OS map legend

Quoted message said:

I am about to move house and near when I am moving to has a nice
looking single track tarmac road through some farm land. It has a sign
saying private road and I looked on the OS map on the net and it shows
as an alternating green and white line, but I can't find what that
means. Any ideas about access rights, or do I just leave it alone?

A green and white dotted line indicates a public right of way. If the green is
a short dashed line then a public footpath is indicated, and if longer than a
bridal way.

Either way, "private road" normally means that that the route has been upgraded
by the land owner to improve vehicular access to premises, but there is no
general right to drive along it.

John
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A Walking Guide to Chartreuse: http://braemoor.co.uk/chartreuse

In article <[email hidden]>, Andrew
<spamtrap@localhost.?.invalid> writes

Quoted message said:

I am about to move house and near when I am moving to has a nice
looking single track tarmac road through some farm land. It has a sign
saying private road and I looked on the OS map on the net and it shows
as an alternating green and white line, but I can't find what that
means. Any ideas about access rights, or do I just leave it alone?

It will probably be a bridleway or public footpath depending upon the
weight of the line / length of the dashes. If a bridleway you have a
right to travel by horse, cycle or foot along it. If footpath you only
have pedestrian access rights.

The Private Road sign most probably refers to vehicular traffic but if
you have a stroll along the road and experience difficulties with the
land owner check the status with the local highway authority as rights
of way are their responsibility.

Map legend available here:
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/25kraster/pdf/opt44771
a.pdf

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Dominic Sexton
http://www.dscs.demon.co.uk/

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:55:40 +0100, Andrew <spamtrap@localhost>
uttered:

Quoted message said:

I am about to move house and near when I am moving to has a nice
looking single track tarmac road through some farm land. It has a sign
saying private road and I looked on the OS map on the net and it shows
as an alternating green and white line, but I can't find what that
means. Any ideas about access rights, or do I just leave it alone?

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/mapshop/

look for the symbols on the right...

Seems to be primary road under construction.

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Dominic Sexton said:

Map legend available here:
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/25kraster/pdf/opt44771
a.pdf

I spent ages looking on the OS site and didn't find that! Thanks all
for your advice, it looks like it is a footpath so I look forward to
having an exploration down it :-)
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Andrew said:

I looked on the OS map on the net and it shows as an alternating
green and white line, but I can't find what that means.

A public right of way. This means for you that you have to keep the way
open and usable along that line.

It might be a public footpath (short dashes) or a public bridleway
(longer dashes). The first is allowed to walkers only, the other to any
non-motorized traffic.

In both cases, there is no public right to follow the road by car.

vG

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Quoted message said:

'Bridal Way'? Does it lead to a church? ;-)

Not the first time I've done that!

John
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A Walking Guide to Chartreuse: http://braemoor.co.uk/chartreuse

Dewi said:

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:55:40 +0100, Andrew <spamtrap@localhost>
uttered:

Quoted message said:

I am about to move house and near when I am moving to has a nice
looking single track tarmac road through some farm land. It has a sign
saying private road and I looked on the OS map on the net and it shows
as an alternating green and white line, but I can't find what that
means. Any ideas about access rights, or do I just leave it alone?

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/mapshop/

look for the symbols on the right...

For the 50k go here
http://62.25.96.209/products_new/landranger/symbols/viewsymb.cfm

For 25k here http://62.25.96.209/products_new/25k/symbols/viewsymb.cfm

Quoted message said:

Seems to be primary road under construction.

He he he...
It all depends on the weight of the lines.
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Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 20:56:43 +0100, Phil Cook
<[email hidden]> uttered:

Quoted message said:

Dewi said:

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:55:40 +0100, Andrew <spamtrap@localhost>
uttered:

Quoted message said:

I am about to move house and near when I am moving to has a nice
looking single track tarmac road through some farm land. It has a sign
saying private road and I looked on the OS map on the net and it shows
as an alternating green and white line, but I can't find what that
means. Any ideas about access rights, or do I just leave it alone?

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/mapshop/

look for the symbols on the right...

For the 50k go here
http://62.25.96.209/products_new/landranger/symbols/viewsymb.cfm

For 25k here http://62.25.96.209/products_new/25k/symbols/viewsymb.cfm

Quoted message said:

Seems to be primary road under construction.

He he he...
It all depends on the weight of the lines.

yes, and the scale as you pointed out.

Maybe I should have asked the scale or even the GR square to see
before commenting ;-)
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I am about to move house and near when I am moving to has a nice
looking single track tarmac road through some farm land. It has a sign
saying private road and I looked on the OS map on the net and it shows
as an alternating green and white line, but I can't find what that
means. Any ideas about access rights, or do I just leave it alone?

A green and white dotted line indicates a public right of way. If the

green is

Quoted message said:

a short dashed line then a public footpath is indicated, and if longer

than a

Quoted message said:

bridal way.

Either way, "private road" normally means that that the route has been

upgraded

Quoted message said:

by the land owner to improve vehicular access to premises, but there is no
general right to drive along it.

John
---
John Gardner
Caving Routes in the Northern Pennines: http://braemoor.co.uk/cavingtrip
A Walking Guide to Chartreuse: http://braemoor.co.uk/chartreuse

'Bridal Way'? Does it lead to a church? ;-)

Allan

A sign saying 'private road', errecte by a member of the public, does not
have any meaning in law, a private road could be an unnadopted road, I used
to live on one, my deeds stated I had to allow free access for all users.

Many landowner put up 'private road' signs when they know the road has
vehicular rights, how do you check? I wish I knew the definitive answer ro
that!

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I am about to move house and near when I am moving to has a nice
looking single track tarmac road through some farm land. It has a sign
saying private road and I looked on the OS map on the net and it shows
as an alternating green and white line, but I can't find what that
means. Any ideas about access rights, or do I just leave it alone?

A green and white dotted line indicates a public right of way. If the

green is

Quoted message said:

a short dashed line then a public footpath is indicated, and if longer

than a

Quoted message said:

bridal way.

Either way, "private road" normally means that that the route has been

upgraded

Quoted message said:

by the land owner to improve vehicular access to premises, but there is no
general right to drive along it.

John
---
John Gardner
Caving Routes in the Northern Pennines: http://braemoor.co.uk/cavingtrip
A Walking Guide to Chartreuse: http://braemoor.co.uk/chartreuse

Ted Ferenc said:

A sign saying 'private road', errecte by a member of the public, does not
have any meaning in law, a private road could be an unnadopted road, I used
to live on one, my deeds stated I had to allow free access for all users.

Many landowner put up 'private road' signs when they know the road has
vehicular rights, how do you check? I wish I knew the definitive answer ro
that!

Thanks, that's kind of what I suspected :-)
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BTW I forgot to mention, if you need to use this road for access beware of
the CROW act, if the road is 'private' then the landowner will then be able
to stop you using it, unless you can come to some, 'financial' arangement,
unless YOU can prove you have the legal right to use it.

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Quoted message said:

I am about to move house and near when I am moving to has a nice
looking single track tarmac road through some farm land. It has a sign
saying private road and I looked on the OS map on the net and it shows
as an alternating green and white line, but I can't find what that
means. Any ideas about access rights, or do I just leave it alone?
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