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National Forest Estate Recreation Routes GB

Publisher
Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Updated
8 July 2026
Topic
Not set

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 FC 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 FC route, and have management activity and investment (Mountain bike route, road bike, downhill, cross-country, family, rough riders). Equestrian - Must be promoted as an FC route, and have management activity and investment (Carriage route, standard). Forest Drive - Must be promoted as an FC route, and have management activity and investment (e.g. Toll, Toll free). Running - Must be promoted as an FC route, and have management activity and investment. Huskies - Must be promoted as an FC 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

Data links

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Forestry Commission Open Data 19/6/2024

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
02 September 2020
Harvest GUID
b130b605-290f-4f71-80ef-0a6407b6a4e3
Extent (Latitude)
60.87° to 54.63°
Extent (Longitude)
-8.80° to -0.71°
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700)
Dataset reference date (creation)
2016-03-31
Dataset reference date (revision)
2017-09-04
Frequency of update
annually
Access constraints
No limitations on public access
Responsible party
Forest Research (publisher); Forestry Commission (owner)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng

Contact

mapping.geodata@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Licence information

Please ensure that the following acknowledgement is displayed on any hard copy: Reproduced by Permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of \n\nHMSO. \u00a9 Crown copyright and database right year. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100021242.