Winchester - Definitive Map Modification Order for Four Public Footpaths

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981 THE HAMPSHIRE DEFINITIVE MAP AND STATEMENT OF PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY (DATED 15TH DECEMBER 2007)

THE HAMPSHIRE (CITY OF WINCHESTER NO.60) (PARISH OF SOUTH WONSTON AND PARISH OF KINGS WORTHY) DEFINITIVE MAP MODIFICATION ORDER 2026

On the 25 September 2026 Hampshire County Council confirmed this Order.

The effect of the Order as confirmed is to modify the definitive map and statement for the area by recording four footpaths in the parishes of South Wonston and Kings Worthy, as follows:

• SU 4621 3563 to SU 4627 3547 – South Wonston Footpath 503 - commencing at a junction with South Wonston Restricted Byway 703 and proceeding southwards to a junction with Footpath 506;

• SU 4652 3584 to SU 4649 3552 – South Wonston Footpath 504 - commencing at a junction with South Wonston Restricted Byway 703 and proceeding south-southwestwards to a junction with Footpath 506;

• SU 4676 3564 to SU 4677 3549 – South Wonston Footpath 505 – commencing at a junction with South Wonston Restricted Byway 703 and proceeding generally southwards to a junction with Footpath 506;

• SU 4625 3552 to SU 4698 3547 – South Wonston Footpath 506/Kings Worthy Footpath 518 – commencing at a junction with Footpath 503 and proceeding generally eastwards to a junction with Kings Worthy Bridleway 517. A spur runs between SU 4631 3552 to SU 4627 3547, also connecting this path to Footpath 503.

A copy of the Order and the Order map have been placed and may be seen free of charge at the offices of Hampshire County Council, The Castle, Winchester, SO23 8UD, and at the offices of Winchester City Council, City Offices, Colebrook Street, Winchester, SO23 9LJ at all reasonable hours, or online at www.hants.gov.uk/publicnotices

Copies of the Order and the map can be provided on request.

The Order came into force on 25 September 2026 but if any person aggrieved by the Order wants to question its validity or that of any provision contained in it on the ground that it is not within the powers of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, or on the ground that any requirement of the Act, or any regulation made under the Act has not been complied with in relation to the Order, he or she may under paragraph 12 of Schedule 15 to the Act within forty two days from 16 October 2026 make application for the purpose to the High Court.

DATED this 16th day of October 2026

PATRICK BLOGG, Director of Universal Services, The Castle, Winchester, SO23 8UD