Lake District – Diversion and Modification of Bridleways and Footpaths

LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY
NOTICE OF PUBLIC PATH AND DEFINITIVE MAP &
STATEMENT MODIFICATION ORDERS 2025
SECTIONS 26, 118 & 119 HIGHWAYS ACT 1980
SECTION 53A (2) WILDLIFE & COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981
DIVERSION OF BRIDLEWAY BETWEEN FAR EASEDALE AND ROSTHWAITE, WITH ASSOCIATED EXTINGUISHMENTS AND CREATIONS, LAKES: GRASMERE, ST JOHNS CASTLERIGG AND WYTHBURN, AND BORROWDALE PARISHES

On 11 November 2025 we confirmed the above orders to divert the Bridleway between Far Easedale and Rosthwaite, with associated extinguishments and creations, as shown on the order plan.

The public bridleway numbered 542014, 249041 and 212021 between Far Easedale, Lakes: Grasmere Parish and Rosthwaite, Borrowdale Parish, has been diverted to the pitched, surfaced and well-used path to ensure that the definitive map more accurately reflects the situation on the ground. In order that linking rights of way terminate on the diverted bridleway, bridleway 212025 (Borrowdale) has also been diverted, and footpaths 542044 (Lakes: Grasmere) and 212027 (Borrowdale) have been extended, and short stretches of footpaths 542012 (Lakes: Grasmere), 542037 (Lakes: Grasmere), 249074 (St Johns, Castlerigg & Wythburn) and 249051 (St Johns, Castlerigg & Wythburn) have been extinguished so that they terminate on the diverted bridleway.

The order has diverted Bridleway 542014 (Lakes: Grasmere) at the locations below:
• between Point A: NY 3219 0894 and Point B: NY 3214 0898 around 11m to the south-west for 70m
• between Point C: NY 3188 0933 and Point H: NY 3173 0935 around 24m to the north then south for 175m through the ford
• between Point J: NY 3160 0944 and Point K: NY 3150 0955 around 8m to the west for 170m
• between Point L: NY 3145 0964 and Point M: NY 3064 0981 around 5–15m on varying sides of the previous definitive line for 885m
• between Point N: NY 3019 0989 and Point Q: NY 3006 0995 less than 10m to varying sides of the previous definitive line for 213m
• between Point R: NY 2999 0994 and Point S: NY 2996 0994 6m to the south for 23m
• between Point T: NY 2980 1002 and Point U: NY 2969 1016 less than 7m to varying sides of the previous definitive line for 212m
• between Point V: NY 2960 1023 and Point X: NY 2956 1027 60m to the north for 64m

Bridleway 249041 (St Johns, Castlerigg & Wythburn) has been diverted between Point X: NY 2956 1027 and Point CC: NY 2857 1054 to the north, then south, then north and east, for a maximum of 140m away from the previous definitive line, more generally around 50m for a distance of 1,150m.
Bridleway 212021 (Borrowdale) has been diverted:
• Between Point CC: NY 2857 1054 and Point GG: NY 2836 1120 east and then west of the previous definitive line to a maximum of 70m for 820m
• Between Point HH: NY 2834 1127 and Point LL: NY 2828 1134 17m to the west for 105m
• Between Point MM: NY 2826 1147 and Point NN: NY 2810 1202 east and then generally west of the previous definitive line to a maximum of 60m for 819m
• Between Point PP: NY 2749 1296 and Point TT: NY 2732 1309 to the north east of the buildings for 215m
• Between Point UU: NY 2689 1335 and Point YY: NY 2677 1339 a maximum of 23m to the north for 131m crossing the beck via a ford
Bridleway 212025 (Borrowdale) has been diverted between Point QQ: NY 2743 1299 and Point SS: NY 2743 1301 for 30m to join with newly diverted bridleway 212021.
Footpath FP 542044 (Lakes: Grasmere) has been created for a length of 33 metres between Point D: NY 3185 0936 and Point E: NY 3183 0936 (both points on Bridleway 542014) across the footbridge at Stythwaite Steps.
Footpath FP 212027 (Borrowdale) has been extended for 22 metres from Point FF: NY 2855 1054 to Point DD: NY 2856 1055 on the newly created Bridleway 212021.
6m of Public Footpath 542012 (Lakes: Grasmere) has been extinguished between Point G: NY 3177 0935 and Point F: NY 3178 0936 so that it terminates on the newly diverted Bridleway 542014.
71m of Public Footpath 542037 (Lakes: Grasmere)/249074 (St Johns, Castlerigg & Wythburn) has been extinguished between Point X: NY 2956 1027 and Point Z: NY 2952 1021 so that it terminates on the newly diverted Bridleway 249041.
27m of Public Footpath 249051 has been extinguished between Point BB NY 2859 1053 and Point EE NY 2856 1052 so that it terminates on newly diverted Bridleway 249041.
A copy of the orders and plans may be seen during office hours at; Customer Services, Cumberland Council, Allerdale House, New Bridge Road, Workington, CA14 3YJ; Westmorland and Furness Council, Customer Services, South Lakeland House, Lowther Street, Kendal, LA9 4DQ, Keswick Information Centre, Moot Hall, CA12 5JR, and at the Lake District National Park Authority, Wayfaring House, Murley Moss, Oxenholme Road, Kendal, LA9 7RL.
You can also buy copies from the Authority for £3 each or view online at www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/rowchanges
Any person who wishes to claim compensation under Section 28 of the 1980 Act for depreciation or damage by disturbance arising as a result of the order must make a claim in writing to the Solicitor to the Authority to arrive not later than 28 May 2026.
The orders will come into force on 28 November 2025. If any person aggrieved by the orders wants to question their validity, or any provision contained within, they can apply to the High Court within six weeks from 28 November 2025. The grounds for applying are that: the order was not made within the powers of the Highways Act 1980 (as amended), or that any requirement of the Act (as amended), or of any regulation made under the Act has not been complied with.
Authority Solicitor, 11 November 2025