Public Rights of Way covers just over 800 miles of Public Footpaths, Public Bridleways and Byways Open to All Traffic within Denbighshire that, along with the public road network, are available for the public to walk, cycle, horseride, and in some cases by vehicle, to visit and enjoy the countryside as well as take exercise or even act as handy shortcut to places in the local community
The responsibility of the council for the management of the public rights of way network falls into these principal areas:
The protection, maintenance and improvement of the paths
The legal definitive map recording the paths location and status
The promotion of the path network to encourage access to the countryside for recreation and good health
The Denbighshire Local Access Forum
Statutory register of Public Rights of Way orders and deposits
The protection, maintenance and improvement of the paths
Our statutory responsibility for these Public Rights of Way include:
Signposting of footpaths, bridleways where they leave metalled highways
Maintaining the surface of a right of way to a standard appropriate for the purpose for which the highway has traditionally been used.
Maintaining bridges over natural river courses.
Provision of free Stile and Gates to landowners as part of the duty to contribute to the cost of maintaining approved stiles and bridlegates.
Keeping paths free from obstruction by natural undergrowth
Administering the law concerning rights of way and in particular ensuring that they can be used by the public.
Issuing licenses for landowners to improve path surfaces, and to disturb or dig through the surface of the path or place new stiles or gates across paths.
Issuing orders for the temporary and permanent diversion or closure of public rights of way
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