by Richard Barron | 14 September 2023 | News
A wooden walkway forms the eastern approach to the Bedford Memorial Bridge. In 2020, we received reports that the stonework supporting the walkway was being eroded. There was a risk that a future flood could sweep the walkway away, leaving the path impassable....
by Richard Barron | 11 September 2023 | News
Campaigners today, 11 September, marked the fifth anniversary of Edinburgh’s Radical Road closure with an urgent call for Historic Environment Scotland (HES) to “see sense”. HES shut the iconic 200-year-old path on 11 September 2018 due to concerns about rockfall. It...
by Richard Barron | 25 August 2023 | News, Uncategorized
Earlier this week, Network Rail announced that, as part of the Levenmouth Rail Link project, a number of crossing points will be permanently closed from 31st August. The affected routes include the historic Doubledykes right of way, said to have been used by Mary...
by Richard Barron | 11 April 2023 | News
You can now download, explore and view records of over 120,000 footpaths traced from Ordnance Survey Six-Inch to the mile maps of Scotland (1888-1913) thanks to a crowdsourcing map transcription project, a collaborative project between Scotways and the National...
by Richard Barron | 16 February 2023 | News
Scotland’s National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4), which incorporates new National Planning Policy (NPP), was approved by the Scottish Parliament on 11 January 2023 and, subject to the commencement of certain provisions of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019, became...
