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The term ‘green lane’ is often used in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, but has no legal meaning whatsoever. It is a physical description of an unsurfaced track often, but not always, of some antiquity. It may be a footpath, bridleway or byway or it may not be recorded as a public right of way on the Definitive Map at all. Where they are not shown on the Definitive Map, they may be unsealed unclassified county roads which are often shown on OS maps as ‘Other Routes with Public Access’ (ORPAs).
Byways are routes with proven rights for motor vehicles and many unsealed unclassified roads are also used by recreational motor vehicles. The use of unsurfaced routes by motor vehicles is an emotive issue and one where the National Park Authority has taken a proactive and systematic approach to the management issues that it raises.
To find out more about where you can go with a motor vehicle please see our green lanes driving page.
To find out about how we manage we manage the network of byways and unsurfaced unclassified roads please see our green lane management page.
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Hay meadow in Malham, © Rick at Fortybelowzero.
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