it was a normal road. If I asked TomTom to get me from near one end to near the other end, it took me down that route. Most of it is like a farm track, but 100 yards or so is muddy and rutted.

There are also "NO TIPPING" signs at various points along the route, so is it a fairly safe assumption that this route is open, or do "roads" like this even need checking?

Big Stu 12 · Nov 16, 2011

fishsponge said:
ok... thanks for the info!

I drove down a lane yesterday near cambridge... well, on ordnance survey it was a BOAT and in google maps, my road atlas and my TomTom it was a normal road. If I asked TomTom to get me from near one end to near the other end, it took me down that route. Most of it is like a farm track, but 100 yards or so is muddy and rutted.

There are also "NO TIPPING" signs at various points along the route, so is it a fairly safe assumption that this route is open, or do "roads" like this even need checking?

If your not sure you should check........ its that simple...:doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh::doh:

clarkie · Nov 17, 2011

fishsponge said:
I've found a BOAT near my workplace... visit Ordnance Survey Leisure getamap, sign in as "Guest", at the top-left click "Leisure" and search for "TL464636".

I thought this might be worth a try at lunchtime, so I stuck it into Google Maps... here is the southern entrance:

Google Maps
(LOOK TO THE LEFT OF THE TRAVELLERS SITE ENTRANCE - IT LOOKS LIKE A FOOTPATH, BUT HAS GREEN BOLLARDS BLOCKING ENTRANCE TO VEHICLES)

The travellers site bit might be a clue as to why its been blocked :doh:

Ordnance Survey BOAT with concrete blocks & gates at either end!

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