Forestry England Recreation Routes

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08 February 2025
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Summary

The usage, name and grade of the series of recreation segments that link together to form linear recreation features, for example, mountain bike trails or walking trails. Primary Route Types...

Walking - Must be promoted as an FE route, and have management activity and investment (e.g. Nature trail, heritage trail, education trail, forest walk, trim trail, all ability access trail). Cycling - Must be promoted as an FE route, and have management activity and investment (Mountain bike route, road bike, downhill, cross-country, family, rough riders). Equestrian - Must be promoted as an FE route, and have management activity and investment (Carriage route, standard). Forest Drive - Must be promoted as an FE route, and have management activity and investment (e.g. Toll, Toll free). Running - Must be promoted as an FE route, and have management activity and investment. Huskies - Must be promoted as an FE route, and have management activity and investment. Emergency Services - Must be an agreed access route for emergency services (Fire, ambulance, mountain rescue). Rally - Must be an approved rally route. Other

Route Types are further split into Route Subtype...

Nature Trail Sculpture Trail Heritage Trail Sensory Trail Education Trail Play Trail Downhill Cross Country Family Carriage Route Toll Toll Free Fire Ambulance Mountain Rescue Forest Walk Trim Trail All ability Access Trail Mountain Bike Road Bike Standard Cross Country Ski Segway Other

Whare appropriate routes are graded...

Easy Moderate Difficult Green - Easy Blue - Moderate Red - Difficult Black - Severe Orange - Bike Park Forest road or similar Attribution statement: © Forestry Commission copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

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Added to data.gov.uk
2025-02-07
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Harvest GUID
18e8553d-8b88-4c52-9525-f360cb78548a
Extent
Latitude: 55.816° to °
Longitude: -6.236° to 2.072°
Spatial reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
Dataset reference date
2016-03-31 (creation)
2025-01-22 (revision)
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annually
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Forestry Commission (pointOfContact)
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