Ep 9: Britain’s Forgotten Footpaths: The fight to save our historic rights of way ft. Jack Cornish

The Sense of Place Podcast

Were you aware that the network of public foot paths across England and Wales is over 140, 000 miles? Well if you weren’t it is understandable as many miles of our public footpaths are currently unrecorded, and if they are not put on the map by 2026, they will be lost forever!

In today’s episode I chat to Jack Cornish the programme manager of the Rambler’s project ‘Don’t Lose Your Way’ which aims to save these historic rights of way.
Jack and I get into a more detailed discussion about what the ‘Don’t Lose Your Way’ campaign is and the different ways you can find lost rights of way.

We then touch on the history and legislation of our rights of way and the role desire paths play in this.
Finally we discuss the lack of footpaths in the countryside and some city areas, the positives of car free cities and how Jack himself got into walking!

(Recorded September 2019)

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