HL Deb 25 May 2000 vol 613 cc109-12WA
Lord Blaker

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will list, by county, for England and Wales the number of miles of (a) public footpaths and (b) bridleways. [HL2504]

Lord Whitty

This information is not collected by my department. The County Surveyors' Society has supplied the information in Table 1 for England, and the Countryside Council for Wales has provided the information in Table 2 for Wales.

Table 1
Footpaths Bridleways
Council (km) (km)
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council 555 150
Birmingham City Council 500 5
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council 327 2
Bradford Metropolitan District Council 834 105
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council 280 19
Calderdale MBC 1,200 218
City of Sunderland 131 26
Newcastle City Council 71 17
Coventry City Council 102 0
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council 358 94
Dudley MBC 280 10
Gateshead MB Council 173 32
Kirklees MC 944 83
Knowsley Metropolitan Brough Council 70 7
Leeds City Council 942 153
Liverpool City Council 40 10
Manchester City Council 72 0
North Tyneside Council 97 24
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council 375 31
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council 421 77
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council 400 50
Salford City Council 119 3
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council 72 3
Sheffield City Council 632 76
Solihull MBC 200 11
South Tyneside MB Council 74 10
St Helens MBC 220 3
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council 205 35
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council 815 110
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council 95 1
Wakefield MDC 389 79
Walsall MB 87 2
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council 430 35

Table 1
Footpaths Bridleways
Council (km) (km)
Wolverhampton MBC 57 6
Bedfordshire County Council 1,543 565
Cambridgeshire County Council 2,202 516
Lincolnshire County Council 3,040 782
Luton Borough Council 8 6
Norfolk County Council 2,628 499
North Lincolnshire Council 410 83
North East Lincolnshire Council 150 75
Peterborough City Council 165 89
Suffolk County Council 4,482 558
Derby City Council 52 3
Derbyshire County Council 4,800 456
Herefordshire Council 2,942 394
Leicester City Council 76 18
Leicestershire County Council 2,429 504
Northamptonshire County Council 2,148 810
Nottingham City Council 2 8
Nottinghamshire County Council 2,368 815
Rutland County Council 191 124
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council 25 45
Shropshire County Council 4,250 770
Staffordshire County Council 3,620 355
Stoke City Council n/k n/k
Telford and Wrekin Council 300 65
Warwickshire County Council 2,318 482
Worcestershire County Council 4,210 421
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council 466 2
Blackpool Borough Council 19 3
Cheshire County Council 2.807 132
City of York Council 165 35
Cumbria County 5,451 1,883
Darlington Borough Council 224 65
Durham County Council 2,795 501
East Riding of Yorkshire Council 950 350
Halton Borough Council 77 1
Hartlepool Borough Council 83 5
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council 39 0
Lancashire County Council 5,568 383
Middlesbrough Borough Council 35 2
North Yorkshire County Council 8,749 2,737
Northumberland County Council 3,133 1,295
Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council 221 53
Stockton Borough Council 156 33
Warrington Borough Council n/k n/k
Wirral Borough Council 95 17
Bracknell Forest Borough Council 45 5
Brighton and Hove Council 25 77
Buckinghamshire County Council 2,720 587
East Sussex County Council 2,451 713
Essex County Council 6,505 800
Hampshire County Council 3,342 681
Hertfordshire County Council 2,228 577
Isle of Wight Council 514 266
Kent County Council 5,744 663
Milton Keynes Council 345 191
Oxfordshire County Council 2,553 970
Portsmouth City Council n/k n/k
Reading Borough Council 17 1
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead 219 30
Slough Borough Council 19 3
Southampton City Council 16 3
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council 90 2
Surrey County Council 2,112 1,014
The Medway Towns Council 218 15
Thurrock Council 15 1
West Sussex County Council 2,816 1,006
West Berkshire Council 676 200
Wokingham District Council 143 21
Bath & North East Somerset Council 738 36
Bournemouth Borough Council 32 1
Bristol City Council 125 5
Cornwall County Council 3,533 527
Devon County Council 4,200 1,250
Dorset County Council 2,790 1,730

Table 1
Footpaths Bridleways
Council (km) (km)
Gloucestershire County Council 4,503 703
North Somerset Council 656 65
Borough of Poole 35 6
Plymouth City Council 9 0
Somerset City Council 4,760 910
South Gloucestershire Council 1,118 112
Swindon Borough Council 129 59
Torbay Borough Council 180 3
Wiltshire County Council 3,560 1,573
Dartmoor National Park 331 316
Exmoor National Park 438 464
Broads National Park 278 32
Lake District National Park 2,896 673
Northumberland National Park 529 368
North York Moors National Park 1,506 752
Peak District National Park 2,124 258
Yorkshire Dales National Park 1,483 634
London Borough of Barking & Dagenham 17 0
London Borough of Barnet 23 1
Bexley Council 43 3
London Borough of Brent 16 1
London Borough of Bromley 169 14
London Borough of Croydon 107 17
London Borough of Ealing 65 1
London Borough of Enfield 37 5
London Borough of Haringey 16 0
London Borough of Harrow 21 4
London Borough of Havering 97 7
London Borough of Hillingdon 81 4
London Borough of Hounslow 20 2
Royal Borough of Kingston 24 7
London Borough of Merton 43 10
London Borough of Newham 19 3
London Borough of Redbridge 16 1
London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames 100 2
London Borough of Sutton 17 4
London Borough of Waltham Forest 12 0
Corporation of London 8 0
Camden 2 0
Greenwich 16 1
Hackney n/k n/k
Islington 0 0
Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea 6 0
Lambeth 14 0
Lewisham 6 0
Southwark 2 0
Tower Hamlets n/k n/k
Wandsworth 19 0
Westminster City n/k n/k

Table 2
Footpaths Bridleways
Council (km) (km)
Blaenau Gwent 193,46 5,173
Ynys Mon 1,056.5 3
Gwynedd 3,317.7 300.88
Wrexham 783 60
Newport 266 7
Swansea 506 113
Torfaen 292 7
Conwy n/k n/k
Neath and Port Talbot 529 123
Brecon Beacons NP 1,500 220
Carmarthenshire 3,100 120
Bridgend 494.78 79.66
Pembrokeshire 1,287.2 209.17
Powys 6,391 2,770
Snowdonia NP 2,316 186
Ceredigion NP 1,634 468
Cardiff 165.225 5.536
Caerphilly 818.4 135
Pembrokeshire Coast NP 823 121

Table 2
Footpaths Bridleways
Council (km) (km)
Flintshire 935 106
Denbighshire 1,110 185
Vale of Glamorgan 498.2 27.17
Rhondda Cynon Taff 652.534 88.172
Merthyr Tydfil 50.141 29.176
Monmouthshire 1,434.6 66.7