Highway authorities

In the area of Northern England covered by the Peak and Northern Footpath Society, Highway Authorities within certain Councils have responsibility for managing public rights of way in each of their areas.  You can find contact details for each of the authorities by following the links shown, which will take you to the Public Rights of Way page contained in each authorities website:

For High Authority on-line mapping sites for rights of way (where known) click here

Cheshire

Derbyshire

Greater Manchester

Lancashire

Merseyside

South Yorkshire

Staffordshire

West Yorkshire

Cheshire

Halton Borough Council (Unitary Authority)

www2.halton.gov.uk/content/transportandstreets/publicrightsofway/?a=5441

Warrington Borough Council (Unitary Authority)
http://www.warrington.gov.uk/Environmentandplanning/Countryside/PROWUsers.aspx

Cheshire County Council
www.cheshire.gov.uk/countryside/ 

The County Council also covers the following local council areas:

Chester City Council
Congleton Borough Council
Crewe & Nantwich Borough Council
Ellesmere Port & Neston Borough Council
Macclesfield Borough Council
Vale Royal Borough Council

Derbyshire

Derby City Council (Unitary Authority)
www.derby.gov.uk/TransportStreets/PublicRightsWay/?qsNavSetting=max

Derbyshire County Council
www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/countryside/Access_recreation/rights_of_way/

The County Council also covers the following local council areas:

Amber Valley Borough Council
Bolsover District Council
Chesterfield Borough Council
Derbyshire Dales District Council
Erewash Borough Council
High Peak Borough Council
North East Derbyshire District Council
South Derbyshire District Council

Greater Manchester 

Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
http://www.bolton.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=367,135194&_dad=portal92&_schema=PORTAL92

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
www.bury.gov.uk/TransportAndStreets/PublicRightsOfWay/default

Manchester City Council
http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=1568

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
www.oldham.gov.uk/az_of_services/cs-public-footpaths.htm

Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

http://www.rochdale.gov.uk/transport_and_streets/walking_and_cycling/rights_of_way_-_information_an.aspx

Salford City Council
www.salford.gov.uk/rightsofway

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

http://www.stockport.gov.uk/content/transportstreets/greentravel/walking/publicrightsofway/

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
www.tameside.gov.uk/tmbc8/traffic/rightsofway.htm

Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
www.trafford.gov.uk/atoz/eform.asp?FormID=59

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

http://www.wigan.gov.uk/Services/GettingAbout/PublicRightsOfWay/PROW.htm

Lancashire

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council (Unitary Authority)
www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=nav.287

Blackpool Council (Unitary Authority)
http://www.blackpool.gov.uk/ (home page - no specific PROW page)

Lancashire County Council
www.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/atoz/a_to_z/dirServices.asp?u_
id=849&strKeyword=rights%20of%20way

The County Council also covers the following local council areas:

Burnley Borough Council
Chorley Borough Council
Fylde Borough Council
Hyndburn Borough Council
Lancaster City Council
Pendle Borough Council
Ribble Valley Borough Council
Preston City Council
Rossendale Metropolitan Borough Council
South Ribble Borough Council
West Lancashire District Council
Wyre Borough Council

Merseyside

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
www.knowsley.gov.uk/transport/public_rights_of_way/

Liverpool City Council
www.liverpool.gov.uk/Transport_and_streets/Public_rights_of_way/index.asp

St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/category.do?parent=100011&itemid=200102

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
http://www.sefton.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=3048

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
http://www.wirral.gov.uk/LGCL/100011/200102/613/content_0000549.html

South Yorkshire

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

http://www.barnsley.gov.uk/bguk/Development/Countryside/Countryside_Recreation_and_Public_Rights_of_Way

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
www.doncaster.gov.uk/prow

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
www.rotherham.gov.uk/graphics/Environment/streetpride/Public+Rights+Of+Way/

Sheffield City Council
http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/roads-and-transport/cycling-and-walking-and-prow/prow

Staffordshire

Stoke-on-Trent City Council (Unitary Authority)
www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/transport-and-streets-/public-rights-of-way/

Staffordshire County Council
www.staffordshire.gov.uk/environment/e-land/RightsofWay/

The County Council also covers the following local council areas:

Cannock Chase Council
East Staffordshire Borough Council
Lichfield City Council
Lichfield District Council
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
South Staffordshire District Council
Stafford Borough Council
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
Tamworth Borough Council

West Yorkshire

Bradford Metropolitan District Council
www.bradford.gov.uk/transport_and_infrastructure/roads_and_highways/rights_of_way.htm

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council

http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/transport/rights-of-way/index.html

Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
www.kirklees.gov.uk/answers/rightsofway/public-right.shtml

Leeds City Council
http://www.leeds.gov.uk/Transport_and_streets/Walking_and_cycling/Rights_of_way__information_and_advice.aspx

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
www.wakefield.gov.uk/CultureAndLeisure/ParksAndNatureConservation/Footpaths/default.htm

 

On-line Mapping Sites for Rights of Way

Cheshire County Council

http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/countryside/Prow/ProwAdditionalDetails/definitive_map.htm (then click on 'Online Mapping' link in the second paragraph)

Derbyshire County Council

http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/countryside/Access_recreation/rights_of_way/  (then scroll down to the 'Derbyshire Maps' link)

Lancashire County Council

http://mario.lancashire.gov.uk/  (then click on 'Open MARIO Viewer)

Bradford Metropolitan District Council

http://gis.bradford.gov.uk/row/framepage.cfm (you may be asked to download plug-in to view map). Hover over ROW to display type, name and number.

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council

http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/siteinfo/online-services/maps/termsandconditions.jsp (accept Terms & Conditions, select Rights of Way on Map Layer Selector, then click on Show Map)

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

http://roam.rotherham.gov.uk/planaccess2/planaccess.asp (then select Public Footpaths, Bridleways & Byways from the list of Themes)

Thameside Metropolitan Borough Council

http://webgis2.tameside.gov.uk/planaccess/planaccessX.asp?AsPostCode=OL6%206DL (will show ROW with name and number)

Open Access

http://www.openaccess.gov.uk/S4/html/regional/2/r2.htm (Choose region then map type Draft or Conclusive)

If you know of any other similar on-line maps for other councils please contact us