Barkway 18

Paths Greenways Bridleways Tracks
PG: OBJECTS: PROMOTION: Barkway 18

Annotated map reproduced courtesy of Googlemaps.	This bridleway starts on Royston Road and runs generally eastwards, crossing Barkway 17, to Barley Road.	Sign at eastern end (Barley Road) Photo: Karin Frapporti, 23 Jul 2021	Gate 1 Photo: Karin Frapporti, 23 Jul 2021	Heading Westwards Photo: Karin Frapporti, 23 Jul 2021
Heading Westwards. Barkway 17 crosses here Photo: Karin Frapporti, 23 Jul 2021	Gate 2 Photo: Karin Frapporti, 23 Jul 2021	Heading Westwards and Gate 3 Photo: Karin Frapporti, 23 Jul 2021	Heading Westwards Photo: Karin Frapporti, 23 Jul 2021	Exit to Royston Road and Gate 4 Photo: Karin Frapporti, 23 Jul 2021
When the Hertfordshire County Council (Barkway 18) Diversion Order 2013 was made, Mark Westley of the East Herts Footpath Society was only objector. He held up the diversion until the council processed the downgrading application for an adjacent section of Barkway 18 BW, which had been blocked. The downgrading was turned down and the path reopened, and objection then withdrawn.

Legal History
1 Nov 1953: The route was recorded as a bridleway on the original definitive map and statement. DM sheet DM4-23.
31 Dec 1977: The route was shown as a bridleway on the special review draft map and statement. DM sheet SR-8.
10 Aug 1999: Residents of Keeper's Cottage applied for an order to downgrade part of Barkway 18 to footpath. HCC reference NH/116.
21 Jan 2014: Hertfordshire County Council turned down the downgrading application NH/116.
21 Jun 2013: The Hertfordshire County Council (Barkway 18) Public Path Diversion Order 2013 (confirmed 28 Mar 2014) diverted the western end of this path. HCC reference NH/241/DIV.
Definitive Statement (4 Dec 2015)
Path: [Barkway] 18. Status: Bridleway. Definitive Map sheet: 8
Commences from Barley Road at S corner of Newsells Park then generally W across BR 17 then W and NW past Mill House to TL 3825 3640, then running NNE within the boundary of Keeper's Cottage for approx. 30m to TL 3826 3642, then in a generally NW curve for approx. 15m to TL 3825 3643, then W and NW within the boundary of Keeper's Cottage for approx. 85m to the junction with Royston Road at TL 3817 3644.
Width: 4 metres from TL 3825 3640 to TL 3819 3642 and from TL 3818 3643 to TL 3817 3644; 3 metres from TL 3819 3642 to TL 3818 3643
Limitations: None