JLAF Links

On this page are links to organisations relating to the work of the JLAF, as well as other links to websites of interest.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Links from this site to other sites do not imply any endorsement either of the website supplier or the content of the external site, and the JLAF carries no responsibility for the accuracy of any information on the site concerned.

Contents

Quick Links

Organisations

• Partnership Councils

• Other LAFs in the South West of England

• Adjacent County or Unitary Councils

• Adjacent District Councils

• Local (Parish and Town) Councils

• Government Departments and Agencies

• Landowner Organisations

• User Organisations

• Disabled Access Organisations

• Conservation and Landscape Organisations

• Other Organisations

Subject Areas

• Access Land

• Rights of Way Improvement Plans (ROWIPs)

• Access for disabled people

• Mapping

• Resources/ Reference

• Routes

Quick Links

• Defra: Landscape, Recreation and Public Access

• Open Access Website

• Countryside Access Website

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Organisations

Partnership Councils

• Bath & North East Somerset Council: Homepage /  Public Rights of Way

• Bristol City Council: Homepage /  Public Rights of Way

• South Gloucestershire Council: Homepage /  Public Rights of Way

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Other LAFs in the South West of England

• Gloucestershire Local Access Forum (adjacent to the JLAF)

• North Somerset Local Access Forum (adjacent to the JLAF)

• Somerset Local Access Forum (adjacent to the JLAF)

• Wiltshire and Swindon Local Access Forum (adjacent to the JLAF)

• Cornwall Local Access Forum

• Dartmoor Local Access Forum

• Devon Local Access Forum

• Dorset Local Access Forum

• Exmoor Local Access Forum

• Plymouth Local Access Forum

• Torbay Local Access Forum

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Adjacent County or Unitary Councils

• North Somerset Council

• Somerset County Council

• Wiltshire County Council

• Gloucestershire County Council

• Monmouthshire Council

• Monmouthshire Local Access Forum (established under Welsh Regulations)

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Adjacent District Councils

• Mendip District Council

• West Wiltshire District Council

• North Wiltshire District Council

• Cotswold District Council

• Stroud District Council

• Forest of Dean District Council

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Local (Parish and Town) Councils

• In South Gloucestershire

• In Bath & North East Somerset

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Government Departments and Agencies

• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra): Homepage / Access Land / Conservation Walks and Rides / Countryside Legislation / Horses / Landscape, Recreation and Public Access / Local Access Forums / Public Rights of Way / Rights of Way Improvement Plans (ROWIPs)

• The Countryside Agency: Homepage / National Countryside Access Forum / "Wider Welcome" (Recreation, including Access Land)

• Open Access Website

• Countryside Access Website

• Best of Both Worlds (how to improve access)

• English Nature: Homepage / Nature on the map

• English Heritage

• Forestry Commission

• Environment Agency: Homepage / Recreation

• Department for Transport (DfT): Homepage / Sustainable Travel (including walking and cycling) / Local Transport (including Local Transport Planning)

• Highways Agency

• Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Homepage / Planning

• Planning Portal

• The Planning Inspectorate ("Pins"): Homepage / Access appeals in JLAF area

• Government Office for the South West (Gosw)

• Inland Revenue: "The UK's Heritage - The Conditional Exemption Tax Incentive"

• HMSO: Homepage / HMSO: The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000

• Parliament

• Ministry of Defence: Access & Recreation page

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Landowner Organisations

• The Country Land & Business Association (CLA): Homepage / Access Information

• The National Farmers' Union (NFU): Homepage / South West Region

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User Organisations

• The All Wheel Drive Club: Homepage / Rights of Way

• Auto Cycle Union

• The British Horse Society: Homepage / Access and Rights of Way / Ride UK

• Byways & Bridleways Trust

• The British Mountaineering Council

• CTC "The UK's National Cyclists Organisation": Homepage / Off Road and Rural page

• Living Streets

• Mendip Bridleways & Byways Association (MBBA) 

• Motoring Organisations' Land Access and Recreation Association (LARA)

• Open Spaces Society

• The Ramblers' Association (RA): Homepage / Avon Area / Local Groups

• Sustrans

• The Trail Riders Fellowship (TRF)

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Disabled Access Organisations

• The British Council of Disabled People (BCODP)

• The Fieldfare Trust (promote access to the countryside) 

• Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)

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Conservation and Landscape Organisations

• Cotswolds AONB

• Envolve

• The Forest of Avon

• Mendip Hills AONB

• The National Trust

• The Woodland Trust

• The Avon Wildlife Trust

• The Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust

• The BTCV (British Trust for Conservation Volunteers)

• The Civic Trust

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Other Organisations

• Institute of Public Rights of Way Officers

• Avon and Somerset Police

• Visitor Safety in the Countryside Group

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Subject Areas

Access Land

• Open Access Website (includes mapping) 

• Defra: Access Land

• Countryside Agency Open Access

• Countryside Agency Open Access Mapping

• "Pins": Access appeals in JLAF area

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Rights of Way Improvement Plans (ROWIPs)

• Defra: ROWIPs

• Countryside Agency: ROWIPs

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Access for disabled people

• DfT: Access for disabled people

• The Fieldfare Trust (promote access to the countryside)

• BT Countryside for all good practice guide (Fieldfare Trust site)

• The British Council of Disabled People (BCODP)

• Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)

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Mapping

• Open Access Website (includes mapping)

• Countryside Agency Open Access Mapping

• Inland Revenue: "The UK's Heritage - The Conditional Exemption Tax Incentive"

• Defra: Conservation Walks and Rides

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Resources/ Reference

• Public Rights of Way Good Practice Guide

• Rights of Way Law Review

• BT Countryside for all good practice guide (Fieldfare Trust site)

• BTCV Practical Conservation Handbooks

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Routes

• Cotswold Way National Trail

• The Severn Way

• The Bristol to Bath Railway Path

• Exploring the Countryside Walks

• The Bristol Triangle Walk

• Frome Valley Walkway

• River Avon Trail

• Routes on the Forest of Avon Website

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Last updated: 08/05/2008

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