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An
interactive map of Somerset showing all the Rights of Ways
(with their numbers) and current known faults, recent modifications
and diversions is now available on the Council's website.
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Probably
the most important feature of this interactive map is that
it can be used to report problems!! |
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See
below to: REPORT
PROBLEMS by letter or phone |
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| To report FOOTPATH
PROBLEMS such as: |
| Missing or broken stiles, bridges,
gates, signposts or waymarks |
| Barbed wire, fences, rubbish
or rubble |
| Undergrowth, hedgerow encroachment,
overhanging branches or fallen trees |
| Ploughing or cropping |
| Misleading notices or dangerous
animals |
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Select
the correct addresses from the table below and address your letter
to:
The
Public Rights of Way Officer
(unless another officer is indicated).
In your letter give as much detail as possible so that the exact
position can be identified. Grid references are particularly useful
but a photocopied map with a cross is just as good |
| COUNTY
of SOMERSET |
Other
Areas |
Clarification
Notes |
| Sedgemoor,
West Somerset (excluding Exmoor National Park)
and Taunton Deane. |
Co-ordinator
-- Improvements,
Environmental Department,
Somerset County Council,
County Hall C6,
Taunton TA1 4DY
Tel: 01823-355604 |
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| The
Unitary Authority of North Somerset |
| North
Somerset Council,
Planning & Environment Dept.,
Somerset House,
Oxford Street,
Weston-Super-Mare,
Somerset BS23 1TG
Tel: 01275-88518 |
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Highway
Authorities are responsible
for ensuring that all paths are open and useable for the public.
The Highway Authority in the South West is a County or Unitary
Authority. The situation is complicated by the fact that
some Highway Authorities (including Somerset) may
devolve this responsibility to some or all of their areas. |
| Mendip |
| Mendip
District Council,
Cannards Grave Road,
Shepton Mallet,
Somerset BA4 5BT
Tel: 01749-341545 |
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| The
Unitary Authority of B.A.N.E.S. (Bath &NE Somerset). |
| Bath
& N.E.Somerset Council,
Riverside,
Temple Street,
Keynsham,
Bristol BS31 1LA |
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Somerset County
Council takes direct responsibility for
footpath work in Sedgemoor, West Somerset
(excluding Exmoor National Park) and Taunton
Deane. Somerset County Council devolves
responsibility for footpath work in Mendip
and South Somerset. South Somerset further divides
this responsibility into four regions |
| South
Somerset (first select the correct
one of the four areas) |
Rights
of Way Officer,
Area Offices,
South Somerset District Council,
Old Kelways,
SomertonRoad,
Langport,
Somerset TA10 9Y
Tel: 01458-257432 |
Senior
CountrysideOfficer,
South Somerset District Council,
Maltravers House,
Potter's Way,
Yeovil
Somerset TA10 9YE
Tel: 01935-462918 |
Countryside
Officer,
Area Offices,
South Somerset District Council,
Churchfield,
Wincanton,
Somerset BA9 9AG
Tel: 01963-435084 |
Countryside
Officer,
Area Offices,
South Somerset District Council,
Holyrood Lace Mill,
Holyrood Street,
Chard
Somerset BA9 9AG
Tel: 01460-260354
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| Exmoor
NP |
Exmoor
National Park,
Exmoor House,
Dulverton,
Somerset TA22 9HL
Tel:
01398-323665 |
| Wiltshire |
Principal
Rights of Way Officer,
Wiltshire County Council,
County Hall,
Bythesea Road,
Trowbridge,
Wiltshire BA14
8JD
Tel: 01225-713349 |
| Dorset |
Rights
of way Team,
Dorset County Council,
County Hall,
Dorchester,
Dorset DT1 1XJ
Tel: 01305-224463 |
| Devon |
Public
Rights of Way Service,
Devon County Council,
County Hall,
Torsham Road,
Exeter,
Devon EX2 4QW
Tel: 01392-382084 |
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Confusingly the Ramblers' Association
Somerset area is made up of the five districts of the current county
of Somerset plus the Unitary Authority of North
Somerset, which has been divided into the two groups of Woodspring
and Clevedon.
For problems in the Quantocks the
following adress is useful
| Quantocks
A.N.O.B |
Quantock
A.O.N.B. Office,
Castle Street,
Nether Stowey,
Bridgwater,
Somerset TA5 1IN
Tel: 01278-732845 |
The most important reason
for reporting path problems is, of course, to get them resolved!
Few highway authorities have the resources to carry out and/or
maintain their own surveys on the state of the path network so
they rely on path users telling them when something has gone wrong.
Path problem report also send an important message to authorities
-- that members of the public what to be able to use the paths/.
The more public interest that is shown in the state of paths the
more likely the authority is to spend money on them
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