Lost Footpaths

Lost Footpaths ExplorerA podcast · every other Wednesday

Lost Footpaths

The rights of way still on the old maps, walked and asked about.

A walking map with contour lines, a trig point, a stile and a dashed red footpath
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Tamsin Rowe-Abara and Gil Fennimore walk the paths still marked on the old maps, find out who was meant to keep them open, and ask why so many quietly closed.

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Bridleway behind the bus shelter

Burnt Hythe. A bridleway ends at a bus shelter, and the parish clerk has a box of letters about it. 52 min, free in Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Pocket Casts.

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Tamsin and Gil are a rights-of-way researcher and a sound recordist who met on a closed stile in 2022. Write to hello@lostfootpaths.example.com.

QuestionOn episode 84, who actually keeps the definitive map, the county or the parish? I got lost between the two.As Callum F.Answered in episode 85 at 31:10. Short version: the county keeps it, the parish only gets a copy.
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