Public access on SSSIs
Notification of land as a SSSI does not mean that the public
automatically has rights of access. However, many SSSIs do
allow public access in the following ways:
| Type of access |
Total length
within SSSIs
(km)
|
Total accessible
area within
SSSIs (ha)
|
% of
SSSI
area
|
| Statutory Access |
| Public Rights of Way (total) |
2,159 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Footpath |
1,654 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Bridleway |
402 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Road used as a public
path |
38 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Byway open to all
traffic |
65 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Open access land under CRoW Act (total) |
N/A |
122,660 |
48% |
| Registered Common Land |
N/A |
50,438 |
20% |
| Open Country |
N/A |
68,286 |
26% |
| Forestry Commission
forests |
N/A |
3,936 |
2% |
| Open access land under other legislation |
N/A |
36,792 |
14% |
| Intertidal seashore (includes some private land) |
N/A |
41,414 |
16% |
| Permissive Access |
|
| Tir Gofal permissive access |
14 |
92 |
|
| Tir Cymen permissive access |
N/A |
82 |
|
| National Nature Reserves |
|
|
|
| Full access |
N/A |
6,382 |
0.02% |
| Partial access |
N/A |
15,999 |
0.06% |
| Restricted access |
N/A |
1,711 |
0.001% |
| Other permissive access |
N/A |
4,781 |
1.9% |
Pembrokeshire Coast Path,
CCW