BHS encourages to take part in Paths for Communities
17th July 2012The British Horse Society has encouraged equestrians to submit applications for new bridleways as part of the Paths for Communities project, a Natural England initiative to encourage local communities to help provide new bridleways.
Mark Weston, Director of Access, Safety and Welfare, said: “It is important that horse riders identify suitable routes and submit applications pursuant to this scheme so that we can increase the small percentage of the rights of way network that horse riders currently enjoy.
“It may be possible in many circumstances to put forward proposals to join up existing bridleways that are not currently linked up.”
Paths for Communities projects must include some element of new Public Right of Way creation. In most cases this will be a bridleway creation. Community groups can apply for a grant to help create the route and the scheme will operate until March 2014, with a total fund of £2million