Annotated map reproduced courtesy of Googlemaps.
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!
| Paths Greenways Bridleways Tracks | ||
| PG: OBJECTS: PROMOTION: Pirton 8 Wood Lane | ||
| Icknield Way (Hertfordshire East section): To the Ridgeway: Offley 53 byway. To the Peddars Way: Roads in Pirton then Pirton 21 bridleway. | IWRR | |
Annotated map reproduced courtesy of Googlemaps. |
This route starts from the B665 Hexton Road (public road) opposite Offley 34 bridleway and continues generally northwards then generally northeastwards to end on Hitchin Road, Pirton (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! |
| Legal History 1818: On the Pirton Inclosure Map, Wood Lane is marked as coming 'from Luton' at its western boundary. 1938: The route is shown as part Pirton 21 green lane (green dots) and remainder Pirton 3 BW (blue dots) on the Hertfordshire County Council ROW survey. Map Hitchin Rural West 4 (Herts 6 SE). The green dotted section is labelled 'Wood Lane' on the OS base map. 1 Nov 1953: Pirton 8 was recorded as a bridleway on the original definitive map and statement. DM sheet DM4-14 (Herts 6 SE). 31 Dec 1977: Pirton 8 was shown as a bridleway on the special review draft map and statement. DM sheet SR-10 (TL13SW). |
Definitive Statement (4 Dec 2015)
Path: [Pirton] 8. Status: Bridleway. Definitive Map sheet: 10 Commences from Pirton - Hitchin Road opposite Walnut Tree Road thence SW and S to N of High Down thence SW past old gravel pit to junction with FP9 thence S to join Icknield Way at parish boundary E of Shrub Wood. |
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