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Rights of Way Obstructions in Norfolk

This page lists known significant obstuctions on Public Rights of Way in the Council of Norfolk. Those marked as 'major' are where it is very difficult or impossible to use the Right of Way. Those marked as 'minor' are where the route is obstructed, but there is a reasonably convenient alterative that can be taken.

Issues have been found on a total of 163 Rights of Way.

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
FP	9	Minor	Definitive line obstructed by farm building, but easy way round via RB 8.
BR	24	Major	May be obstructed making equestrian / bicycle use difficult.

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
BR	2	Major	Obstructed by overgrown hedge at northern end. See FMS:827411
RB	5	Major
FP	13	Minor	Southern end is obstructed near houses. Alternative path exists west from RB 19. FMS:827648
BR	19a	Minor	Definitive line is obstructed at northern end near houses, but reasonable alternative exists. Track on ground further south does not correspond precisely with line in GIS data. FMS:827654
FP	21	Minor
BR	22	Minor

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
FP	5	Minor	Route is obstructed at the Railway line, with no stiles or crossing provided. There is a farm underpass about 85m east of the route, which could be used instead.
FP	7	Major	Route is obstructed at the Railway line, with no stiles or crossing provided. As of 2016-04, NCC in discussion with Network Rail over possible diversion to use underpass 45m west on public safety grounds. The underpass currently has a locked gate marked private.

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
FP	7	Major	Significant obstructions on this route, including fence around new property at TM09058204, and a wide unbridged ditch at TM09038227. See: FMS:750032 FMS:750015
FP	9	Major	Mapped section near east end not quite on definitive line. Need to check how field boundaries are crossed. Route blocked by bushes and ditch at east end. See FMS:854506
FP	24	Minor
FP	34	Major	As of 2016-07, the route is blocked at TM08558171 (FMS:855303).
FP	35	Major	Definitive line is mapped in OSM, but the route is obstructed / non-existent on the ground.

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
FP	12	Minor	Route probably obstructed at eastern end; alternative route available on ground.
FP	14	Minor	First GR and line in GIS data doesn't match path and bridge on ground.
FP	22	Major	Path impassible due to lack of bridge over ditch at TM11749133.

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
FP	20	Minor
RB	20	Minor	Northern section impassible, but replaced by new route and bridge

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
FP	14	Minor	Route is obstructed just south of the stile at TF98251227, but there is a well-trodden alternative path around to the west.
FP	14a	Minor	The route between TF98241215 and TF98161193 does not exist on the ground, but a bridge linking to Scarning FP 7 provides an alternative parallel route.

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
FP	1	Major	Route obstructed by undergrowth at NW end, with no reasonable alternative (FMS:833052). Path not reinstated along headland and through cropped field (2016-05). Path obstructed by fence at TG09801376 (FMS:833048) NCC highways map shows SE section running through hedgerow. This route is completely obstructed, though it's possible to use the field to the north instead. (FMS:833050)
FP	2	Major	Route obstructed by fence and hedge at TG09351303. See FMS:833043.
FP	6	Minor	Path not reinstated on the ground, and definitive line not usable, but reasonable alternative exists.
FP	7	Minor	Path cut through crop is not quite on the definitive line. Norther end of line in GIS data doesn't match the route in historic OS mapping. The latter corresponds to the available path on the ground.

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
FP	6	Minor	Definitive Line is obstructed in two places by residential properties, but an alternative is available. A diversion order is needed to confirm the current route.
FP	7	Minor	Definitive Line is obstructed near residential properties / farmyard, but alternative is available. A diversion order is needed to confirm the current route.
FP	11	Minor	Route available on ground for southern half deviates slightly from the Definitive Line. A diversion order is needed to confirm the current route.

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
FP	1	Minor	Route signed on ground and cut through crop does not lie on definitive line.
FP	2	Minor	Definitive line obstructed at E end.

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
FP	7	Minor	Cross-field path not reinstated on definitive line.
FP	10	Minor	Route on the ground doesn't follow the definitive line.

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
FP	5	Major	Southern end through wood overgrown and flooded in December 2012. See FMS:295087 .
FP	9	Minor	Part through gardens and inaccessible, but alternative track exists around front of properties.
FP	10	Major	Definitive line mapped, but probably not accessible.
FP	19	Major	Footpath overgrown especially south of wood, though alternatives are available there. Path blocked by a deep ditch at TM02548554 (FMS:841903).
FP	20	Major	Path blocked by undergrowth at northern end TM01918451 (FMS:841902). Path blocked by deep ditch and fence at southern end TM02028413 (FMS:841897).

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
BR	5	Minor	Definitive line obstructed by Lynnsport buildings, but alternative paths available.
FP	17	Minor	Line of bank has moved, definitive line not updated.
FP	21	Minor	Bridge over relief channel doesn't match definitive line. Also, should northern section still exist, as now a Public Cycleway for NCN1?
FP	23	Minor

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
FP	3	Minor	Alignment on ground partly wrong.
BR	4	Minor	Alignment on ground partly wrong.
FP	5	Minor	Alignment may not be quite right.
FP	6	Minor	Alignment on ground partly wrong.

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
RB	5	Minor	The section NW of St Helen's picnic site is immediately adjacent to the railway, rather than following the track further away. The route immediately adjacent to the railway is not accessible.
FP	6	Minor

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
RB	8	Minor	Definitive line may be obstructed through property at south end, but alternative exists following service road around the edge.
FP	16	Minor	Definitive Line appears to be obstructed by drainage channel, but bridge nearby provides and alternative route.

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
FP	1	Minor	Definitive line blocked at N end, but alternative path signed and accessible on the ground.
FP	3	Minor	Definitive line across western field obstructed by ditch. Easy to walk around though.

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
FP	1	Major	Obstructed by two hedges at TG04601483 and TG04601480. See FMS:837227.
FP	10	Major	Line through Poppy's Wood does not follow Definitive Line, and cross-field path not reinstated. Definitive line obstructed by hedges at TG05681386and TG05801395. See FMS:837214. Also obstructed by a hedge at TG06281424, and an overgrown stile at TG06371429, with overgrown scrub in between. See FMS:837205.

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
RB	3	Major	Western crossing of steam is only via a footbridge. OK for cyclists and pedestrians, but problematic for horses. Also a short section of narrow path by stream is unsuitable for horses.
FP	6	Major	Route blocked about 100m south of School Lane by brambles. No alternative available (FMS:820211).

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
FP	4	Minor	As of 2016-05, a path has been reinstated through the crop, but it's not on the definitive line.
FP	5	Minor	Path not reinstated through crop.
FP	6	Minor	Path not reinstated across field, but reasonable alternative using other Rights of Way.

Rights of Way Obstructions in Norfolk

Alby with Thwaite (North Norfolk)

Ashill (Breckland)

Attleborough (Breckland)

Aylsham (Broadland)

Banham (Breckland)

Beachamwell (Breckland)

Beeston Regis (North Norfolk)

Besthorpe (Breckland)

Booton (Broadland)

Bradwell (Great Yarmouth)

Bressingham (South Norfolk)

Bridgham (Breckland)

Cantley (Broadland)

Carbrooke (Breckland)

Carleton Rode (South Norfolk)

Castle Acre (King's Lynn & West Norfolk)

Castle Rising (King's Lynn & West Norfolk)

Caston (Breckland)

Cawston (Broadland)

Corpusty (North Norfolk)

Denton (South Norfolk)

Denver (King's Lynn & West Norfolk)

Dereham (Breckland)

Dersingham (King's Lynn & West Norfolk)

Diss (South Norfolk)

Drayton (Broadland)

East Ruston (North Norfolk)

East Tuddenham (Breckland)

Fakenham (North Norfolk)

Foulden (Breckland)

Garboldisham (Breckland)

Garvestone (Breckland)

Great Ellingham (Breckland)

Great Massingham (King's Lynn & West Norfolk)

Great and Little Plumstead (Broadland)

Grimston (King's Lynn & West Norfolk)

Hales (South Norfolk)

Happisburgh (North Norfolk)

Hardingham (Breckland)

Heacham (King's Lynn & West Norfolk)

Hempstead (North Norfolk)

Hilborough (Breckland)

Hingham (South Norfolk)

Hockham (Breckland)

Horstead with Stanninghall (Broadland)

Itteringham (North Norfolk)

Kenninghall (Breckland)

Kilverstone (Breckland)

King's Lynn (King's Lynn & West Norfolk)

Little Ellingham (Breckland)

Long Stratton (South Norfolk)

Ludham (North Norfolk)

Lynford (Breckland)

Mautby (Great Yarmouth)

Mundesley (North Norfolk)

Mundford (Breckland)

Necton (Breckland)

Needham (South Norfolk)

New Buckenham (Breckland)

North Tuddenham (Breckland)

Northwold (King's Lynn & West Norfolk)

Old Buckenham (Breckland)

Overstrand (North Norfolk)

Ovington (Breckland)

Oxborough (Breckland)

Pulham St Mary (South Norfolk)

Quidenham (Breckland)

Redenhall with Harleston (South Norfolk)

Reepham (Broadland)

Roudham (Breckland)

Runcton Holme (King's Lynn & West Norfolk)

Salle (Broadland)

Saxlingham Nethergate (South Norfolk)

Scarning (Breckland)

Scole (South Norfolk)

Shelton (South Norfolk)

Shipdham (Breckland)

Shouldham (King's Lynn & West Norfolk)

Snetterton (Breckland)

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
FP	1	Major	Path is completely overgrown and impassible shortly after is enters Larling Fen at TL97829011: FMS:815616 . It can't be reached from the other side because of a missing footbridge on Snetterton FP 2.
BR	5	Minor	Section through farmyard obstructed, but easy way round.

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
FP	7	Minor	Definitive line blocked near road, but alternative route available.
FP	10	Minor	Definitive line not followed by cross-field path, thought he alternative route available is actually better.

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
FP	2	Minor	Obstructed at southern end, where it is not possible to get out to the A47. A reasonable alternative exists to follow the southern field boundary and instead cross the A47 with FP 4 and 4a.
FP	2a	Minor	Route parallel to A47 is obstructed by undergrowth.
FP	7	Minor	Section between A47 at TF98241215 and TF98231214 does not exist on the ground, but Dereham FP 14a provides a parallel alternative.

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
BR	15	Minor	Route in GIS data runs through residential buildings. Has it been diverted?
BR	16	Minor	Route in GIS data runs through residential buildings. Has it been diverted?

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
FP	1	Minor	Route through small-holding north of houses doesn't follow definitive line.
FP	2	Major	No footbridge over River Thet at TL98279008, so route is unusable: FMS:812546 . The former presence of a footbridge is explicitly marked on the Definitive Map. (Unable to access route on E of river because Roudham FP is also obstructed.)

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
RB	1	Minor	Definitive Line deviates from modern track between TF80151349 and TF80251373, and the former is not reinstated acoss the field.
RB	5	Minor	The Definitive Line is not reinstated across the field, but it is walkable (crops permitting).

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
FP	13	Minor	Northern part is not reinstated across field. Definitive Line is blocked by hedge/ditch at TM04978113.
FP	14	Minor	Definitive Line is not resinstated across field.
FP	17	Minor	Route signed on ground does not match Definitive Statement and GIS data.
FP	19	Minor	Route on ground (including a foot bridge over a ditch) does not quite follow the definitive line.
FP	20	Minor	Route on ground obstructed and unlawfully re-routed around farm buildings.
FP	22	Minor	Route available on the ground does not follow the Definitive Line.
FP	23	Minor	Route is overgrown.

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
RB	4	Minor	The Definitive Line is obstructed at TL93909470 and also between TL93989441 and TL93939453. But a different route following a track is signed on the ground.
FP	5	Minor	Route obstructed by residential garden fence, and by hedge at southern end.

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
FP	29	Minor	Route blocked from churchyard into Red Lion Yard. Also, sign on entrance to Red Lion Yard from Market Place, claiming "This land is private. No public right of way". See FMS:826526
FP	33	Minor	No path evident on ground, apart from old steps in middle. Difficult to pick way between graves, and no access out of graveyard at either end.
FP	57	Minor	No path evident on the ground, and hard to walk route avoiding graves.

Type	No.	Severity	Notes
FP	2	Minor	Short section at northern end obstrcuted by vegetation, but suitable diversion exists on track.
FP	14	Minor	Route signed on ground by Scout centre does not follow definitive line.
FP	15	Minor	Route obstructed in a couple of places, but there are reasonable alternatives.
FP	16	Minor	Route in GIS data crosses the river away from the Middle Stanch bridge. Presumably a modification order is needed to correct the route.