Annotated map reproduced courtesy of Googlemaps.

This route starts from Shire Lane/Chalfont Lane (public road) (not far from Chalfont St Peter 44/2 RB) then generally south south east at Chalfont St Peter 44 restricted byway to a junction with Chalfont St Peter 43 bridleway and Rickmansworth 4 bridleway. It continues as Denham 2 restricted byway south south eastwards then eastwards to a junction with Tilehouse Lane (public road) opposite Rickmansworth 71 restricted byway. 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, it was identified that this route appeared to be an old road rather than a bridleway, and so an application was made to record it as a restricted byway. The Buckinghamshire County Council agreed with the application and an order was made in 2018 and confirmed unopposed. This is a good example of 'perfectly obvious paths' that would be extinguished by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 if an application had not been made in time.

Legal History 14 Mar 2016: Application made for restricted byway status. BCC reference 16855 BAS. 14 Aug 2018: The Buckinghamshire County Council (Restricted Byway No.44 (Part) Chalfont St Peter and Restricted Byway No.2 Denham) Definitive Map Modification Order 2018 (confirmed 20 Jan 2020) upgraded the the route to restricted byway.

Definitive Statement (2 Aug 2018) Path: [Chalfont St Peter] 44 [A-B].  Status: Restricted Byway. From point A on the attached map at TQ0183-9223 in a southerly direction for approximately 426 metres to point B at TQ0192-9181. Width: Varying between 3.3 metres to 6.2 metres as shown (shaded grey) on the attached map No. 1. Path: [Chalfont St Peter] 44 [C-D].  Status: Restricted Byway. From point C on the attached map at TQ0214-0155 in a south south easterly direction for approximately 992 metres to point D at TQ0241-9061. Width: Varying between 3.2 metres to 8.9 metres as shown (shaded grey) on the attached map No. 1 and 2. Path: [Denham] 2.  Status: Restricted Byway. From point D at TQ0214-9061 in a south south easterly direction for approximately 530 metres to point E at TQ0241-9061263-9014 then in a easterly direction for approximately 570 metres to the junction with Tilehouse Lane at point F at TQ0318-9002 and the county boundary with Hertfordshire. Width: Varying between 2.8 metres to 9.8 metres as shown (shaded grey) on the attached map No. 2.

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