tour reports » Gated roads

On a 5 day trip to Scotland at the end of October a road closure and a loss of concentration put me on a single track road through Ayle, a minor hamlet just north of Alston. A few miles in I encountered a gate across the road with no signs saying ‘Private property’ so I went through and encountered another gate which I went through. Street view covers the road apart from the stretch between the gates. I have toured the UK for 55 years and apart from snow gates or summer closures of some seaside roads, never come across a gate across a road before. Just before joining the A689 I met a post office van at a passing point and the driver confirmed it was a highway. Do gated roads occur elsewhere and what is the legal position?
The road closure occurred on the B6277 north of Middleton in Teesdale just after Langdon Beck so I took a minor road on the right that goes North East to join the A689 at St John’s Chapel. My Nav V showed it climber to 2090 ft and it is worth a run if you are in the area with spectacular views and a good road surface.

I encountered exactly what you describe this summer; it was definitely in the area of Alston so may well have been the same one!

Ours was standard, tarmacced, public road which seemed to go through a farm yard which had a gate at either side. We thought it was very odd at at the time - passed through and left the gates closed behind us. No idea about the legal position though

Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #3

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Very common in Cumbria. I encountered several gates in similar circumstances when roadworks closed a road near Bowness. Meeting one of the construction trucks on a very steep, narrow road was not very pleasant. TFF TCS as my rear wheel was in pretty deep mud at the edge of the road.

One example https://goo.gl/maps/dsC7AiPgTaE89Bjf6 and the warning sign the other end https://goo.gl/maps/nW9oGyrhityM5dbq7

Ideal territory for my S1000XR adventure bike.

There used to be lots of gated roads in Wales but I think they must have had subsidies to put in cattle grids.

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Zitat von JAG im Beitrag #4

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..... I had a heated discussion with a lady in a 4x4 vehicle explaining why on a single track road I could not reverse my bike back up a steep hill when a passing point was 50 yards behind her or she could go slightly off road in her 4x4 allowing me to pass. That said if you avoid single track roads you will miss out on some great roads.
John

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I found one of these roads in north Wales, heading east from the Bala area on the map it looked like a long minor road across the hills. Which of course it was but there must have been 6 or 7 gates along it (by the time I realized it was worth counting how many gates, I had already forgotten how many I'd been through).
The big RS is a bit unwieldy for pushing around in tight places especially with luggage.