Definitive map

A definitive map is a record of public rights of way in England and Wales. In law it is the definitive record of where a right of way is located. The highway authority (normally the county council, or unitary authority in areas with a one-tier system) has a statutory duty to maintain a definitive map, though in national parks the National Park Authority usually maintains the map. The Inner London boroughs are exempt from the statutory duty though they have the powers to maintain a map: currently none does so.

Each right of way also has a written description referred to as the definitive statement. Generally the definitive map takes legal precedence over the definitive statement.

Current Definitive Maps

Ceremonial County	District council	Website
Bedfordshire	Bedford	Official website
Bedfordshire	Central Bedfordshire	Official website
Berkshire	West Berkshire	Official website
Berkshire	Bracknell Forest	Official website
Berkshire	Windsor and Maidenhead	Official website
Berkshire	Wokingham	Official website
Warwickshire	(all districts covered)	Official website
Hampshire	(all districts covered)	Official website
West Sussex	Adur	Official website
Cumbria	Allerdale	Official website
Derbyshire	Amber Valley	Official website
West Sussex	Arun	Official website
Nottinghamshire	Ashfield	Official website
Kent	Ashford	Official website
Buckinghamshire	Aylesbury Vale	Official website
Suffolk	Babergh	Official website
Greater London	Barking and Dagenham	Official website
Greater London	Barnet	Official website
South Yorkshire	Barnsley	Official website
Cumbria	Barrow-in-Furness	Official website
Essex	Basildon	Official website
Hampshire	Basingstoke and Deane	Official website
Nottinghamshire	Bassetlaw	Official website
Somerset	Bath and North East Somerset	Official website
Greater London	Bexley	Official website
West Midlands	Birmingham	Official website
Leicestershire	Blaby	Official website
Lancashire	Blackburn with Darwen	[# Official website]
Lancashire	Blackpool	Official website
Derbyshire	Bolsover	[# Official website]
Greater Manchester	Bolton	Official website
Lincolnshire	Boston	[# Official website]
Dorset	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	Official website
West Yorkshire	Bradford	Official website
Essex	Braintree	Official website
Norfolk	Breckland	[# Official website]
Greater London	Brent	Official website
Essex	Brentwood	Official website
East Sussex	Brighton and Hove	Official website
Bristol	Bristol	Official website
Norfolk	Broadland	Official website
Greater London	Bromley	Official website
Worcestershire	Bromsgrove	Official website
Hertfordshire	Broxbourne	Official website
Hertfordshire	Broxtowe	[# Official website]
Lancashire	Burnley	Official website
Greater Manchester	Bury	Official website
West Yorkshire	Calderdale	Official website
Cambridgeshire	Cambridge	[# Official website]
Greater London	Camden	[# Official website]
Staffordshire	Cannock Chase	[# Official website]
Kent	Canterbury	Official website
Cumbria	Carlisle	Official website
Essex	Castle Point	Official website
Leicestershire	Charnwood	Official website
Essex	Chelmsford	Official website
Gloucestershire	Cheltenham	Official website
Oxfordshire	Cherwell	[# Official website]
Cheshire	Cheshire East	Official website
Cheshire	Cheshire West and Chester	[# Official website]
Derbyshire	Chesterfield	Official website
West Sussex	Chichester	Official website
Buckinghamshire	Chiltern	Official website
Lancashire	Chorley	Official website
Berkshire	City of London	Official website
Essex	Colchester	Official website
Cumbria	Copeland	Official website
Northamptonshire	Corby	Official website
Cornwall	Cornwall	Official website
Gloucestershire	Cotswold	[# Official website]
Berkshire	County Durham	Official website
West Midlands	Coventry	Official website
North Yorkshire	Craven	Official website
West Sussex	Crawley	Official website
Greater London	Croydon	Official website
Hertfordshire	Dacorum	[# Official website]
County Durham	Darlington	Official website
Kent	Dartford	Official website
Northamptonshire	Daventry	Official website
Derbyshire	Derby	[# Official website]
Derbyshire	Derbyshire Dales	[# Official website]
South Yorkshire	Doncaster	Official website
Dorset	Dorset	[# Official website]
Kent	Dover	Official website
West Midlands	Dudley	Official website
Greater London	Ealing	[# Official website]
Cambridgeshire	East Cambridgeshire	Official website
Devon	East Devon	[# Official website]
Hampshire	East Hampshire	Official website
Hertfordshire	East Hertfordshire	[# Official website]
Lincolnshire	East Lindsey	Official website
Northamptonshire	East Northamptonshire	Official website
East Riding of Yorkshire	East Riding of Yorkshire	Official website
Staffordshire	East Staffordshire	Official website
Suffolk	East Suffolk	[# Official website]
East Sussex	Eastbourne	Official website
Hampshire	Eastleigh	Official website
Cumbria	Eden	Official website
Surrey	Elmbridge	[# Official website]
Greater London	Enfield	[# Official website]
Essex	Epping Forest	[# Official website]
Surrey	Epsom and Ewell	Official website
Derbyshire	Erewash	[# Official website]
Devon	Exeter	Official website
Hampshire	Fareham	Official website
Cambridgeshire	Fenland	Official website
Kent	Folkestone and Hythe	Official website
Gloucestershire	Forest of Dean	Official website
Lancashire	Fylde	[# Official website]
Tyne and Wear	Gateshead	[# Official website]
Nottinghamshire	Gedling	[# Official website]
Gloucestershire	Gloucester	Official website
Hampshire	Gosport	[# Official website]
Kent	Gravesham	Official website
Norfolk	Great Yarmouth	Official website
Greater London	Greenwich	[# Official website]
Surrey	Guildford	[# Official website]
Greater London	Hackney	[# Official website]
Cheshire	Halton	[# Official website]
North Yorkshire	Hambleton	Official website
Greater London	Hammersmith and Fulham	Official website
Leicestershire	Harborough	Official website
Greater London	Haringey	Official website
Essex	Harlow	Official website
North Yorkshire	Harrogate	Official website
Greater London	Harrow	Official website
Hampshire	Hart	Official website
County Durham	Hartlepool	Official website
East Sussex	Hastings	Official website
Hampshire	Havant	[# Official website]
Greater London	Havering	Official website
Herefordshire	Herefordshire	Official website
Hertfordshire	Hertsmere	[# Official website]
Derbyshire	High Peak	Official website
Greater London	Hillingdon	[# Official website]
Leicestershire	Hinckley and Bosworth	[# Official website]
West Sussex	Horsham	Official website
Greater London	Hounslow	Official website
Cambridgeshire	Huntingdonshire	[# Official website]
Lancashire	Hyndburn	[# Official website]
Suffolk	Ipswich	Official website
Isle of Wight	Isle of Wight	Official website
Cornwall	Isles of Scilly	Official website
Greater London	Islington	Official website
Greater London	Kensington and Chelsea	Official website
Northamptonshire	Kettering	[# Official website]
Norfolk	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	Official website
East Riding of Yorkshire	Kingston upon Hull	Official website
Greater London	Kingston upon Thames	Official website
West Yorkshire	Kirklees	Official website
Merseyside	Knowsley	Official website
Greater London	Lambeth	Official website
Lancashire	Lancaster	[# Official website]
West Yorkshire	Leeds	Official website
Leicestershire	Leicester	Official website
East Sussex	Lewes	[# Official website]
Greater London	Lewisham	Official website
Staffordshire	Lichfield	Official website
Lincolnshire	Lincoln	Official website
Merseyside	Liverpool	[# Official website]
Kent	Maidstone	[# Official website]
Essex	Maldon	[# Official website]
Worcestershire	Malvern Hills	Official website
Greater Manchester	Manchester	Official website
Nottinghamshire	Mansfield	[# Official website]
Kent	Medway	[# Official website]
Leicestershire	Melton	Official website
Somerset	Mendip	Official website
Greater London	Merton	[# Official website]
Devon	Mid Devon	Official website
Suffolk	Mid Suffolk	[# Official website]
West Sussex	Mid Sussex	Official website
North Yorkshire	Middlesbrough	Official website
Buckinghamshire	Milton Keynes	Official website
Surrey	Mole Valley	Official website
Hampshire	New Forest	Official website
Nottinghamshire	Newark and Sherwood	Official website
Tyne and Wear	Newcastle upon Tyne	Official website
Staffordshire	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Official website
Greater London	Newham	Official website
Devon	North Devon	Official website
Derbyshire	North East Derbyshire	Official website
Lincolnshire	North East Lincolnshire	Official website
Hertfordshire	North Hertfordshire	[1:0,1,2,3,4 Official website]
Lincolnshire	North Kesteven	Official website
Lincolnshire	North Lincolnshire	Official website
Norfolk	North Norfolk	Official website
Somerset	North Somerset	Official website
Tyne and Wear	North Tyneside	[# Official website]
Tyne and Wear	North Warwickshire	Official website
Leicestershire	North West Leicestershire	Official website
Northamptonshire	Northampton	,search=,fade=false,mX=0,mY=0 Official website]
Northumberland	Northumberland	Official website
Norfolk	Norwich	Official website
Nottinghamshire	Nottingham	[# Official website]
Warwickshire	Nuneaton and Bedworth	Official website
Leicestershire	Oadby and Wigston	[# Official website]
Greater Manchester	Oldham	Official website
Oxfordshire	Oxford	Official website
Lancashire	Pendle	[# Official website]
Lancashire	Peterborough	Official website
Devon	Plymouth	[# Official website]
Hampshire	Portsmouth	Official website
Lancashire	Preston	[# Official website]
Greater London	Redbridge	Official website
North Yorkshire	Redcar and Cleveland	Official website
Worcestershire	Redditch	[# Official website]
Surrey	Reigate and Banstead	[# Official website]
Lancashire	Ribble Valley	Official website
Greater London	Richmond upon Thames	Official website
North Yorkshire	Richmondshire	[# Official website]
Greater Manchester	Rochdale	[# Official website]
Essex	Rochford	Official website
Lancashire	Rossendale	Official website
East Sussex	Rother	Official website
South Yorkshire	Rotherham	Official website
Warwickshire	Rugby	[# Official website]
Surrey	Runnymede	[# Official website]
Nottinghamshire	Rushcliffe	[# Official website]
Hampshire	Rushmoor	Official website
Rutland	Rutland	[# Official website]
North Yorkshire	Ryedale	Official website
Greater Manchester	Salford	[# Official website]
West Midlands	Sandwell	[# Official website]
North Yorkshire	Scarborough	Official website
Somerset	Sedgemoor	[# Official website]
Merseyside	Sefton	Official website
North Yorkshire	Selby	Official website
Kent	Sevenoaks	Official website
South Yorkshire	Sheffield	Official website
Shropshire	Shropshire	Official website
West Midlands	Solihull	Official website
Somerset	Somerset West and Taunton	[# Official website]
Buckinghamshire	South Bucks	Official website
Cambridgeshire	South Cambridgeshire	Official website
Derbyshire	South Derbyshire	[# Official website]
Gloucestershire	South Gloucestershire	Official website
Devon	South Hams	Official website
Lincolnshire	South Holland	Official website
Lincolnshire	South Kesteven	Official website
Cumbria	South Lakeland	Official website
Norfolk	South Norfolk	Official website
Northamptonshire	South Northamptonshire	,search=,fade=false,mX=0,mY=0 Official website]
Oxfordshire	South Oxfordshire	Official website
Lancashire	South Ribble	Official website
Somerset	South Somerset	[# Official website]
Staffordshire	South Staffordshire	Official website
Tyne and Wear	South Tyneside	[# Official website]
Hampshire	Southampton	Official website
Essex	Southend-on-Sea	Official website
Greater London	Southwark	[# Official website]
Surrey	Spelthorne	Official website
Berkshire	St Albans	[1:0,1,2,3,4 Official website]
Berkshire	St Helens	[# Official website]
Staffordshire	Stafford	Official website
Staffordshire	Staffordshire Moorlands	Official website
Hertfordshire	Stevenage	[1:0,1,2,3,4 Official website]
Greater Manchester	Stockport	Official website
Greater Manchester	Stockton-on-Tees	Official website
Staffordshire	Stoke-on-Trent	Official website
Warwickshire	Stratford-on-Avon	Official website
Gloucestershire	Stroud	Official website
Tyne and Wear	Sunderland	[# Official website]
Surrey	Surrey Heath	Official website
Greater London	Sutton	[# Official website]
Kent	Swale	[# Official website]
Wiltshire	Swindon	Official website
Greater Manchester	Tameside	Official website
Staffordshire	Tamworth	Official website
Surrey	Tandridge	[# Official website]
Devon	Teignbridge	[# Official website]
Shropshire	Telford and Wrekin	[# Official website]
Essex	Tendring	Official website
Hampshire	Test Valley	Official website
Gloucestershire	Tewkesbury	[# Official website]
Kent	Thanet	[# Official website]
Hertfordshire	Three Rivers	[# Official website]
Essex	Thurrock	[# Official website]
Kent	Tonbridge and Malling	[# Official website]
Devon	Torbay	Official website
Devon	Torridge	[# Official website]
Greater London	Tower Hamlets	Official website
Greater Manchester	Trafford	Official website
Kent	Tunbridge Wells	[# Official website]
Essex	Uttlesford	Official website
Oxfordshire	Vale of White Horse	Official website
West Yorkshire	Wakefield	[# Official website]
West Midlands	Walsall	[# Official website]
Greater London	Waltham Forest	[# Official website]
Greater London	Wandsworth	[# Official website]
Cheshire	Warrington	Official website
Warwickshire	Warwick	[# Official website]
Hertfordshire	Watford	[# Official website]
Surrey	Waverley	[# Official website]
East Sussex	Wealden	[# Official website]
Northamptonshire	Wellingborough	[# Official website]
Hertfordshire	Welwyn Hatfield	[# Official website]
Devon	West Devon	Official website
Lancashire	West Lancashire	Official website
Lincolnshire	West Lindsey	[# Official website]
Oxfordshire	West Oxfordshire	Official website
Suffolk	West Suffolk	[# Official website]
Greater London	Westminster	[# Official website]
Greater Manchester	Wigan	Official website
Wiltshire	Wiltshire	Official website
Hampshire	Winchester	[# Official website]
Hampshire	Wirral	[# Official website]
Surrey	Woking	[# Official website]
West Midlands	Wolverhampton	[# Official website]
Worcestershire	Worcester	Official website
West Sussex	Worthing	[# Official website]
Worcestershire	Wychavon	[# Official website]
Buckinghamshire	Wycombe	Official website
Lancashire	Wyre	[# Official website]
Worcestershire	Wyre Forest	[# Official website]
North Yorkshire	York	Official website

External links

• [1] Public Paths and the Definitive Map from the Ramblers Association
• [2] Definitive Map Orders: Consistency Guidelines from the Planning Inspectorate