[Tagging] horse mounting/dismounting steps

John Sturdy jcg.sturdy at gmail.com
Tue Aug 28 14:48:37 UTC 2018


On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 2:55 PM Philip Barnes <phil at trigpoint.me.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, 2018-08-28 at 14:25 +0100, John Sturdy wrote:
>
> Or, like bus stops, perhaps they could come under "highway", as they're a
> starting / ending point for a journey which is typically along a highway
> (such as a bridleway).
>
>
> They are not beside bridleways, they are typically part of the front
> structure of buildings of an age that means they are automatically grade II
> listed buildings. Standalone ones are also of an age that they will be
> protected. They are invariably within conservation areas.
>
> The one I was thinking of as an example is beside Queen's Road, Cambridge,
near the back of Clare College (
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/3792612#map=19/52.20522/0.11216) --- I'll
try to remember to add it when I next see quite where it is, unless someone
else gets there first.  That is, if we've decided how to tag them by then.


> I would maintain they are historic features of interest and not a part of
> modern horse riding.
>
> I'm pretty sure the one I mentioned is not in regular use now.


> Phil (trigpoint)
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 12:54 PM Martin Koppenhoefer <
> dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> 2018-08-28 13:36 GMT+02:00 Paul Allen <pla16021 at gmail.com>:
>
> I was almost persuaded by "leisure."   Mostly they will be used for
> leisure and we can live with the few cases where
> they are professional accessories.  And then I remembered that we have
> amenity=bicycle_parking and not
> leisure=bicycle_parking.  Both bicycle parking and mounting blocks seem to
> me to be accessories to the leisure
> activity of riding and not intrinsic to the activity (unless you get
> particular pleasure from parking your bike).
>
>
>
>
> I would not equate horse riding with cycling. A lot of people are using
> bicycles as a means of transport, for horse riding it was stated above by
> Philip that it has lost this function a long time ago (and I agree for the
> european context). There is no infrastructure any more for horses in the
> cities. There are no stables or spots where you may lock them, you won't
> get food easily and hardly find spots where to let them water, etc. It
> simply isn't practical any more to use horses for transport. I would use
> amenity= for horse parkings, e.g.
> https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3591/3609176621_a7ef6a55e5.jpg
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
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