Unrecorded paths ….

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The cut-off in this part of the Act is now to be repealed and will not now be enforced.
Provision for claiming the many unrecorded paths as rights of way will remain.

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*	Ordnance Survey	Bing Aerial		Area*	Ordnance Survey	Bing Aerial
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

*  B   Bolsover   C  Chesterfield   NED   North-East Derbyshire

Bolsover

Chesterfield

                                                  NE Derbyshire

Any lost ways here ?
1898 map
(National Library of Scotland)

Open Street Map – Recorded and unrecorded paths

Open Street Map displays both recorded and unrecorded paths. Derbyshire County Council recorded rights of way are overlaid here

Google Street View

Google Street View, whilst generally not displaying footpaths, often shows them where they meet roads

Current Definitive Map Modification (DMMO) applications