It is sometimes necessary to temporarily close or permanently restrict the use of a right of way. This may be due to a safety issue, to protect the surface from serious damage, for an event such as a village fete, or while maintenance work is being done.
Permanent and seasonal restrictions
Cambridgeshire has nearly 10% of the byway mileage in England. Some are subject to Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs), which restrict some recreational motor use to protect vulnerable surfaces, either throughout the year or by season and may be extended in especially wet conditions.
A list of current TROs can be viewed below:
Ashwell Street, Bassingbourn-Cum-Kneesworth and Littlington
TRO 005/1991
Size: 1.56 MB File format: pdf
Stapleford, Cambridge and Fulbourn byway
TRO 006/1992 - Byways No. 5 Stapleford, No. 111 Cambridge and No. 12 Fulbourn
Size: 634.38 KB File format: pdf
Stapleford, Cambridge, Fulbourn, Babraham, Balsham, Little Abington and Hildersham Byways
TRO 007/1992 - Byway No. 5 Stapleford, No. 111 Cambridge, No. 12 Fulbourn, No. 2 Babraham, No.4 Balsham, No. 1 Little Abington and No.11 Hildersham
Size: 1.35 MB File format: pdf
Great Wilbraham, Little Wilbraham and Bottisham
TRO 008/1992 - Butt lane and Streetway
Size: 1.16 MB File format: pdf
Ickleton, Hinxton and Great Chesterford
TRO 010/1994 - No. 7 Ickleton, Byway No. 3 Hinxton and Byway No. 13 Great Chesterford
Size: 1.54 MB File format: pdf
Bottisham and Swaffham Bulbeck
TRO 012/1994 - Old Newmarket Road, Bottisham, Heath Road and Streetway, Bottisham, Burrough Green, Swaffham Bulbeck and Westley Waterless
Size: 1.12 MB File format: pdf
Milton, Impington and Landbeach
TRO 014/1997 - Byway No. 3 (Mere Way)
Size: 2.39 MB File format: pdf
Haddenham and Wilburton
TRO 022/2007 - Byways No. 15, No. 29, No. 22 and No. 30 Haddenham, Byway No. 10 Wilburton, Byways No. 2 and No. 12 Cottenham, Byways No. 8 and No.9 Willingham, Byways No. 1, No. 2, No. 4 and No. 5 Rampton and Byway No. 3 Westwick
Size: 3.16 MB File format: pdf
Guilden Morden and Steeple Morden
TRO 024/2009 - Byways No.1, No.8 and No.9 Guilden Morden and No. 1 Steeple Morden
Size: 1.57 MB File format: pdf
Bourne and Kingston
TRO 025/2009 - Byway No.24 and No.25 Bourn and No. 1 Kingston
Size: 1.64 MB File format: pdf
Balsham, Linton and West Wickham
TRO 026/2009 - Byways No 4 Balsham, No.23 Linton and No. 1 Wicken
Size: 1.79 MB File format: pdf
Carlton and Weston Colville
TRO 027/2009 - Byways No. 7, No. 9 and No. 12 Carlton and No. 15 Weston Colville
Size: 1.54 MB File format: pdf
Denton and Caldecote
TRO 032/1996 - Denton Byway No. 16 and Public Path No. 5
Size: 1.11 MB File format: pdf
Wentworth, Witchford, Coveney and Haddenham
TRO 033/2010 - Byways No. 3 , No. 5 and No. 6 Wentworth, No. 8 and No.9 Witchford, No. 19 Coveney and No. 13 Haddenham
Size: 1.00 MB File format: pdf
Ely and Little Downham
TRO 034/2011 - Byways No. 45 and No.46 Ely, Byways No. 47 and No.48 Little Downham
Size: 1.31 MB File format: pdf
Great Gidding and Little Gidding
TRO 036/2014 - Byways No.16 Great Gidding, No. 11 Leighton Bromswold, No.1 Little Gidding, No. 33 Sawtry, No. 4 Spaldwick, No. 16 Hamerton and Steeple Gidding, No. 4 Upton and Coppingford
Size: 411.95 KB File format: pdf
Waresley-Cum-Tetworth, Abbotsley, Old Weston, Winwick, and Upton and Coppingford byways
TRO 037/2014 - Byways No. 3 Waresley- cum- Tetworth, No.7 Abbotsley, No. 7 Old Weston, No. 9 Winwick and No. 6 Upton and Coppingford
Size: 527.07 KB File format: pdf
Catworth, Easton, Ellington, Grafham, Kimbolton, Spaldwick, Stow Longa and Tilbrook Byways
TRO 038/2014 - Byways No. 12 and No. 13 Catworth, Byways No. 7 and No. 11 Easton, Byway No. 1 Ellington, Byway No. 2 Grafham, Byway No. 30 Kimbolton, No. 2 and No. 3 Spaldwick, No. 6 and No. 8 Stow Longa, No. 14 and No. 18 Tilbrook
Size: 689.45 KB File format: pdf
Coveney and Witcham
TRO 2015 - Byways No. 12, No.15 and No. 16 Coveney, Byways No.8, No.10, No.11, No.12 and No. 13 Witcham
Size: 125.46 KB File format: pdf
Temporary restrictions
It can become necessary to temporarily close public rights of way. In these cases, suitable diversion signs should be provided to direct you around the closure.
Voluntary restraints
When the surface of a right of way has been damaged, often by motor vehicle use, a ‘voluntary restraint’ may be used. This consists of placing notices on site, asking motor vehicles not to use the route while the route recovers or improvement works are carried out.
Adhering to voluntary restraints allow a right of way to return to a state where it becomes suitable for motor use again, without the need for implementing a temporary or permanent TRO, which may require physical barriers to prevent use.
Route that currently benefit from voluntary restraints: Glatton Byway 6 following improvement works.
