Public Rights of Way

Tatham footpath volunteers have completed installation of a new kissing gate near the Wennington end of Old Moor Road. They were helped by the grazier, who put in the gate whilst installing a new field gate, leaving the volunteers to add the enclosure and install a timber finger post. The new gate replaces a dilapidated […]

This project will be taking place at Lower Lythe Farm during the summer, with support, through the Forest of Bowland AONB, from the DEFRA Farming in Protected Landscapes scheme. Waller Simon Morphet, and stone-carver Chris Duckett will be crafting a new landmark stone seat to be enjoyed by walkers who use the public footpath through

Tatham footpath volunteers have been busy again, this time installing Public Footpath finger-posts at five roadside locations where the old posts had disappeared. Many existing posts are reaching the ends of their long lives, in most cases because the timber has rotted at ground level. These new posts were provided free of charge – three

August 2021. Councillor Osborne has been leading an enthusiastic team of volunteers from Tatham Fells Women’s Institute on a mission to cut back the tree branches and undergrowth that had been obscuring, and in some cases obstructing, stiles and gates where footpaths join public roads. They’ve also cleared vegetation from many wooden Public Footpath fingerposts,

August 2021. The footpath between Brackenbottom and the Church of the Good Shepherd is well-used, but the route was spoiled by a collapsed and dangerous wall stile. Tatham footpath volunteers have now upgraded the path, using a kissing gate provided by Lancashire County Council. Whilst repairing the wall next to the new gate, the team

July 2021. After three months of intermittent work, a final full-day push by Tatham footpath volunteers has got the job finished. The Parish Council is grateful to them, to Martin Knowles for his permission, some materials, and practical assistance, to Lancashire County Council Public Rights of Way team for materials, and to others who have

April 2021. Tatham footpath volunteers, and landowner Martin Knowles, have moved the plastic lumber from East View to the top of the Fairy Steps, ready for the serious work to start …

April 2021. A short, long neglected public footpath (no. 9) providing an off-road route from Wennington Station to Old Moor Road, has been put into good order. Volunteers working in the Parish Council Local Delivery Scheme had offered to cut back the rampant undergrowth and young trees, and clear the stiles, but when they turned

April 2021. The parish council is currently opted into the Lancashire County Council Public Rights of Way Local Delivery Scheme.  The County Council offered us materials to carry out repairs to the Fairy Steps, on path 63 near Lowgill. The existing steps had been installed as a community effort in 1991, but in recent years