There's quite a few around here that turn in to footpaths part way along, but this one's about 50m long and only accessible by a footpath from either end.
http://www.multimap.com/s/PI7E8bPt
So how do you get your horse or bike to it then ?
Cheeky Trails 😆
looks like a mis-print, though a bridle way definitely exists and turns into a footpath from the left leading to it (above Earnwood)
been mouching around, are the cassini historic maps are of any use to identify bridleways that have been turned into footpaths?
I don't know about most pointless, but these look a bit silly 🙂
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it'll be for the aerial attack horses, they can drop in unexpectedly at any time....WATCH THE SKIES!!!
It's often worth checking out those ones that turn into a footapth half way. We did on one near us and it turned out some sensible person(s) had created a brand new permissive bridleway off from the change point in a new direction 😀 No sign until you got there though.
Another one was two bridleways joined by a short bit of path - this has recently been upgraded and is now all official public bridleway.
Keep on checking your local trails.
If the map is right then it's usually a result of the right of way crossing old or existing parish/county/authority/council/district boundaries with one one authority classing it as bridlepath and the other saying footpath. One or more of the authorities may not even be in existance any more but if that is what they recorded on the definative map says at 'County Hall' then that is what we are left with on the ground unless someone interveens.
Often the footpath gets upgraded in favour of bridlepath or at least a permissive bridlepath but this is not always the case. If you have a real issue with it then get in touch with the public rights of way officer at the council. You may find that someonbe has already sorted it and the mapping has not been updated.
Yawn - sometimes I even begin to bore myself.
http://www.multimap.com/maps/#map=51.28741,-2.74405|17|4&dp=os&bd=useful_information&loc=GB:51.28741:-2.74405:17|black%20rock|Black%20Rock
This from Black Rock goes to footpath that was clearly a cart track to serve the leadmining industry sdince Roman times