(PRWEB) May 2, 2006 -- Now that the The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 is fully enacted many land and property owners are not sure how this will affect them. The Act has given legal right of access to approximately four million acres of mountain, moor, heath, down and common land in England and Wales. As well as this there are established rights of way enshrined in the title deeds of land and property. These are divided into two categories, namely public and private rights of way.

A public right of way is a highway which anyone may use at any time. It usually passes between two other highways for example between a public footpath and a road. Public rights of way are usually signed at junctions with roads using a public footpath or bridleway sign or a walking figure symbol. There are six types that exist.

Footpaths where there is a right of way on foot.
Bridleways have a right of way on foot, horseback and bicycle.
Byways Open to All Traffic (BOATs) with the same use as bridleways but with a right of way for all traffic.
Roads Used as Public Paths (RUPPs) which are similar to bridleways but which may or may not carry vehicular rights.
Restricted byways with rights for all traffic except motorized vehicles
Cycle Tracks which are paths with a right of way for all types of pedal cycles with or without right of access on foot.

A private right of way is for an individual or any other group other than the public to gain access say to a house or to a field. Sometimes this is called an “easement”. It allows landowners and occupiers to have access across land that is not in their ownership

There is a clear distinction between the two types of right of way. However for the land or property owner there is a need to know not only what the law may say but what is contained in the title deeds for a particular property or piece of land. This information is available for registered land and property in England and Wales for both the owner and user.

LandSearch provide a service that identifies ownership of land and property and the rights of way and rights of access over them for both owners and users. This is also the starting point in providing the evidence to help resolve any disagreements or disputes that may arise.

LandSearch is the only independent company to offer a complete Land Registry Service for the whole of the UK and Ireland. We can supply rights of way and rights of access searches, main title deeds and plans, boundary dispute searches, index maps, name of owner searches, history and manorial searches, bankruptcy and company searches, searches of property with no postal address and more

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Bob Dickenson
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