Equestrian access an ‘unjustifiable imbalance’
A novel publication is highlighting proposals for the futurity provision of equestrian access inward England.
The Equestrian Access Forum (EAF) has launched Making Ways for Horses, as purpose of its aim of the provision of a cohesive, comprehensive, integrated nationwide network, costless at the signal of use, alongside a horse, on a wheel or on foot.
Making Ways for Horses sets out proposals for the futurity provision of equestrian access inward England, many of which tin hold upwards achieved nether electrical flow legislation, which would assist to address the lack of world rights of agency currently available to equestrians.
The EAF is made upwards of the 5 principal equine access organisations: The British Horse Society (BHS), the Byways too Bridleways Trust (BBT), the British Driving Society (BDS), the National Federation of Bridleway Associations (NFBA) too the South Pennine Packhorse Trails Trust (SPPTT).
Mark Weston, BHS Director of Access, Safety too Welfare, said: “It is a continuing travesty that Equus caballus riders bring access to solely 22 percentage of the rights of agency network too wagon drivers to solely 5 percent. The proposals inward this document would assist to redress this unjustifiable imbalance.”
Catriona Cook, Chairman of BBT, said: “Horse riders too wagon drivers should hold upwards treated as alongside other rights of agency users. However, over the past times 12 years 4 successive pieces of access legislation bring removed equestrian rights, including ancient rights of access on horseback to moors, heaths too the foreshore.
“In addition, Earth Forest Estate has dedicated access for the occupation of walkers only, piece the equestrian rights of agency network is becoming fifty-fifty to a greater extent than fragmented as a termination of the Natural Environment too Rural Communities Act. Walkers bring been given statutory access to the countryside at the expense of equestrians too cyclists.”
Sue Hogg, Chair of the NFBA, said: “We managed to phase the Olympics on time, but over the past times threescore years the local regime haven’t managed to tape our world rights of way. In 2026 whatever unrecorded rights volition hold upwards extinguished, but as yet in that location is no programme inward house to become them recorded earlier the cut-off.”
Didy Metcalf, Trustee of SPPTT, added: “We guess that merely about 2 thirds of our bridleways were wrongly classified as footpaths when the outset legal tape of paths was made; they yet are. This existing, but hidden, network of sustainable routes is a wasted national resource. It must hold upwards recovered too preserved for the futurity create goodness of Equus caballus riders too cyclists; non merely for people on foot.”
Margaret Pawson, Rights of Way Coordinator, British Driving Society, said: “As a termination of previous legislation wagon drivers lost access to many miles of Rights of Way, solely partially replaced past times the creation of Restricted Byways inward 2000. We must directly strive to farther better their access too the consequent security of wagon drivers.”
Making Ways for Horses (PDF)
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