Annotated map reproduced courtesy of Googlemaps.

This route runs from Wheathampstead 10 bridleway generally south-eastwards to the Lower Luton Road (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, it was spotted that Rose Lane from the Lower Luton Road to Wheathampstead 10 bridleway was actually an old road. As the St Albans Footpaths Society had an application being processed for an adjoining footpath, we checked the evidence was sufficient and then suggested that they make the application, so it would be dealt with by the County Council at the same time. The council agreed with the application and an order was made in 2019 and confirmed unopposed in 2021. This is a good example of a 'perfectly obvious path' that needed to be recorded.

Legal History 19 Nov 2019: The Hertfordshire County Council (Wheathampstead 106) Modification Order 2019 (confirmed 4 Nov 2021) added this route to the definitive map and statement as a restricted byway.

Definitive Statement (1 Oct 2019) Path: [Wheathampstead] 106.  Status: Restricted Byway.  Definitive Map sheet: 56 Rose Lane. Commences at a junction with Lower Luton Road (public highway) at TL 1767 1435 running generally NW for approx. 365m to a point adjacent to the entrance to The Spinney at TL 1744 1464 then continuing generally WNW for approx. 190m to a junction with Wheathampstead BR10 and Wheathampstead FP59 at TL 1728 1474. Width: Varies between 4m and 13m between TL 1767 1435 and TL 1728 1474 as shown shaded grey in the Hertfordshire County Council (Wheathampstead 106) Modification Order 2019. Limitations: None

Maintenance This route is maintainable at the public expense because it was a carriageway before 1835.

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