United Kingdom/Identifying Rights of Way

Introduction

The signs and waymarks used to indicate public rights of way in the United Kingdom vary from area to area. This page seeks aid the mapper by cataloguing the differing styles used by the various local authorities.

Note: For more information on tagging rights of way in the UK please refer to Access provisions in the United Kingdom.

Examples

England

Although individual local authorities may differ the common colour scheme used is as follows:

Colour	Use
Yellow	Footpath
Blue	Bridleway
Plum	Restricted Byway
Orange	Byway Open To All Traffic
White	Other (often public highways or permissive routes)

Hampshire County Council

Photo	Right of Way	Notes
	Footpath
	Bridleway
	N/A	Waymarks with a green arrow are used to mark named routes. Although open to the public these routes may use a mixture of permissive paths or rights of way.