footpaths and bridleways signs ect..

[jackbox]

hi all,
I've tried googling this but couldn't find anything to really answer my query. But am I right in thinking that these colour of signs are right?

Yellow- footpath pedestrians only
Blue - bridleway, pedestrians, bikes and horses
white- Everyone's use, Vehicles, pedestrians, bikes and horses

also when you have to have a permit to ride in certain forests ect..
if there is a walkway with a blue sign you can ride down it with out a permit? as you haven't entered the permit zone yet if it's sign posted right?

thanks everyone.

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

A bridleway or restricted byway or BOAT through a "permit" forestry are still public rights of way, so you can use them without a permit. Yes to the yellow and blue signs but I don't know about white ones. Ordnance survey maps are inexpensive and fairly accurate when it comes to showing what paths are where, make sure the one you buy shows the area in a large enough scale or it can be hard to tell where a path goes, I like the orange banner maps ("explorer"?).

 

[Haz:)]

Our bridleways are marked in yellow, same as the footpath ones. No blue beidleway signs round here. I am very naughty though and do take the footpath sometimes through as it cuts out A1 traffic lunatics that are still driving at 60mph and don't bother to slow. My pony can have confidence issues so I don't want to wreck what he does have. We haven't passed anyone yet, it's the middle of nowhere really for walkers so not too bad.

 

[criso]

Found this from our local site

Chevron
The Chevron should follow the colour coding described in the Natural England booklet Waymarking Public Rights of Way (NE 68):

Yellow - Footpath (FP) - Pantone 123c / BS 08 E 51
Blue - Bridleway (BW) - Pantone 292u / BS 20 E51
Victoria Plum - Restricted Byway (RB) - British Standard 02 C 39
Red - Byway Open to All Traffic (BOAT) - Pantone 185c / BS 06 E 55

I think I've seen white on permissive paths where there is no official ROW.