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20the UK's top 10 horse-friendly stay-cations</a>. </p><p>UK Bridleway Finder is solely developed and managed by myself, but I plan to keep improving it and adding features to make it the best place to search for bridleways in the UK.</p></div><h2 class="f-m-t">Features</h2><ul class="list"><li>Search by street, village, town, county, postcode, etc.</li><li>Filter map by bridleways, restricted byways, byways open to all traffic, and footpaths.</li><li>Route access verified against public authority open data.</li><li>View details about routes, including designation, highway, horse access, surface, smoothness, track type, difficulty, and trail visibility.</li><li>View comments from other riders about their experience on routes, and add your own comments. Find related routes that connect to the route you're viewing.</li><li> Favourite bridleways to find them again easily at a later point.</li></ul><h2 class="f-m-t">Planned Features</h2><ul class="list"><li><s>Search by path name/id.</s> ✅ Done</li><li><s>Favourite ways.</s> ✅ Done</li><li>Information about gates, barriers, and styles.</li><li>Terrain/Elevation data on the map.</li><li><s>Option for satellite imagery on the map.</s> ✅ Done</li><li>Ability for riders to update or report problems with information about bridleways.</li></ul><p class="f-m-t">If you have any suggestions for features you'd like to see, please get in touch by emailing <a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=Feature Request">[email protected]</a>.</p></about><!----><footer class="App__footer"><nav class="AppSocial"><ul class="AppSocial__links"><li><a href="https://facebook.com/bridleways.uk" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="AppSocial__link" title="Facebook"></a></li><li><a href="https://instagram.com/ukbridleways" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="AppSocial__link" title="Instagram"></a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/ukbridleways" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="AppSocial__link" title="Twitter"></a></li><li><a href="https://tiktok.com/@ukbridleways" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="AppSocial__link" title="TikTok"></a></li></ul></nav><nav navigation _class="AppFooterLinks" class="AppFooterLinks" ngh="4"><ul class="AppFooterLinks__links"><li class="AppFooterLinks__link Navigation__link"><a href="/terms-and-conditions" class>Terms and Conditions</a><!----><!----><!----></li><li class="AppFooterLinks__link Navigation__link"><a href="/privacy-policy" class>Privacy Policy</a><!----><!----><!----></li><li class="AppFooterLinks__link Navigation__link"><a href="/cookie-policy" class>Cookie Policy</a><!----><!----><!----></li><li class="AppFooterLinks__link Navigation__link"><a href="/attribution" class>Attribution</a><!----><!----><!----></li><li class="AppFooterLinks__link Navigation__link"><!----><a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=Feedback">Feedback</a><!----><!----></li><!----></ul></nav></footer></root>
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