St Stephen 3

Patchetts Green Bridleways Trust
PG: OBJECTS: PROMOTION: St Stephen 3

Annotated map reproduced courtesy of Googlemaps.	St Stephen 3 bridleway starts at a juntion with Burston Drive and heads generally northwestwards with a couple of kinks to reach the A405 North Orbital Road. The section of path created in 2020 and shown in orange runs northeastwards parallel to the A405 to a junction with Mayflower Road. St Stephen 3A bridleway used to be the extension of bridleway 3, before the two parts were severed by the A405. 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!
There is good user group support for the proposed new bridleway linking St Stephen 3 westwards to Lye Lane that has been proposed as part of a 2021 planning application.

Legal History
1938: The route was shown on the Hertfordshire County Council ROW survey (on a slightly different alignment). Map St Albans 16.
20 Jun 1953: St Stephen 3 was recorded as a bridleway on the original definitive map and statement. DM sheet DM3-30 (TL10SW).
31 Dec 1977: St Stephen 3 was shown as a bridleway on the special review draft map and statement. DM sheet SR-76 (TL10SW).
15 Jul 2016: The Hertfordshire County Council (St Stephen 3) Creation Order 2016 (confirmed 9 Sep 2016) added width to the bridleway. HCC reference STA/152.
4 Mar 2020: The St Stephen Bridleway 3 Public Path Creation Agreement 2020 added width to the northern part of St Stephen 3 and created a path to link it to Mayflower Road. HCC reference STA/158.
Definitive Statement (4 Dec 2015)
Path: [St Stephen] 3. Status: Bridleway. Definitive Map sheet: 76
Commences at junction with Burston Drive and Penn Road thence NW skirting SW boundary of How Wood thence W and NW past Burston Manor Farm to junction with North Orbital Road N of Farm.
Path: [St Stephen] 3A. Status: Bridleway. Definitive Map sheet: 76
Commences from northern side of North Orbital Road thence for a short distance to junction with Manor Drive and Willow Way.
Note: The statement has not yet been updated to reflect the 2016 creation order and 2020 creation agreement.