On 25/10/2010 16:45, Jim K wrote:
The local authority
managed to downgrade this to a bridleway on the grounds they could not
afford to maintain the highway. They subsequently levelled the surface
with road scrapings and put a horse width restriction at one end.

how wide was that? roughly will do..


It might be as long as 10 years since I went that way but ISTR something
like 4 feet.

(So
much for their lack of funds to maintain the highway). Last time I was
in that area the signs said cars were prohibited but motorcycles were
allowed, along with horses.

so not a true Bridleway then?

No and looking at the map it might not be although that was the
impression I got when the change was first made. Looking at my 1:25000
map of the area (before the change) the whole of the track is shown as a
white road. looking at get-a-map the whole of the track is shown as
"other routes with public access" (with widely spaced green dots). But
that doesn't differentiate between the section that I thought was still
open to cars and that restricted to motorcycles.

The road in question is Altar Lane which runs up from Bingley via
Druid's Alter to Keighley Road on Harden Moor if anyone has any
pertinent information.