[OSM-talk] Residential areas

[matthew-osm at newtoncomputing.co.uk]

Hi,

On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 03:28:27PM +0000, Dean Earley wrote:
> matthew-osm at newtoncomputing.co.uk wrote:
> > Generally residential roads are not classified (they are C-prefix roads, which
> > are county-wide, not country-wide, allocated).
> 
> They aren't though..
> 
> According to my local council, pretty much all the residential roads 
> around here are U something:
> http://maintainedhighways.hants.gov.uk/results.asp?road=&roadno=U&district=EASTLEIGH&submit=Search
> 
> C roads do exist and ARE classified:
> http://maintainedhighways.hants.gov.uk/results.asp?road=&roadno=C&district=EASTLEIGH&submit=Search

Yes, you're right, I'd mis-remembered that bit... sorry.

Been visiting parents for the week [Dad=highways engineer], so checked how the
numbering goes: neither C- or U-class roads are numbered nationally; the numbers
are assigned by the local county council.

Interestingly, Suffolk County Council mention lots of these numbers when they
make highways notices in the paper; it might be worth people watching local
papers in their area to get hold of road numbers, if there is no easier way.

The County Council also refers to countryside footpaths (rights of way) as
"footpaths", and footpaths/pavements along the side of roads as "footways", to
make the distinction.

...and I mapped my home village in Suffolk, too, except for the tens of
footpaths, bridleways, byways and RUPPs...! (I even saw a wooden footpath-type
sign that said "R U P P" on it ;-) ). Got several miles of footpaths walked,
though.

-- 
Matthew [trying to remember other useful snippets of information I found out]