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About Access Rights

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  • #RespectProtectEnjoy
  • Access Rights FAQ
  • Development Proposals and Outdoor Access
  • Moving and Closing Paths
  • Path Maintenance
  • Private Signs, Private Roads, Public Roads, What’s the difference?
  • Rights of Access to Land
  • Rights of Way and Motor Vehicles
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The Bookshelf

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  • About The Bookshelf
  • Guidance on Legislation
  • Legislation
  • Responsible Access
  • Surveys of Rights of Way, Outdoor Access and Procedures
  • Rights of Way and Outdoor Access Management
    • Land Management
    • Path Management
    • People Management
    • Signposting and Interpretation
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Heritage Paths

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  • Heritage Paths Introduction
  • Historic Footpaths
  • The Launch of the Heritage Paths website
  • About Types of Heritage Paths
    • Coffin Roads
    • Drove Roads
    • Fish Roads
    • Heritage Paths Introduction
    • Leisure Paths
    • Medieval Roads
    • Military Roads
    • Pilgrimage Routes
    • Postie Paths
    • Public works and private enterprise: moving towards the modern transport system
    • Religious Routes
    • Roman Roads
    • Salters’ Roads
    • Trade Routes
    • Traveller Routes
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History

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  • Historic Footpaths
  • The Launch of the Heritage Paths website
  • History of Access
    • A Brief History of Access Rights
    • Boardwalks, the oldest types of constructed path
    • Right to Roam Timeline
    • The Bedford Memorial Bridge
    • The Coming of Statutory Access Rights
    • The Scottish Outdoor Access Code, A Replacement for the Country Code
  • History of ScotWays
    • 175th Anniversary
    • 1844 The beginning of ScotWays
    • Scottish Hill Tracks – the 100+ year story
    • The Association for the Protection of Public Rights of Roadway in and Around Edinburgh
    • The Bedford Memorial Bridge
    • The History of ScotWays
    • Welcome the Scottish Rights of Way and Recreation Society Limited
    • What’s in a name?
    • You are invited to the opening of the Rev A. E. Robertson Memorial Bridge
  • Important People of Scottish Access
    • Adam Black (1784-1874)
    • Archibald Eneas Robertson (1870-1958)
    • Arthur W Russell (1873-1967)
    • Donald Bennet (1928-2013)
    • Donald Grant Moir  (1902-1986)
    • John George Bartholomew (1860-1920)
    • John Hutton Balfour (1808-1884)
    • Professor Sir Robert (Bob) Grieve (1910 -1995)
    • Rennie McOwan (1933-2018)
    • Tom Weir (1914-2006)
    • Viscount James Bryce (1838-1922)
    • Walter Arthur Smith (1852-1934)
    • William Ferris (1894-1963)
  • Signposting
    • 1964 When figure 740 changed the face of path signs
    • A Signposting Tour of the Cairngorms
    • ScotWays’s Oldest Standing Signpost
    • The Changing Face of ScotWays Signs
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Scottish Hill Tracks

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  • Scottish Hill Tracks – the 100+ year story
  • Scottish Hill Tracks Updates
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Important People of Scottish Access

A non-comprehensive series looking at some of the people that have contributed to ScotWays and Scottish outdoor access across the years.

  • Adam Black (1784-1874)
  • Archibald Eneas Robertson (1870-1958)
  • Arthur W Russell (1873-1967)
  • Donald Bennet (1928-2013)
  • Donald Grant Moir  (1902-1986)
  • John George Bartholomew (1860-1920)
  • John Hutton Balfour (1808-1884)
  • Professor Sir Robert (Bob) Grieve (1910 -1995)
  • Rennie McOwan (1933-2018)
  • Tom Weir (1914-2006)
  • Viscount James Bryce (1838-1922)
  • Walter Arthur Smith (1852-1934)
  • William Ferris (1894-1963)
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