{"id":1037,"date":"2022-02-16T11:30:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T11:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frithwoodfriends.org.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=1037"},"modified":"2022-03-16T11:57:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T11:57:50","slug":"public-access-and-footpaths","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/frithwoodfriends.org.uk\/index.php\/public-access-and-footpaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Public access and footpaths"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1037\" class=\"elementor elementor-1037\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-983b902 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"983b902\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8cbcb51\" data-id=\"8cbcb51\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5bb9fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5bb9fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are many informal paths through the wood, a consequence of more people using it since the houses were built. There is also a smaller number of designated public footpaths, shown on this map. <a href=\"https:\/\/frithwoodfriends.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Frith-Wood-PROW1024_1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Larger version available here<\/a><\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1052 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/frithwoodfriends.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Frith-Wood-PROW1024_1-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frithwoodfriends.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Frith-Wood-PROW1024_1-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/frithwoodfriends.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Frith-Wood-PROW1024_1-768x545.jpg 768w, https:\/\/frithwoodfriends.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Frith-Wood-PROW1024_1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p>As far as possible, people should keep to these paths because this preserves the wildlife and habitats of the wood which are under a lot of pressure. These public footpaths are shown on the post with yellow circular signs and arrows.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1538\" src=\"https:\/\/frithwoodfriends.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Copy-of-FW-boundaries-with-directions-300x137.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frithwoodfriends.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Copy-of-FW-boundaries-with-directions-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/frithwoodfriends.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Copy-of-FW-boundaries-with-directions-1024x469.png 1024w, https:\/\/frithwoodfriends.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Copy-of-FW-boundaries-with-directions-768x352.png 768w, https:\/\/frithwoodfriends.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Copy-of-FW-boundaries-with-directions.png 1116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p>There are also small posts with yellow tops, slightly hidden here and there along the boundary between the land owned by Robert Hitchins (about 3\/4 of the wood, from the west side) and that owned by Chalford Parish Council. The Friends of Frith Wood only works in the CPC part of the wood. The Robert Hitchins part is privately owned, with public access on the marked public footpaths, and we encourage you to stay on those paths to respect Robert Hitchin&#8217;s property.<\/p><p>Please keep to the larger paths, clear up after your dog (dog mess changes the nutrients in the soil which affects the flora and it carries disease) and do all you can to keep it healthy for future generations. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1017\" src=\"https:\/\/frithwoodfriends.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/childrenandsigns-138x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frithwoodfriends.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/childrenandsigns-138x300.jpg 138w, https:\/\/frithwoodfriends.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/childrenandsigns-469x1024.jpg 469w, https:\/\/frithwoodfriends.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/childrenandsigns-768x1676.jpg 768w, https:\/\/frithwoodfriends.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/childrenandsigns-704x1536.jpg 704w, https:\/\/frithwoodfriends.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/childrenandsigns-939x2048.jpg 939w, https:\/\/frithwoodfriends.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/childrenandsigns-scaled.jpg 1173w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 138px) 100vw, 138px\" \/><\/p><p>Friends of Frith Wood has put natural hedging along the public footpaths in the PC area of the wood to encourage people to use them rather than the informal paths and give the woodland floor a chance to recover. We realise this limits the freedom to roam across the wood, but it is a price worth paying to preserve its future.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many informal paths through the wood, a consequence of more people using it since the houses were built. There is also a smaller number of designated public footpaths, shown on this map. Larger version available here As far as possible, people should keep to these paths because this preserves the wildlife and habitats of the wood which are under a lot of pressure. These public footpaths are shown on the post with yellow circular signs and arrows. There are also small posts with yellow tops, slightly hidden here and there along the boundary between the land owned by Robert Hitchins (about 3\/4 of the wood, from the west side) and that owned by Chalford Parish Council. The Friends of Frith Wood only works in the CPC part of the wood. The Robert Hitchins part is privately owned, with public access on the marked public footpaths, and we encourage&hellip;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/frithwoodfriends.org.uk\/index.php\/public-access-and-footpaths\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1037","page","type-page","status-publish"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Public access and footpaths - Friends of Frith Wood<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/frithwoodfriends.org.uk\/index.php\/public-access-and-footpaths\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Public access and footpaths - Friends of Frith Wood\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There are many informal paths through the wood, a consequence of more people using it since the houses were built. 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