How have rights of way been mapped and recorded and what are some of the challenges in recovering and registering routes?

How have rights of way been constructed, or may be framed, as sites of recovery, wellbeing, connection and meaning?

Throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland there are footpaths, bridleways and byways which are designated as public rights of way: routes through which ‘any person’ may access land ‘for the purpose of open air recreation’ (CROW Act 2000, Ch1,2). The cross-disciplinary, AHRC funded, In All Our Footsteps project takes a historical, health and policy perspective to the mapping, development, use and experience of twentieth and twenty-first century rights of way. In this interactive session participants are invited to share their thoughts and ideas on how rights of way are sites of recovery and meaning. The project team will share emerging findings/themes from the research and examples of archival material we are working with, which participants will be invited to respond to through world cafe - a flexible approach that fosters small-group collaborative conversations around topics and questions (The World Cafe 2015).