Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 36306

Cycleways and Public Footpaths

Tabled: 6 March 2025
Answered: 25 March 2025

Question

Mr Paul Kohler

Liberal DemocratWimbledon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the change in the number of miles of (a) public footpaths, (b) bridleways, (c) restricted byways and (d) other public (i) walkways and (ii) cycleways in

Answer

Mary Creagh
The public rights of way network provides approximately 140,000 miles of linear access in England and Wales, with 83% found in England and 17% in Wales. In England this consists approximately of: 91,000 miles of footpaths20,000 miles of bridleways3,700 mi...

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