Motorcycles and recreational 4x4 vehicles will be banned from four'green lanes' in the Yorkshire Dales this summer as part of anexperimental scheme to reduce their impact on the park.Experimental Traffic Regulation Orders are to be introduced by

The Peak District National Park Authority has banned motorised recreational vehicles from a popular track near Edale for 18-months as what it says is 'a last resort to halt further severe environmental damage' to the track. The 3km lane in question

motorcycleriders caused danger to walkers using rights of way in thecountryside and 69% of people stated that encountering vehicles wouldspoil their enjoyment of a country walk.The survey has been timed to coincide with a governmentconsultation aimed at closing a

The Garburn Pass in the Lake District has been permanently closed to motorised vehicles after three years of legal dispute meaning motorists or motorcyclists using the route can now be prosecuted.Running between Troutbeck and Kentmere, the path is a

The Walna Scar Road route running from Coniston over to the Duddon valley in the Lake District has finally been permanently closed to motorised vehicles after more than 30 years of uncertainty.The track was recently the subject of a £10

restricted byway by the LDNPA . It was then re-opened to motor vehicles and reclassified as a BOAT – Byway Open to All Traffic – in June 2010 after objections led to an independent inquiry, before being closed again in August after a Hugh Court ruling

Deeply gouged vehicle rutsLast time I was guest editing on OutdoorsMagic, I opened a can of worms when I criticised a press release from the Yorkshire Dales Parks Authority. The gist of the release was praising a group of trail bikers who

The use of a byway that runs over one of Britain's most popularclimbing crags by off-road recreational vehicles is the focus of ameeting in the Peak on Saturday 11 June as the Peak Park Authoritylook for a consensus on the 'best way forward

New signs will shortly be appearing on Yorkshire Dalesbridleways and footpaths informing people that there are no publicrights on them for recreational motor vehicles thanks to newlegislation giving park authorities more control over vehicleuse

Restrictions banning the use of recreational motor vehicles fromsome Green Lanes in the Yorkshire Dales have been made permanent for12 months in a move welcomed by the Yorkshire Dales National ParkAuthority (YDNPA).The decision was made at the end