Public Footpath wayspot rejected, different one accepted.
KcEdwards01-PGO
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I submitted a nomination for a Public Footpath sign in my community to become a wayspot and while the one I submitted after a appeal was rejected, one in a different area of the village has been accepted. I'm just a bit confused on the inconsistency as I feel like my nomination should also be valid if there's precedent for a similar nomination to be accepted. Photo attached and accompanying description is my rejected nomination in question. Any advice on what I may be able to do would be appreciated.
"The footpath connects Pollards Oak Road and Crescent to Nunappleton Way and Holland Road via an accessible footbridge over the railway."
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If that was your main photo, then you have a more immediate problem than the debate over whether the object itself is eligible or not - you have number plates visible in the picture.
As I understand, you're in the UK, where there are hundreds of thousands of signs like this, and they just describe a sidewalk, not a trail. So many reviewers feel they're generic and not noteworthy at all. I'm not in the UK, but I hope you find something interesting to submit.
Not necessarily, there are lots of them.
Some can be a little alley, some can be a path between houses, some can be walks through countryside, some connect towns.
Some are a little sticker on a post some are little metal discs with the county name on them like the county of Kest.... some are engraved wooden posts.
Scotland has different rules from England and Wales. NI may also have different rules.
Technically they are not a trail but mostly a way of saying you can walk here.
I have seen a lot in review over the past few months. About 1 in every 10 is a public footpath. Sometimes the submitter calls them trails, sometimes they give a great description of where the path goes and why it would make a good acceptance. Mostly they are just Public Footpath with a little bit of detail.
Good luck with these :D
Please don’t respond with “I’ve seen worse.” We are not in a competition to produce the map’s worst POIs.
Best thing to do is find the official footpath number from the rights of way map. Your council will have it online. Used that as the title or use it in your description. Describe where the footpath takes you and what you can see along the way. Does it take you into some woodland or a similar? Ones in residential areas struggle as they generally don’t lead to places to explore. More rural ones fair better because they are more likely to take you off the beaten track. As for generic, so are trail markers and many are footpaths that were given a trail names to form a trail. Take the main picture without the cars in the background if that is the picture you used unless you used it for the discussion here. They often take a few tries to get the reviewers who know the criteria on them.
Ah yes, Kest. One of my favourite places.
Variations within a space of 20 reviews.
That second one is actually a really nice sign, as far as public footpath signs go.
It is.
A shame they didn't fix the angle it was taken at :/
I ’ve submitted quite a lot of the peak and northern signs they are great.
I will be back doing more when we get longer days.
I did try to submit the society base itself, because they are a great group and really believe in exploring and it is used for meetings, gatherings, etc but it was rejected sigh.
Maybe I should try again.