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This bibliography lists works referred to in the text, some of which are now either out or print or superceded by more recent reports or other publications. Relevant new publications are also included below, but may not be referred to in the text.
Aitken, R (1985)
Scottish Mountain Footpaths
Countryside Commission for Scotland (now Scottish Natural Heritage)
Bayfield, N G and Aitken, R (1992)
Managing the Impacts of Recreation on Vegetation and Soils: A Review of Techniques
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (now the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology), Banchory Research Station, Brathens, Banchory, Kincardineshire
British Horse Society (1995)
A Guide to the Surfacing of Bridleways and Horse Tracks
British Horse Society
British Mountaineering Council (1990)
Path Repair: the BMC’s Policy and Guidelines on the Repair and Maintenance of Upland Footpaths
British Mountaineering Council
British Standards Institution
BS5709:2006 Gaps, gates and stiles. Specification
British Upland Footpath Trust (1998)
Reaching for New Heights – conference report
BUFT
British Upland Footpath Trust (1998)
Mending Our Ways
BUFT
Clayden, Paul (rev.1992)
Our Common Land – the law and history of commons and village greens
Open Spaces Society
Countryside Commission (revised 1994)
Informal countryside recreation for disabled people: a practical guide for countryside managers
Countryside Commission
Countryside Commission (1996)
Second National Rights of Way Condition Survey
Countryside Commission
Outdoor Recreation Network
The Outdoor Recreation Network publish a range of literature, including conference and workshop proceedings, on the subject of countryside recreation in the UK and elsewhere. A full list is published on their website, and in their quarterly magazine Countryside Recreation.
Davies, Peter and Loxham, Jim (1996)
Repairing upland path erosion
Lake District National Park Authority/National Trust/English Nature
Available from the National Trust Estate Office,
33 Sheep Street, Cirencester, Glos.
Fairbrother, Nan (1970)
New Lives, New Landscapes
Penguin
Fieldfare Trust
BT Countryside for All Good Practice Guide
Fieldfare Trust
Landscape Design Extra
Bioengineering (No. 61, Nov. 1995)
Mackworth-Praed, Humphrey (1991)
Conservation Pieces
Packard Publishing Limited
The National Trust (1993)
Kinder Scout – 10 years on
The National Trust
Nightingale, Dennis
Rights of Way Design Guide
County Surveyors’ Society/Northamptonshire County Council
O’Connor, F B, Goldsmith, F B and Macrae, M (1979)
Kynance Cove; a restoration project
Countryside Commission
Paths for All Partnership
Paths for All publish a range of booklets giving advice on the creation and management of local path networks in Scotland.
Making the case for local path networks
Creating a path network – a guide to local action
Lowland Path Construction Guide (2001)
Information Sheets
Peak District National Park Authority
Pennine Way Management Project Review 1991-2001
Peak District National Park Authority, Aldern House, Bakewell, Derbyshire
Riddall, J and Trevelyan, J (2001)
Rights of Way – a guide to law and practice (3rd edition)
Open Spaces Society and Ramblers’ Association
Scottish Natural Heritage
Scottish Natural Heritage publish a range of literature on recreation and access in Scotland, a list of which is given on their website.
Visitor Monitoring Training Manual (1993)
Public Access to the Countryside: A Guide to the Law, Practice and Procedure (1993)
Footbridges in the countryside: design & construction (1989)
Sugden, Dr John
On the Right Track
British Horse Society
Sustrans
Sustrans publish a range of literature on the subject of cycling and cycle paths, including the National Cycle Network and Safe Routes to Schools. Full details are given on their website.
Making Ways for the Bicycle – a guide to traffic-free path construction (1994)
The National Cycle Network: Guidelines and Practical Details – Issue 2 (1997)
Taylor, C (1979)
Roads and Tracks of Britain
J M Dent and Sons
Yorkshire Dales National Park (1993)
Three Peaks Projects – Project Report 1986-92
Yorkshire Dales National Park, Hebden Road, Grassington, N Yorks.