Parish Rights of Way ….

The Ramblers

There are many paths, both ‘lost’ over time or used every day, that are unrecorded by the County Council, and are not legal ‘rights of way’.

Pre-1949 unrecorded paths were due to be ‘extinguished’ in 2026 by legislation in the Crow Act (2000).
The cut-off in this part of the Act was abandoned, then re-instated as 2031, but has in late 2024 been again abandoned.

The following have been identified in our group area as potential claims on the Ramblers ‘Don’t Lose your Way’ (DLYW) project.

Holmesfield 125177
Barlow 126200
Brampton 126205
Eckington 131609
Eckington 131610
Eckington 131934
Eckington 131975
Eckington 131976
Eckington 132279
Heath & Holmewood 133392

Any member willing to further research these, or who can identify unrecorded paths not shown in the parish lists below is invited to contact Bernard Caddy or Ken Brockway to help.

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How to claim an unrecorded right of way

The link to the maps below show current rights of way (in bold colours) for all 42 ‘parish’ categories defined by the County Council in the north-east of the county (Bolsover, Chesterfield, & NE Derbyshire).

	Area*		Area*
Ashover	NED	Holymoorside & Walton	NED
Ault Hucknall	B	Killamarsh	NED
Barlborough	B	Morton	NED
Barlow	NED	North Wingfield	NED
Blackwell	B	Pilsley	NED
Bolsover	B	Pinxton	B
Brackenfield	NED	Pleasley	B
Brampton	NED	Scarcliffe	B
Brimington	C	Shirebrook	B
Calow	NED	Shirland & Higham	NED
Chesterfield	C	South Normanton	B
Clay Cross	NED	Staveley	C
Clowne	B	Stretton	NED
Dronfield	NED	Sutton cum Duckmanton	NED
Eckington	NED	Temple Normanton	NED
Elmton	B	Tibshelf	B
Glapwell	B	Tupton	NED
Grassmoor	NED	Unstone	NED
Heath & Holmewood	NED	Wessington	NED
Hodthorpe & Belph	B	Whitwell	B
Holmesfield	NED	Wingerworth	NED