NOW AVAILABLE!

This page leads you to an interactive map of countryside access information for the whole of Norfolk.

On the map you can:

• Move around Norfolk using different tools, such as grabbing and dragging the map or by using the search option to enter a location to zoom to
• Select the types of access you want information for e.g. horse riders can select those layers relevant to bridle use
• Print off a map of your selection, giving it your own title and description
• Find out more information about the access e.g. Link through to other websites or find out if it is a public right of way or permissive access
• Contact the relevant organisations with any comments or queries

The information on the map includes:

• Registered public rights of way (public footpaths, bridleways, restricted byways and byways open to all traffic)
• Permissive footpaths, bridleways and areas of land that are available because the landowner has entered into an ‘agri-environment scheme’ (e.g. Environmental Stewardship).
• County Soft Roads (public roads that are not surfaced). These usually have the character of a ‘green lane’ and provide useful links in the countryside access network for walkers, cyclists and horseriders
• Areas of land freely accessible to the public on foot including official ‘Open Access Land’ and woodlands open through the Woodland Trust

Please note the information on the map will be updated at least annually but may not include any very recent public rights of way changes, or any recent changes to permissive access agreements that may have ended or begun.

Definitive Map

Please note that this map is not the Definitive Map of Public Rights of Way or the official register of Open Access Land. Please contact Norfolk County Council on 01603 222769 if you have any queries regarding the Definitive Map or would like to arrange an appointment to see it at County Hall, Norwich.

Please view our Terms of Use of the map and then:

GO TO THE MAP

Feedback

From the map you can email us with any comments about specific public rights of way, or be directed to relevant organisations responsible for other types of access.

We welcome any general feedback on the map too. For example, please tell us whether you find the map useful or easy to use, or whether there is anything that could be improved. We can be emailed at environment@norfolk.gov.uk or write to us at Countryside Access Team, Environment, Transport and Development Department, Norfolk County Council, County Hall, Norwich, NR1 2SG.

In the future we will be adding further information to the map, including:

• Long distance recreational routes (such as the Marriott’s Way and the Weavers’ Way)
• Circular walks and cycle/bridle routes
• Health, Biodiversity and Heritage circular walks
• Other permissive paths and areas of freely accessible land

We also hope to be able to add information on those paths which are subject to temporary closures. In the meantime, for information on those paths which are temporarily closed because of work taking place through the Broads Flood Alleviation Project please see their website.