Anybody live near Daventry? Or have local knowledge of Staverton?

[Richard Bates]

I'm hoping for someone on this NG to have some local knowledge of the
area west of Daventry.

I'm hoping to be able to cycle west to east along what is marked on my
OS map as a disused railway line. When it meets a second perpendicular
railway line I want to cycle south. But as OS maps state, any path not
marked by a series of red lines is not necessarily a public right of
way.

So I want to know...

Are the following disused railway lines open to cyclists?
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=451500&Y=263500&A=Y&Z=4
OS Landranger 151 451500E 263500N

What happens at
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=451080&Y=264615&A=Y&Z=3
OS Landranger 151 451080E 264615N
ie Can the canal be crossed? Or do I need to follow it north to
Wolfhamcote and then take the south track?

What happens at
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=451945&Y=261345&A=Y&Z=4
OS Landranger 151 451945E 261345N
ie Can the track be continued as far as Upper Catesby?

Thanks to anyone who can help.

Love and coordinates from Rich x

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[Pauline]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Bates" >
Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 8:18 PM
Subject: Anybody live near Daventry? Or have local knowledge of Staverton?


> I'm hoping for someone on this NG to have some local knowledge of the
> area west of Daventry.
>
> I'm hoping to be able to cycle west to east along what is marked on my
> OS map as a disused railway line. When it meets a second perpendicular
> railway line I want to cycle south. But as OS maps state, any path not
> marked by a series of red lines is not necessarily a public right of
> way.
>
> So I want to know...
>
> Are the following disused railway lines open to cyclists?
> http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=451500&Y=263500&A=Y&Z=4
> OS Landranger 151 451500E 263500N

Sadly, there's no public right way along these lines. I've boated along the
canal there and it's a lovely area. However the track betweek Nethercote and
Sawbridge is a Byway - i.e. legal right of way.

>
> What happens at
> http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=451080&Y=264615&A=Y&Z=3
> OS Landranger 151 451080E 264615N
> ie Can the canal be crossed? Or do I need to follow it north to
> Wolfhamcote and then take the south track?
>

No, the bridge is missing.

I did see a route between Wolfhampcote and Braunston on a Sustrans wish list
but it's now disappeared as a 'proposed route' on their website.

Sorry this isn't very encouraging. I suspect that you will find some of the
tracks rideable and ridden, but the lanes are more so!

[Graham]

I know the area quite well. Sadly there is no right of way on the old
rail line and it's impassible in places anyway.

What exactly do you want to know about Staverton, I used to have a
relative who lived there so I know it quite well and have cycled there
on several occasions. By-the-way why exactly do you want to ride on
the disused railway anyway.

[Richard Bates]

On 30 Jul 2003 15:12:28 -0700, (Graham) in
> wrote:

>on several occasions. By-the-way why exactly do you want to ride on
>the disused railway anyway.

'Cos it could have been a nice alternative to a road if it *was* a
public right of way.
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