We’ve recently received notification of a Diversion Order for three public rights of way on the Thorley / Sawbridgeworth parish border. The impacted rights of way link Thorley Church to the A1184 and are popular routes to the Thorley Wash Nature Reserve and River Stort. The diversions were first mooted several years ago when a… Continue reading
As a follow up to our previous post, it’s great to see that the Parsonage Residents Association is taking the initiative to register a local ‘lost’ path that links Parsonage Lane to the Stansted Road. A key element to support any claim is local people providing written evidence that they have used the ‘lost’ section… Continue reading
Last year we reported the good news that the Government had sensibly decided to scrap the 2026 deadline for registering ‘lost’ rights of way. Unfortunately they have just performed a U-turn on this promise and decided to reinstate a deadline that will come into effect in 2031. That sounds a long way away but we… Continue reading
Back in December 2021, I posted that we had met with the Area Operations Manager from the Canal & River Trust (CRT) to review damage to sections of the towpath adjacent to the northern end of the Thorley Wash nature reserve. The damage had been caused by water overflowing from a flooded drainage channel on… Continue reading
Further to my earlier post, I’m pleased to report that the line of wire fencing has been removed from this footpath. Walkers now have a much broader footpath to follow which has been enhanced by hedge planting along the new school boundary and the planting of several new trees. We will need to monitor that… Continue reading
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