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Stonehenge - a battle won

Fear of legal action from the Trail Riders Fellowship has deterred Wiltshire Council from closing seven Byways Open to All Traffic around Stonehenge. Wiltshire Council intended to ban motorized users from the routes as part of elaborate plans to construct a commercial Visitors Centre at the World Heritage Site. The byways, which are used as a convenient viewing point by many visitors to the stones, would have been converted into dedicated trackways for land trains transporting tourists from a massive car park onto the site itself. Read more ...
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Renewals time.

For those of us who joined before rolling membership was introduced then the renewal season is fast approaching. Please help the TRF fight for our rights and login & renew online.

Sarn Helen and the Prosecution of TRF Members

In 2009 four Trail Riders Fellowship members were reported for allegedly driving on the unsealed road ‘Sarn Helen’, in Powys, without lawful authority. The history of the use and management of Sarn Helen is ... Read more...

Govt White Paper
on Nature

The Government has published an important white paper on Nature that could affect Trail Riding
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Local Access Forums

Exmoor & Yorkshire dales are seeking new members. Plenty of advice is available from other TRF members who serve on LAFs if required.

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The organisation that represents responsible trail riders

Preserving historic, public rights of way for the benefit of all user groups

Working to ensure local councils and highways authorities carry out their statutory rights of way duties

Campaigning for the fair and equitable treatment of all countryside user groups

Lobbying government against the exercise of prejudice in respect of countryside access issues

The Trail Riders Fellowship was established in 1970, since when the organisation has been heavily involved in preserving access to, and helping to maintain standards of, public rights of way throughout England and Wales.

Your support helps us to keep hundreds of miles of historic routes open for use by many thousands of responsible countryside users.

Whether you are a trail rider or simply interested in preserving access to the countryside for all, please feel free to browse through our site for further information