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This website contains over three hundred reviews of our experiences driving every byway, green lane, track and trail open to motorised vehicles in the south-eastern counties of Hampshire, Surrey, East Sussex, West Sussex, the Isle of Wight and even a smattering of those in Kent. Since there is only so much information that can be gleaned from an Ordinance Survey map or Google Earth, we drive each and every byway and 'flesh out' the details of our visit on this website for your perusal, delectation and inspiration. Our aim (aside from having fun ourselves!) is to compel you to get outdoors, appreciate nature and conservation, and enjoy (and care for) the gloriously beautiful English countryside!

How does this site work, then? Well:

• the main map (above) is fully interactive. You can scroll around, zoom in and out, and click on any marker in order to load the entry for that byway. You may want to keep this page open on its own tab for reference, but 'Home' will always bring you right back here;
• the tags on the right of this screen act as a filter (e.g. recommended country pubs);
• the search box (top right) is self-explanatory;
• the tabs at the top act as short-cuts to various useful pages on this site;
• the pictures attached to each post are 'clickable' and always provide a good example of the conditions that can be found on the byway in question
• the maps at the bottom of each post can be fully manipulated and can even help you, via Google Maps, get directions from your location to the starting point of that byway.

A quick word on our ratings: we work on a scale of 0 to 5. Byways rated 0 are closed to motorised traffic (subject to a TRO, etc.) and have been included so that you may cross them off of your map and avoid wasting your time. Those rated 1 carry vehicular rights but are either metalled roads or so short as to be pointless. Those rated 5 are the very elite and simply must be visited (in moderation of course!

Finally, we hope you find this website genuinely useful. What we most assuredly don't condone is illegal off-roading; an act which is destroying our hobby. If that is what you are looking for, this site is not for you. Thus, when visiting the green lanes and byways, please do so in a conscientious and responsible manner and abide by our Green Lane Code. Also, we'd like to humbly request that if you find any errors or out-of-date information, have any feedback, or would simply like to ask any questions what-so-ever please don't hesitate to comment below the relevant articles, and please do get in touch via our Twitter. Enjoy!

BOAT: Green Lane

• Overall Rating: 3
• Location: Horsham, West Sussex.
• OS Explorer Map 134, 'Crawley & Horsham'.
• Starting OS Grid Reference: TQ166279
• Starting GPS Co-ordinates: N51 03' 93" W000 33' 81"
• Finishing OS Grid Reference: TQ162282
• Finishing GPS Co-ordinates: N51 04' 18" W000 34' 32"
• To see: the market town of Horsham, Horsham Museum, The Malt Shovel pub.
• ALWAYS follow the Greenlane Code!

Glorious ancient woodland

 This byway starts where it heads northward from a ninety-degree right-hand bend in Coltstaple Lane, just south of Horsham. Travelling due north through pleasant ancient woodland, the surface of this wide track is never anything other than perfectly maintained loose gravel. We barely saw a pot-hole, which is better than can be said for many of the metalled roads in Sussex...

 That is the 'hard' part; the 'easy' part (it's all relative, naturally) is found on turning almost due west and leaving the woodland to erupt onto the 'Horsham Gold & Fitness' golf course. Here, the byway is used by golf carts and those six-wheel John Deere buggies (other brands available) that the golf course uses to maintain itself, and as such it is nothing short of immaculate. The only puddle I saw was in some light ruts in a small spinney towards the end of the track, which is clearly never frequented by the buggies.

Take care not to just drive straight through the golf course; if someone is teeing off you could end up with a 'bullet-hole' in the side of your car. Stop and look, and be courteous to (and patient with) the golfers as you pass, no matter how hideous their clothing!

The byway soon ends on the dualed A24, but you have got to take it easy here. It's not quite a blind bend but it is a dual carriageway, and therefore southbound vehicles will be approaching at quite some speed. It's a nasty junction, so take care.

Other than the ancient woodland at the start, there really isn't a great amount to see on this byway, exacerbated by the fact that what was once lovely fields has now been turned into a green desert otherwise known as a golf course (at least it's not a housing estate...), and so there isn't much to recommend a visit. That said, the pleasant town of Horsham is just to the north, with plenty to see and do. We recommend a compulsory apres-lane tipple in The Malt Shovel nearby, a CAMRA pub of the year.

The best way to ruin a good walk...

UCR/BOAT: New Barn Lane

• Overall Rating: 2
• Location: Crawley, Hampshire.
• OS Explorer Map 132 'Winchester'.
• Starting OS Grid Reference: SU451354
• Starting GPS Co-ordinates: N51 11' 61" W001 35' 68"
• Finishing OS Grid Reference: SU451334
• Finishing GPS Co-ordinates: N51 09' 88" W001 35' 61"
• To see: a tumulus just to the east of the BOAT section.
• ALWAYS follow the Greenlane Code!

There’s not much to see here.

Half-gravel coated and half metalled, this byway is nothing more than a lightly-potholed farm track. Running from a nasty junction with the A272 in the east, via New Barn Farm, and then on the BOAT south toward Stud Lane and Littleton, it is a pleasant drive between immaculate hedgerows (and not so pleasant-smelling pig fields). There are far more interesting offerings to the greenlaner in this area of the county of Hampshire. Move along.

To Hampshire County Council, this is UCR 15.

UCR: Castle Road/Mount Edgcumb Road

• Overall Rating: 1
• Location: Hadlow Down, East Sussex.
• OS Explorer Map 135, 'Ashdown Forest'.
• Starting OS Grid Reference: TQ580387
• Starting GPS Co-ordinates: N51 12' 63" E000 25' 75"
• Finishing OS Grid Reference: TQ581392
• Finishing GPS Co-ordinates: N51 13'05" E000 25'87"
• To see: not much.
• ALWAYS follow the Greenlane Code!

Although shown as UCRs on the map, these two short byways running over Rusthall Common are totally metalled and hold nothing whatsoever of interest to the greenlane driver. Move along.

FORD: Fleet Water Ford

• Overall Rating: 1
• Location: Newtown, Hampshire
• OS Explorer Map OL22, 'New Forest'.
• OS Grid Reference: SU277107
• GPS Co-ordinates: N50 89' 60" W001 60' 60"
• To see: New Forest, duh.
• ALWAYS follow the Greenlane Code!

This ford, where a stream called Fleet Water crosses the road leading into Minstead, is only an actual ford when it is in flood, and thus should be avoided! At all other times, the stream passes under the road in a concrete pipe. Not worth going out of one's way for.

FORD: Acres Down Farm

• Overall Rating: 1
• Location: Newtown, Hampshire
• OS Explorer Map OL22, 'New Forest'.
• OS Grid Reference: SU270099
• GPS Co-ordinates: N50 88' 80" W001 61' 70"
• To see: New Forest, duh.
• ALWAYS follow the Greenlane Code!

Crossing the access road to Acres Down Farm and Forestry Commission land, this very shallow, concrete-bottomed ford often runs dry in very hot weather. Not worth going out of one's way for. Instead, go and look for goshawk on Acres Down itself!

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BOAT: Tennyson Trail

• Overall Rating: 0
• Location: Freshwater, Isle of Wight.
• OS Explorer Map OL29, 'Isle of Wight'.
• Starting OS Grid Reference: SZ350856 or SZ370851
• Starting GPS Co-ordinates: N50 67' 00" W001 50 60" or N50 66' 50" W001 47 80"
• Finishing OS Grid Reference: SU481881 
• Finishing GPS Co-ordinates: N50 69' 10" W001 31' 90"
• To see: too much to list.
• ALWAYS follow the Greenlane Code!

What an awful, heartbreaking loss to the greenlaning community this is. Due to the actions of some utter filth which were severe enough to make the national press (Daily Telegraph, Dec 28th, 2002) we have lost access to this '5-rated' byway. According to the Isle of Wight 4x4 Club, it is now illegal to drive a motorised vehicle on this awesome, 10-mile-long trail unless you hold a disabled 'blue' badge, or a taxi license, or drive a ‘community vehicle’ (whatever that is. Sunshine Bus maybe?).

Thus, this wonderful, 10-mile-long byway between Freshwater and Carisbrooke is now subject to a TRO. And that's not all: every byway on the Isle of Wight is also subject to a TRO between 30th Sept and 1st April to mitigate damage to the surface of the green lanes, no doubt instigated as a reaction to the activities of these fools. If you are going to visit, do so in summer and prepare to be very disappointed!

The idiots, it seems, have won this fight.

A loss keenly felt.

BOAT: Nutcombe Lane

• Overall Rating: 3
• Location: Froxfield Green, Hampshire.
• OS Explorer Map 133, 'Haslemere & Petersfield'.
• Starting OS Grid Reference: SU710223
• Starting GPS Co-ordinates: N50 99' 60" W000 98' 90"
• Finishing OS Grid Reference: SU715216
• Finishing GPS Co-ordinates: N50 99' 00" W000 98' 30"
• To see: not much.
• ALWAYS follow the Greenlane Code!

NB: this is an challenging byway and you may not be able to complete it without damaging either your vehicle or the byway itself (or both1). Avoid unless you really do know what you are doing!

Innocuous thus far...

Make no mistake: this byway is a awkward b**t*rd! Like it's brother North Stroud Lane (which lies just to the north), it lulls one into a false sense of security before throwing up the most almighty obstacle just before the end!

We drove it from the north. Leaving Ramsdean Road at Rookery Farm, the going is relatively easy to start with. The surface is, for the first few yards, concrete as it serves as a driveway for a farm yard, but this soon ends on passing by. The surface then changes to earth with (initially) light ruts and plunges into woodland.

The going is easy enough and gently downhill, and very soon a footpath joins this byway as it takes a jink to the east. The declination increases here, and actually becomes relatively steep as it battles with Criddell Stream for dominance of passage. It can get very wet and soft here after heavy rains, and the steam itself has been known to flood the byway so we recommend that, should you want to actually drive this byway, that you only do so in summer and after a dry period to avoid damaging the surface as well as your vehicle.

On passing the stream, the byway enters Nutcombe Copse and begins to climb back up towards it's ending on Ramsdean Lane. However, before one gets that far there is an extremely tricky, technical section to pass. On the climb, the byway has carved something of a holloway out of the terrain with the result that, on the western side, a bank of four to five feet high has been carved out. Couple this with some absolutely vicious tree roots protruding from said bank, and that fact that the wildly undulating surface inevitably forces ones vehicle to lean towards the threats, means that there is a very good chance that a sizeable dent may appear on one's vehicle. On passing the 'cliff' there is an extremely harsh 'lump' to get over which also takes quite some negotiation. Use a spotter, take it slowly, and use appropriate caution. The picture below says a thousand words!

Once past that lot, the byway almost immediately returns to the concrete on a driveway serving New Barn and Holly Cottage, and ends soon after on Ramsdean Lane. Phew!

We named it Nutcombe Lane after the copse it passes through, but don't actually know if that is the correct name or not. If you know better, please comment below!

Tree roots and 'cliff' are on the left. Note the incline.

To Hampshire County Council, this is Byway 17. This byway is also featured in Land Rover Owner International magazine's November 2012 issue as byway number 24.

BOAT: Fairacres Drive

• Overall Rating: 2
• Location: Froxfield Green, Hampshire.
• OS Explorer Map 133, 'Haslemere & Petersfield'.
• Starting OS Grid Reference: SU701259
• Starting GPS Co-ordinates: N51 02' 90" W001 00' 10"
• Finishing OS Grid Reference: SU708260
• Finishing GPS Co-ordinates: N51 03' 00" W000 99' 00"
• To see: not much.
• ALWAYS follow the Greenlane Code!

We drove this short byway from the West. It begins as a stone-chip-covered driveway serving Fairacres Farm. Being a driveway, the surface is obviously in good condition and the hedgerow on either side is kept well clear of the carriageway. But, predictably, on passing the cottage on the southern side the conditions close in.

The driveway surface changes from stone chip to lightly-rutted earth, the foliage either side of the track closes in, and the going is a little trickier, but could still hardly be considered difficult. The occasional light scratch on the paintwork is a risk, however. The byway twists and turns subtly on its way eastwards and, very quickly, it ends up back on the tarmac, next to a pond and crossed by a footpath, on another driveway serving a house called Rapley's Lodge.

It's pleasant and its bucolic, but it's brief, it's not particularly interesting, and it's not really worth going out of your way for a visit to be honest!

To Hampshire County Council, this is Byway 501.

BOAT: Sunwood Lane

• Overall Rating: 3
• Location: Buriton, Hampshire.
• OS Explorer Map 120, 'Chichester'.
• Starting OS Grid Reference: SU759156
• Starting GPS Co-ordinates: N50 97' 10" W000 91 90"
• Finishing OS Grid Reference: SU761193
• Finishing GPS Co-ordinates: N50 96' 90" W000 91' 70"
• To see: not much.
• ALWAYS follow the Greenlane Code!

Ruts over a foot and a half deep in places.

This short byway should be a lovely drive through beech woodland. However, it has seen so much inappropriate use that it has been thoroughly defiled.

At the southern end, there is plenty of evidence of illegal off-roading in existence, not to mention a bit of fly-tipping here and there. The byway itself has been driven far too often in the wet by people seeking a cheap thrill in tooled-up 4x4's and as such the surface of this byway is very, very heavily rutted. They are so deep that there is even evidence of diff casings grounding out on the raised centre of the track.

By way of a brief description, the byway begins on the sharp hairpins of the country road serving access to Sunwood Farm. It leaves in a northerly direction on a bit of degraded tarmac up to the 'fly-tipping/illegal offroading' area, where the byway turns slightly to the left and starts its heavily-rutted climb up the steep gradient. Passing through beautiful beech woodland, the climb continues and ends abruptly back on the tarmac in the farm yard of Sunwood Farm (after which we have named this byway: if you know the correct moniker please comment below).

Leaving the farm yard, the byway turns into a dead-end trundle towards the Hampshire/Sussex border, at 'Hundred Acres'. Good old West Sussex County Council, in their inestimable wisdom, chose to re-classify the BOAT as a RUPP within their territory, and thus, since 2006, this strech of byway has been closed to motorised traffic, creating the dead-end.

In short, a minority have ruined this byway for the majority. There is little to see and it is very short indeed, so don't bother visiting and lets hope the byway one day recovers.

To Hampshire County Council these are Byways 44 & 47, combined here for convenience.

A very brief stretch of tarmac lies at the southern end, encouraging fly-tipping.

UCR: Cheesecombe Farm Lane

• Overall Rating: 3
• Location: Hawkley, Hampshire.
• OS Explorer Map 133, 'Haslemere & Petersfield'.
• Starting OS Grid Reference: SU745278
• Starting GPS Co-ordinates: N51 04' 50" W000 93' 80"
• Finishing OS Grid Reference: SU748285
• Finishing GPS Co-ordinates: N51 05' 10" W000 93' 40"
• To see: not much.
• ALWAYS follow the Greenlane Code!

NB: We drove this byway in relatively dry conditions. In the wet, it would be a trial, and damage to the byway from rutting etc. would be certain. We therefore propose a voluntary 'light usage' policy where people avoid it after heavy rains or in winter.

Starting at the south-western end of this byway, the unclassified country road leaves Cottage Lane in a north-easterly direction on a surface of compacted earth interspersed with areas of rubble which fill the pot holes, no doubt because it is used as a farm track. The foliage that flanks the byway will offer the odd bit of resistance at points but throughout the lane borders are relatively tame.

Heading gently downhill, eventually a footpath leaves the byway to the north. It is here where the tricky part begins. The byway plunges suddenly, and steeply, downhill on a surface of chalk and leaf-litter and in the wet would be as slippery as greased rugby ball. One can imagine the damage tyres spinning frantically for grip would do... There are also a couple of large fallen trees to negotiate. These have been chainsawed and removed, but their stumps still lay on the track and present an obstacle. Slow and steady does it.

One of the 'quagmires'

Continuing its descent, the byway turns sharply to the north and continues towards its nadir at Oakshott Stream. The stream itself is bridged, but there are the odd patches of thick, dark, cloying, peat-like mud which, although a hard bottom of rock is present in each, does remain wet even in dry periods and therefore these are an obstacle. Please don't exacerbate ruts: drive it in the dry!

After crossing Oakshott Stream, the byway heads uphill, slowly at first, but then, on a right angled turn, continues very steeply indeed and this forms that last major obstacle of this byway. Soon afterwards the green lane disembouches onto the tarmacadam of the driveway serving both Buttermilk and Cheesecombe Farms. No prizes for guessing that they have sizeable dairy herds.

Take it slow, take it easy, don't do it after wet weather and enjoy.

BOAT: Stodham Lane

• Overall Rating: 2
• Location: Liss, Hampshire.
• OS Explorer Map 133, 'Haslemere & Petersfield'.
• Starting OS Grid Reference: SU778265
• Starting GPS Co-ordinates: N51 03' 30" W000 89' 10"
• Finishing OS Grid Reference: SU784269
• Finishing GPS Co-ordinates: N51 03' 70" W000 88' 30"
• To see: ancient earthwork.
• ALWAYS follow the Greenlane Code!

Stodham Lane is a very simple, straightforward byway. We drove it from it's western end. Leaving Pruetts Lane, the byway leaves the country road at a very sharp hairpin bend. Heading east on a hard surface of compacted gravel or clay, the going is extremely easy as the surface is well maintained (there is barely a pothole) and the undergrowth on each side is kept cut well back and never threatens the paintwork.

The track twists and turns its way along a field boundary with a shallow ditch on the southern side, and then suddenly heads uphill on reaching 'Sunrise Cottage', and... that's it. There is nothing further that remains to be remarked upon about this byway other than it ends where it meets the B3006 between Hill Brow and East Hill, Liss. Not really worth going out of one's way to visit.

Oh, actually there is one thing for the history buffs: just to the south of the lane lies a large ancient earthwork, although nobody seems to know what it is.

BOAT: Huntsbottom Lane/Woodlands Lane

• Overall Rating: 1
• Location: Liss, Hampshire.
• OS Explorer Map 133, 'Haslemere & Petersfield'.
• Starting OS Grid Reference: SU785274
• Starting GPS Co-ordinates: N51 04' 10" W000 88' 10"
• Finishing OS Grid Reference: SU784270 or SU787268 or SU792268
• Finishing GPS Co-ordinates: N51 03' 80" W000 88' 30" or N51 03' 60" W000 87' 90" or N51 03' 80" W000 87' 20"
• To see: not much.
• ALWAYS follow the Greenlane Code!

No matter which way one approaches this byway, the small section away from the tarmac is so overgrown that there is just no point even trying.

Move along.

UCR: Un-named UCR

• Overall Rating: 0
• Location: Terwick Common, West Sussex.
• OS Explorer Map 133, 'Haslemere & Petersfield'.
• Starting OS Grid Reference: SU818246
• Starting GPS Co-ordinates: N51 01' 50" W000 83' 50"
• Finishing OS Grid Reference: SU817237
• Finishing GPS Co-ordinates: N51 00' 70" W000 83' 60"
• To see: not much.
• ALWAYS follow the Greenlane Code!

This byway is so overgrown that there is just no point even trying.

Move along.

This uniquely British scene is located at the top of the byway.

BOAT: Old Litten Lane

• Overall Rating: 0
• Location: Ashford Hill, Hampshire.
• OS Explorer Map 133, 'Haslemere & Petersfield'.
• Starting OS Grid Reference: SU734271
• Starting GPS Co-ordinates: N51 03' 90" W000 95' 30"
• Finishing OS Grid Reference: SU749271
• Finishing GPS Co-ordinates: N51 03' 90" W000 93' 20"
• To see: Ashford Hangers National Nature Reserve.
• ALWAYS follow the Greenlane Code!

This byway is protected by a TRO and is closed to all motorised traffic. The northern part isn't a dead end as such: one may exit along Cockshott Lane. But the majority of the byway is protected by metal gates so there is going further.

Move along, unless you want to park up and have a walk around the extremely beautiful Ashford Hangers National Nature Reserve (and you should!).

This barrier is enforcing the TRO.

BOAT: Woolshers Lane

• Overall Rating: 0
• Location: Sheet, Hampshire.
• OS Explorer Map 133, 'Haslemere & Petersfield'.
• Starting OS Grid Reference: SU762270
• Starting GPS Co-ordinates: N51 03' 80" W000 91' 30"
• Finishing OS Grid Reference: SU755277
• Finishing GPS Co-ordinates: N51 04' 40" W000 92' 40"
• To see: not much.
• ALWAYS follow the Greenlane Code!

This byway is protected by a TRO and is closed to all motorised traffic.

Move along.

UCR: Tankerdale Lane

• Overall Rating: 0
• Location: Sheet, Hampshire.
• OS Explorer Map 133, 'Haslemere & Petersfield'.
• Starting OS Grid Reference: SU766258
• Starting GPS Co-ordinates: N51 02' 70" W000 90' 90"
• Finishing OS Grid Reference: SU771260
• Finishing GPS Co-ordinates: N51 02' 90" W000 90' 10"
• To see: not much.
• ALWAYS follow the Greenlane Code!

This byway goes no further than the Portsmouth-London Woking railway line, no matter which direction you drive it from: take a look at the picture inset below and consider how you'd pass it!

Nothing to see here. Move along.

No getting through here!

UCR: Tipsall Lane

• Overall Rating: 1
• Location: Hill Brow, West Sussex.
• OS Explorer Map 133, 'Haslemere & Petersfield'.
• Starting OS Grid Reference: SU792258
• Starting GPS Co-ordinates: N51 02' 70" W000 87' 10"
• Finishing OS Grid Reference: SU784235
• Finishing GPS Co-ordinates: N51 00' 60" W000 88' 30"
• To see: not much.
• ALWAYS follow the Greenlane Code!

Talk about a disappointment!

This byway starts off so positively as a very pleasant drive on a sandy surface past Canada Cottages and on through forestry land. Starting from the northern end, one follows the instruction of the finger posts with 'Public Way' engraved upon them, and the track heads downhill though coppice and pine plantations.

BUT... immediately on exiting the forest (at the third junction with a bridleway), it becomes so overgrown as to be totally impassable to anything but pedestrians. Hugely frustratingly, it continues in this manner for no more than 200m or so where it opens out onto the wide-open driveway of Tipsall House. The greenlane enthusiast has been robbed of a lovely byway simply because of a lack of maintenance!

Further south, after the junction with Slade Lane, the UCR continues westwards for a fair distance again, but, in the same irritating vein, it is so overgrown as to be impassable for almost its entire length, until it emerges from the undergrowth onto the driveway of Durleighmarsh Farm. It's almost irrelevant to the enthusiast therefore!

Until this byway receives some much-needed maintenance, it is best avoided. Sigh.

BOAT: Chapel Common Road

• Overall Rating: 1
• Location: High Cross, West Sussex.
• OS Explorer Map 133, 'Haslemere & Petersfield'.
• Starting OS Grid Reference: SU809286
• Starting GPS Co-ordinates: N51 05' 51" W000 84' 70"
• Finishing OS Grid Reference: SU812280
• Finishing GPS Co-ordinates: N51 04' 60" W000 84' 20"
• To see: not much.
• ALWAYS follow the Greenlane Code!

This byway is little more than a country road that has seemingly fallen into disrepair. It's metres wide, completely covered in tarmac with liberal potholing, and is so easy going that the saloon cars of dog-walkers can cruise down it in comfort. It can be recommended for little more than a pleasant drive through the woods (especially in autumn: sec picture, below), even if some it is  bizarrely protected by razor wire and security fencing. It seems they REALLY don't want you in that woodland, which obviously raises questions about what they are actually up to in there... Move along!

They REALLY don't want you in there!

UCR: Bigpath Lane

• Overall Rating: 3
• Location: Street End, Hampshire.
• OS Explorer Map 119 'Meon Valley'.
• Starting OS Grid Reference: SU556200
• Starting GPS Co-ordinates: N50 97' 70" W001 20 80"
• Finishing OS Grid Reference: SU544217
• Finishing GPS Co-ordinates: N50 99' 20" W001 22' 60"
• To see: not much.
• ALWAYS follow the Greenlane Code!

We're not sure what the true name of this apparently un-named byway is, so (predictably) we called it 'Bigpath Lane' after the first cottage we saw. If you know better please comment below!

This is roughly a byway of two halves. Starting at it's southern end, this UCR leaves behind the gallops at Stephen's Castle Down from a reservoir and heads north-west on an earthen surface with only light rutting. Unfortunately, the encroachment of undergrowth is an issue in places and often an errant branch will register its protest at one's passage.

On a remarkably straight track, the byway undulates gradually and then suddenly descends steeply through fields of pigs towards the country road serving Bigpath Farm. About two years previous to this visit, the junction was so severely overgrown that it was impossible to push a path through the undergrowth but it has since been cleared and, although still tight, it is at least passable.

On crossing the road, the second half byway opens up far more. In a marked contrast with the first half of the byway, the wide, hard surface with the odd pothole shows that this half of the byway is in use far more frequently. It's very easy going! Bigpath Lane ends up back on the tarmac at Woodcote Farm, just north of Upham.