In England and Wales, a bridleway is a way over which the public have the following, but no other, rights of way: Public is of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; opposed to private; as, the public treasury, a road or lake. ... Right-of-way is a legal term which may have any of several meanings: priority at a crossing, or in traffic. ...

• a right of way on foot and
• a right of way on horseback or leading a horse,
• with or without a right to drive animals of any description along the way. (United Kingdom Horses (Protective Headgear for Young Riders) Act 1990 (c. 25), section 3(2)(b)).

Cycles are also permitted on bridleways. Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The Horse (Equus caballus) is a sizeable ungulate mammal, one of the seven modern species of the genus Equus. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ...

Bridleways are shown as long green dashes on Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps, or long pink dashes on 1:50,000 maps. They are shown as dashed orange lines on the 1:25,000 maps where there is no statutory right of way but where the landowner permits use as a bridleway. The Ordnance Survey maps cannot be treated as the definitive description of bridleways and they often taken some years to be updated with changes. Local Authorities (usually County or Unitary Authorities) are required to maintain the definitive map of all rights of way in their areas and these can be inspected at Council Offices. Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. ... Originally, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count (in Great Britain, an earl, though the original earldoms covered larger areas) by reason of that office. ...

A bridleway is sometimes waymarked using a blue arrow on a metal or plastic disc or by blue paint dots on posts and trees.

Other types of rights of way (UK)

• Carriageway,
• Footpath,
• Byway

Depending on the context, footpath may refer to Sidewalk, a paved walkway Trail, usually an unpaved path through wild areas This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... A byway in the United Kingdom is a minor secondary or tertiary road. ...

External links

• Commercial internet based database of bridleways in the UK