PeteE
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Reading other posts on here, it would seem that routes marked as ORPA's which may or may not have vehicular rights and the only way to confirm is to contact your local Rights of Way Officer.As I understand it, ORPA's are more properly known as Unclassified Unsealed County Roads?
So looking at some ORPA's around Glyn Cariog, I decided to google the Definitive Map for Wrexham and found the page:
WCBC: Public Rights of Way Definitive Map
The surprise to me is that they only show BOATS, Bridleways and Footpaths?
Is that to be expected? No ORPA/UUCR's?
I read somewhere else that UUCR's should appear on the local councils List of Streets, and this *usually* means there is a public vehicular right of way?
After talking to somebody from the ROW office while he was dealing with a footpath issue a couple of years back, I get the impression they are anti vehicular access on BOATS and UUCR's?
I say this because I was informed that one particular BOAT was in fact really only a bridleway and that I should not drive it..
I later confirmed this was just the individual officers biased and incorrect opinion, and that no TRO's or anything were in force..
Anybody else come across similar bias?
Regards,
Peter
So looking at some ORPA's around Glyn Cariog, I decided to google the Definitive Map for Wrexham and found the page:
WCBC: Public Rights of Way Definitive Map
The surprise to me is that they only show BOATS, Bridleways and Footpaths?
Is that to be expected? No ORPA/UUCR's?
I read somewhere else that UUCR's should appear on the local councils List of Streets, and this *usually* means there is a public vehicular right of way?
After talking to somebody from the ROW office while he was dealing with a footpath issue a couple of years back, I get the impression they are anti vehicular access on BOATS and UUCR's?
I say this because I was informed that one particular BOAT was in fact really only a bridleway and that I should not drive it..
I later confirmed this was just the individual officers biased and incorrect opinion, and that no TRO's or anything were in force..
Anybody else come across similar bias?
Regards,
Peter