Rights of way improvement plans
Please note that there are two Rights of Way Improvement Plans (ROWIPs) covering the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The Cumbria ROWIP covers the parishes of Sedbergh, Garsdale and Dent, whilst the North Yorkshire ROWIP covers the remainder of the Yorkshire Dales.
If you want to know more about the Rights of Way Improvement Plan (ROWIP), read our Questions and Answers page.
Cumbria
The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority worked with the Lake District National Park Authority and Cumbria County Council and produced a ‘Rights of Way Improvement Plan’ (ROWIP) for Cumbria.
The Plan contains a list of actions aimed at improving access to the countryside for walkers, cyclists, horse riders and people with limited mobility.
Each year an annual action plan is produced by Cumbria Council with input from the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authorities and with the advice of the three Local Access Forums. The annual action plan contains details about individual improvement projects, their component activities and targets; the current action plan covers the period 1st April 2008 to 31st March 2009.
For more information on the Cumbria Rights of Way Improvement Plan and the annual action plan see the simon.boyd@cumbriacc.gov.uk
Tel 01228 221022
North Yorkshire
For the rest of the National Park in North Yorkshire, the National Park Authority worked with the North York Moors National Park Authority and North Yorkshire County Council to produce People, Paths and Places.
Just like the Cumbria Rights of Way Improvement Plan, People, Paths and Places contains a list of actions aimed at improving access to the countryside for walkers, cyclists, horse riders and people with limited mobility.
For further information and to be able download a copy of People Paths and Places see the North Yorkshire County Council Rights of Way web pages or contact.
Rights of Way Section
Development and Countryside Service
Business and Environmental Directorate
NorthYorkshire County Council
County Hall
Northallerton
DL7 8AH
Tel: 0845 8 727374
A high level policy statement for the ROWIP is included in an annex to the current Local Transport Plan for Yorkshire. For further information visit the County Council website.
The ROWIP is to be merged progressively with the Local Transport Plan for North Yorkshire, with full merger anticipated in 2010. The local rights of way are part of a wider highway network and can support the aims of a Local Transport Plan in reducing the need and demand to travel by private vehicle.
