Annotated map reproduced courtesy of Googlemaps.

This route starts at the cross roads with Bovingdon Road (public road) and Bovingdon 7 byway. It continues generally northwestwards, changing recorded status from byway to bridleway part way along, before reaching the county boundary and a public road. We need a volunteer to photograph this route for this year's Access and Riding Rights of Way Survey. It's easy - just take photographs (safely) when you use the path. Find out more!

As part of the British Horse Society's work to record paths before Path Extinguishment Day, evidence was found that showed the section recorded as bridleway was an historic public road. The historical evidence showed a continuous route, so an application was made in 2020 to record the bridleway section as a restricted byway. The route stops short of the Chesham Road because it ends on an unclassified road in Buckinghamshire (which of course is not shown on Hertfordshire County Council's records as it is outside the county).

Legal History 20 Jun 1953: The route was recorded as part CRB (Carriage Road used as a Bridleway) and part bridleway on the original definitive map and statement. DM sheets DM3-27 (SP90SE) and DM3-28 (TL00SW). 31 Dec 1977: The route was shown as part byway open to all traffic and part bridleway on the special review draft map and statement. DM sheets SR-73 (SP90SE) and SR-74 (TL00SW). 9 Jul 2020: Application to record the BW section as RB, and record the full width throughout. Hertfordshire County Council reference DAC/168.

Definitive Statement (4 Dec 2015) Path: [Bovingdon] 9.  Status: Byway Open to All Traffic.  Definitive Map sheets: 73 and 74 Commences at junction with county road, near "Three Horseshoes" P.H. NW along Pocketsdell Lane north of Pudds Cross thence NW as a BOAT for a length of 430 yards thence NW as a Bridleway to county boundary (Bucks) at Green Lane. Width: 10ft

© 2023 Patchetts Green Bridleways Trust. File reference: EC1000.