Stiles and paths around Wenlock

by Rob Sharrock

The Good the Bad and the Ugly.

The ugly

Field edge footpaths should be a minimum of 1.5 metres wide.

Help! They are following me - and getting closer.

Why wasn’t there a sign on the lower stile where I entered the field?

Cross field footpaths should be a minimum of 1 metre wide.

How would you know that this is a public footpath

The footpath used to go this way. Now it goes around the end of this fallen tree.

There is a stile in here somewhere!

The path crosses here – somewhere.

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The only way is to climb over this wobbly gate.

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It’s pointing the wrong way!

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It’s a long time since anyone walked this path

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Sometimes you need to be good at knots.

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This stile needs a step

Mind the trip wire.

At Muckley Cross

Why do they follow?

636 964 A good spot to stop for a break.

If you cannot avoid ploughing or disturbing the surface of a cross-field footpath when sowing or cultivating a crop, you must re-instate the path within fourteen days. This means that it must be rolled and the line of the path delineated, so that it is apparent on the ground and it is reasonably convenient to use. If the surface of the path is subsequently disturbed on a second occasion, you must re-instate it within 24 hours, unless you have written authorisation from Shropshire County Council.

Hunt the stile!

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Footpaths should be reinstated after ploughing and sowing.

620972 - Where an electric fence is placed across a right of way, or closely bordering one, the public must not be exposed to the risk of receiving shocks.

There are no posts or markers to show that a footpath leaves the road here

Good!

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I hope that this footpath will be reinstated

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Would you know that a footpath goes this way?

The effect of modern hedging machinery.