Adventure Bike Rider Forum

Richard Simpson Mark II wrote:OCR...actually UCR Unclassified County Road...I think they are called something else now, but were untarmaced roads, and the responsibility of the Highways Dept rather than the Rights of Way Dept, and on the List of Streets rather than the definitive map

TRO...Traffic Regulation Order. A legal order used to restrict or remove access to a highway or right of way. Typically signed with the 'no vehicles' sign of a car and a motorbike in a red circle. If it just shows a car, you are OK on a bike.

Richard Simpson Mark II wrote:Just to confuse matters, most UCRs are shown on ordnance survey maps as ORPAs...Other Routes With Public Access.

Womble wrote:Try this, works for me with BOATs and other RoW if that's your interest, but I've not found a way of showing UCRs/ORPAs...

https://www.rowmaps.com/osmand/

Richard Simpson Mark II wrote: ↑Wed Dec 01, 2021 12:07 pm A bit of further advice....

Many UCRs will have a sign at the start saying 'Unsuitable for Motors'

This doesn't mean you can't ride down them. In fact, it confirms they have vehicular rights, but are not maintained to road standard. If you dent a rim or bust a leg because you fall down a hole the sign absolves the council from being sued by you.