Question follow-through · 36305
Cycleways and Public Footpaths
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of miles of (a) public footpaths, (b) bridleways, (c) restricted byways and (d) other public (i) walkways and (ii) cycleways in the UK.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 6 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 25 Mar 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of miles of (a) public footpaths, (b) bridleways, (c) restricted byways and (d) other public (i) walkways and (ii) cycleways in the UK.
10 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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25 Mar 2025
Answer published
The public rights of way network provides approximately 140,000 miles of linear access in England and Wales, with 83% found in England and 17% in Wales. In England this consists approximately of: 91,000 miles of footpaths20,000 miles of bridleways3,700 mi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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