ROW Bridleways: Public Rights of Way from the Definitive Map and Statement

A working copy extract of the Definitive Map and Statement, the legal record of Public Rights of Way (PROW). The data is provided by the Government Digital Service and is in line form, representing an approximate snapshot of rights of way for a given time. It should not be used for legal purposes as it may not be up to date, complete, or entirely accurate.

Use Cases

• Visualizing approximate public rights of way networks based on line data.
• Analyzing the density and distribution of bridleways for recreational planning.
• Integrating approximate path locations into broader geospatial analyses of land use.

Strengths

• Derived from the official Definitive Map and Statement, a legal record.
• Data is updated on a frequent basis according to the description.
• Represents a working copy intended for operational use.

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.
• The data is explicitly not for legal use and may not be up to date, complete, or entirely accurate.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Extract of the Definitive Map and Statement.

Time Range

Snapshot for a given time, but specific range is unknown.

Freshness

Changes are made to the working copy on a frequent basis, but the last update date is unknown.

Geography

Likely covers the region referenced by 'ROW' (potentially a UK region), but specific geography is unknown.