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Private road near St Helens / Kirkby

7 Jul 2024
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Hi,

Yesterday I made a route on the website.  On the ride today I found the route directed me through what turned out to be a private road with no access.  See screenshot for coordinates - when you head west on Cut Lane from Blind Foot Road, it's gated and is private land.  This is the intersection of Cut Lane and Blind Foot Road just north of A580, about halfway between St Helens and Kirkby.  Just wanted to let you know.

Thanks for the great work you do,

James

Comments

Fri 19 Jul 2024, 13:50

This sounds like an error in the OpenStreetMap data. If you click the "edit" button in the bottom right corner of the cycle.travel map, you'll be redirected to the OpenStreetMap editor where you should be able to mark the road as private (From looking at Streetview, it seems like there are some houses at the start of the road that should still be accessible, so you'll want to split the road into two at the location of the gate, and only mark the after-the-gate section as private)

The great thing about this is it will benefit all apps and websites which use OSM data, so you'll be improving the map for everyone!

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