What are the rules about routes that aren't usable 24/7?

geeoharee

21 October 2022 21:25

I tried to find anything on the FAQs about this, but it might be easier just to ask. A few routes in Greater Manchester pass through its city parks, which the public are allowed to walk through during the day, but the gates are locked at dusk (or whatever time is posted on the gate).

They're nice routes, but do we need to mark them for access issues, because you technically can't use them all of the time? Or is this OK as most people will want to use them during the day anyway?

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  Daisy Cairns

  21 October 2022 22:08

  Good question! No idea if there's a rule though.

  There's a lot of this in London too but I haven't noticed any formal flags about it. I've seen a description of which roads to use instead when a cemetery is closed. I do think it's worth mentioning, it's easy to forget about it during summer. And people can't tell from a map if the park will be locked or left open, some don't even have walls, fences, etc. You just can't tell from a map. A couple of times I've said which authority or other organisation runs the park so people can look it up.

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  Andrew Mackay

  22 October 2022 09:51

  Second this as a very good point. I suppose the likelihood of people walking the route outside of the main 'daylight' hours could be a combination of location (e.g. city or countryside) and distance (longer route more likely to need to make use of the earlier or later hours).

  I feel like the flag for access issues is perhaps too strong for this particular issue, but a tick box or symbol on the route page (like on the settlement pages) might be more suitable perhaps?

   

   

   

   

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  Lynn Jackson

  24 October 2022 11:24 Edited

  The survey asks if there are any time restrictions to parts of the route, and survey photos usually picture this is that is the case (see the Ilknot One survey: https://beta.slowways.org/PhotoSurvey/Ilknot/5278/41cd11bd-b3e6-491e-8764-4faa5930739b ).

  A route that isn’t accessible 24x7 is certainly allowable but it should be mentioned in your review if you aren’t completing a survey.

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  geeoharee

  24 October 2022 12:22

  Thanks Lynn, I haven't done the surveyor training but that's really useful to know. I will continue to mention it on reviews, then.

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  Cristie Moore

  26 October 2022 10:59

  Thank you for the suggestions and feedback.  I've mentioned it to the team to see what might be possible in addition to it being part of the survey.  Being mentioned in reviews as well as surveys as Lynn suggested is really helpful.

  Best wishes,
  Cristie

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