Oxfordshire County Council is responsible for maintaining definitive Countryside Access Maps (CAMs) of the public rights of way within the county. The presence of a highway on the maps does not mean that additional rights over the highway do not exist nor does the lack of a highway on the maps mean that no public right of way exists over the land.
Members of the Oxford Fieldpaths Society are actively involved in ensuring continuing access to the countryside and reporting any issues associated with using and accessing paths in Oxfordshire.
Anyone can view the electronic copy of the detailed definitive Countryside Access Map for the county. This allows you to see all the registered footpaths at a scale of 1:10000.
Anyone can participate in reporting problems with Public Rights of Way as recorded on the Countryside Access Map but to do this you must first register with the website. A good place to start is to read the comprehensive guidance about how to use the facilities. There is a facility to print a small area of the map to a PDF document.
Countryside access maps are also available to be viewed on paper at the Countryside Access Legal Office in County Hall, Oxford. See this link for details.
Local Routes
Similar to National Trails and Regional Routes, Local Routes are formed by joining together other highways. They are developed and maintained by parishes as part of the Parish Paths Partnership scheme.