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PNFS AT ROYAL LANCASHIRE & BAKEWELL SHOWS

This is an invitation to PNFS members who will be attending the Royal Lancashire Agricultural Show (Fri 18th, Sat 19th, Sun 20th July) or Bakewell Show (Wed 6th, Thurs 7th August) - you are most welcome to call in at our stand and have a chat.

The Royal Lancashire Show will be held at Garstang Road, Barton with access off the A6 www.rlas.co.uk. The Bakewell Show will be held at the Showground, Bakewell www.bakewellshow.org.

STOP THE 'OFF-ROADERS' IN THE PEAK DISTRICT

Derbyshire County Council (DCC) has consulted this society about the possible upgrading of a number of public bridleways in the Win Hill area of the National Park to Byways Open to All Traffic (BOAT) status. 'Off-road' users claim that these routes carry historic vehicular rights from the 'horse and cart' era and that modern users have been using the bridleways for over 20 years. The bridleways are:

Hope 32  - click here for map  (545 Kb)

Hope Woodlands 5 - on Hope 32 map

Hope Woodlands 12 - click here for map (213 Kb)

Hope Woodlands 13 - click here for map (497 Kb)

Hope Woodlands 14 - click here for map (261 Kb)

Basically these are bridleways:

From Derwent Lane by the war memorial car park at the side of Ladybower Reservoir up to Hagg Farm.

From Fulwood Stile near Hope village past Hope 'Cross' down to the A57 at Alport Bridge (known as the 'Roman Road')

From Derwent Lane via Crookhill Farm & over Bridge End Pasture to Hagg Farm.

From the A57 past Hagg Farm towards the junction with the bridleway from Crookhill Farm.

If you have suffered inconvenience from vehicles using these routes, or if you have evidence of any accidents or other incidents caused by the use of these routes by vehicles, then we want to hear from you. If we can convince Derbyshire County Council that the use of these routes poses a hazard to other users, be they walkers, cyclists or horseriders, then such evidence could help to defeat the claims. This is the case even though user evidence from the vehicle users may prove the existence of vehicular rights. Even if the claims are successful and these bridleways become BOATs, we can use the evidence of damage and nuisance to persuade the National Park or DCC to impose Traffic Regulation Orders to prohibit use by motorised vehicles.

Contact John Harker on 07929 051978 or send details via the Contact us form as soon as possible.

You can download a copy of a DEFRA report on the illegal use of mechanically-propelled vehicles (MPVs) on public rights of way and green spaces here. (2 Mb, 160 pages)

STOP THE OFF-ROAD NUISANCE CAMPAIGN - GREATER MANCHESTER

Greater Manchester Police Authority have set up a website to offer advice and a way of reporting off-road nuisance directly to them. Problems are particularly being experienced on the Rochdale moors. You can help our Peak and Northern Inspectors' efforts on this by registering complaints about off-roading here.

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