Pirton 5 Hitchin 1 and 21

Paths Greenways Bridleways Tracks
PG: OBJECTS: PROMOTION: Pirton 5, Hitchin Town 1 (part) and 21
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Annotated map reproduced courtesy of Googlemaps.	This route runs Westmill Lane, close to Pirton 28 BW and Ickleford 19 BW, generally south east wards over the River Oughton to Hitchin Town 1 restricted byway. It continues as a restricted byway to join an unsurfaced unclassified county road that leads to Burford Way, Hitchin. 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 spotted that part of this route is recorded as a footpath and part is unrecorded. The historical evidence showed a continuous route, so an application was made in 2013 to record the whole route correctly.

Legal History
1938: Pirton 5 is shown as part of Pirton 2 FP (red dots) on the Hertfordshire County Council ROW survey. Map Hitchin Rural West 4 (Herts 6 SE).
1 Nov 1953: Pirton 5 was recorded as a footpath on the original definitive map and statement. DM sheet DM4-17.
1 Nov 1953: The unrecorded route south of Hitchin 1 RB was recorded as Hitchin 21 bridleway on the original definitive map and statement. DM sheet DM4-17.
19 Apr 1955: The section of Hitchin 21 south of Burford way was stopped up by The Stopping up of Highways (Hertfordshire) (No. 1) Order 1955.
31 Dec 1977: The relevant section of Pirton 5 was shown as a footpath on the special review draft map and statement. DM sheet SR-11.
31 Dec 1977: Hitchin 1 was shown as a bridleway on the special review draft map and statement, but there must have been objections as no change was made. DM sheet SR-11.
31 Dec 1977: Hitchin 21 was shown as a bridleway but with a shorter extent on the special review draft map and statement. DM sheet SR-11.
2 May 2006: Restricted Byway rights were confirmed or created on Hitchin 1 by virtue of ss 47 and 48 Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.
24 Mar 2013: Application made to record the whole route as a restricted byway. HCC reference NH/246.
Definitive Statement (4 Dec 2015)
Path: [Pirton] 5. Status: Footpath. Definitive Map sheets: 10, 11
Commences from Walnut Tree Road between Nos. 11 and 13 thence E and SE across Bannisters thence E between allotments and recreation ground thence SE and E to join SW side of Mill Way thence SE along inside of field across Icknield Way to join Restricted Byway 1 (Hitchin Town) at River Oughton.
Path: [Hitchin] 1. Status: Restricted Byway. Definitive Map sheets: 11, 20
Commences from Bedford Road on S side of Burford Ray Bridge thence SW following River Oughton on S bank past BR21 at West Mill and FP2 to join Restricted Byway 3 at Oughton Head.
Path: [Hitchin] 21. Status: Bridleway. Definitive Map sheets: 11, 20
Commences from Restricted Byway 1 S of West Mill thence SE to junction with Burford Way.