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

Hi all,As many of you will be aware, there has recently been a consultation to see whether time for applying for Byway status should be reduced, with a general aim to stop recreational vehicle users from using the Byways. You may also have read

e petition at government website to ban motorised vehicles in national parks ---sorry can t do links-----regards lr That's going to lead to some mighty big walk ins, do locals have to carry their shopping home on their head? :/ Nothing wrong with a

!Anyway... that track looks easy-peasy compared to places I've seen vehicles go in Iceland! cry! Cry for the track thats possibly been damaged by the jeep - laugh at the fact the guy had to wakj home! Hope he considered all meanings of the word "Stupidity" on the way

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

Should all 4x4s and trail bikes be banned from 'green lanes' period or is it just the thin end of a wedge that would eventually see us all get banned from the outdoors period?Prejudice or principle? Should we tolerate recreational motorised vehicles

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