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2.6 Access to the countryside

All disabled people should have access to a network of off-street footpaths, public rights of way and rural pathways. The Code of Practice seeks to:

• ensure that new routes and amenities, wherever practicable, are designed to be accessible to disabled people (see 5.24 Countryside Paths, 5.25 Gates and Stiles and 5.26 Countryside Furniture)
• encourage the development of a network of pathways in rural areas, particularly where the footway is available adjacent to the highway
• maintain those pathways which are currently accessible and to improve existing routes which are currently inaccessible to disabled people
• encourage the provision of accessible car parking and other transport facilities at main access points.

Access for all, Housing, Employment, local services and community facilities, External environment and transport, Access and tourism, Access to Education

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