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Rights of way - maintenance

The Public Rights of Way Team is responsible for managing over 10,000km of rights of way, the longest network in England.

As the Highway Authority for North Yorkshire, the County Council responsibilities include:

  • Asserting and protecting the rights of the public to use rights of way;
  • Ensuring that rights of way are free from obstructions;
  • Ensuring that items of furniture on a right of way, e.g. stiles, gates, bridges etc, are in good condition and easy to use;
  • Providing at least 25 per cent of the costs for maintenance and replacement of furniture;
  • Maintaining the surface of the right of way to a standard suitable for their use, including the cutting of undergrowth;
  • Installation of signposts where the Right of Way leaves the metalled road; and
  • Waymarking of routes that may be difficult to use.

The Yorkshire Dales National Park and the North York Moors National Park manage approximately 4,000km of the network through an agency agreement with the County Council.

Outside the National Parks, maintenance of public rights of way is delivered by seven area rangers.  Find out more about ranger teams.

The team also manages an expanding group of over 170 countryside volunteers  who support the work of the whole countryside service including surveying, maintaining and managing the rights of way network, managing local wildlife and historical sites and maintaining our specialist databases.

A breakdown of the local public rights of way network in North Yorkshire (length km) is as follows.

North Yorkshire County Council outside National Parks

North York Moors National Park Authority

Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority

Total network in the County of North Yorkshire

Footpaths

4,645 km

1,388 km

1,296 km

7,329 km

Cycle tracks

37 km

0 km

0 km

37 km

Bridleways

1,389 km

775 km

542 km

2,706 km

Restricted byways

9 km

0 km

0 km

9 km

Byways open to all traffic

7 km

15 km

31 km

53 km

Total length

6,087 km

2,178 km

1,869 km

10,134 km

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Contacts
Public rights of way
paths@northyorks.gov.uk
Tel: 0845 8727374



North Yorkshire County Council, County Hall, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, DL7 8AD | Tel: 0845 8 72 73 74 | Fax: 01609 532009
This page was last updated on 23 January 2013