Cheshire West and Chester Council Restricted Byways Public Rights of Way

Cheshire West and Chester Council Restricted Byways, a category of Public Rights of Way. The data originates from the Definitive Map at a 1:10560 scale. The dataset is published by the Government Digital Service under the UK Open Government Licence.

Use Cases

• Map public access routes for planning and recreational purposes based on the legal rights of way.
• Analyze spatial distribution of restricted byways for infrastructure or environmental assessments.
• Verify legal land access boundaries for property or legal disputes based on the Definitive Map reference.

Strengths

• Data is derived from the legally authoritative Definitive Map.
• Published under the permissive UK Open Government Licence.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Cheshire West and Chester Council

Collection Method

Transposition from the legal Definitive Map.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated: unknown

Geography

Cheshire West and Chester, UK