Public rights of way: an overview

This Business Guide gives a general overview of public rights of way (“PRoW”).

There are other Business Guides available which address specific PRoW topics, as follows:

• New Rights of Way Arising from Long Use in England (Business Guide 401E);

• New Rights of Way Arising from Long Use in Wales (Business Guide 401W);

• The Law on Unrecorded Historic Rights of Way (Business Guide 402);

• Diverting, Downgrading and Extinguishing (Business Guide 403);

• Creation Orders and Agreements (Business Guide 405);

• Stiles, Gates and Cattlegrids (Business Guide 406); and

• Livestock and Rights of Way: how livestock farmers can reduce risks (Business Guide 407).