public footpath

noun

1. a footpath along which the public has right of way

Example Sentences

The court was told the public footpath was marked by "yellow posts", or waymarkers, which followed the boundary of the field, off Riverside Way.

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Rhian Williams, whose video about its location went viral, said she made it clear there was a public footpath.

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Martin Falshaw was sentenced after he admitted failing to take adequate precautions to separate cattle from the public footpath.

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At the time of the incident, no fencing was in place to separate the public footpath from the calving cattle and adequate signage to notify walkers about the danger of cows with calves had not been put up.

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However, the defence counsel said no other incidents had happened in Mr Falshaw's fields with a public footpath through them in 25 years.

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