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England & Wales

Green lanes in the national parks

Which parks you can actually ride in, ranked by lanes open to motorcycles inside each park’s real boundary.

13national parks
1,727lanes open to motorcycles*

*BOATs and UCRs inside park boundaries, excluding sections under a permanent or current closure.

Built automatically from council rights of way records, traffic orders and OpenStreetMap data, and checked by Holloway. How we check it

Ranked by open lanes

South Downs England
260 open lanes43% rideable
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Peak District England
257 open lanes60% rideable
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Eryri (Snowdonia) Wales
238 open lanes72% rideable
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Yorkshire Dales England
203 open lanes78% rideable
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Lake District England
201 open lanes68% rideable
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Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) Wales
151 open lanes30% rideable
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Dartmoor England
111 open lanes100% rideable
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North York Moors England
96 open lanes64% rideable
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New Forest England
59 open lanes64% rideable
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Northumberland England
51 open lanes43% rideable
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The Broads England
44 open lanes48% rideable
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Pembrokeshire Coast Wales
39 open lanes91% rideable
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Exmoor England
17 open lanes13% rideable
Very few lanes open to motorcycles, mostly restricted byways

Questions riders ask

Which national park has the most green lanes?

Of the England and Wales national parks, South Downs has the most lanes open to motorcycles on the Holloway map, 260 BOATs and UCRs inside its boundary.

Can you ride motorbikes in national parks?

Yes, on lanes with a legal right for motor vehicles, mainly BOATs and UCRs, the same as anywhere else in England and Wales. Being inside a national park doesn’t change that, but several park authorities can make their own Traffic Regulation Orders, so it’s worth checking a lane’s current status before you ride.

What about national parks in Scotland?

Scotland’s access law is different. There is no BOAT system and off-road motor vehicle use is broadly not allowed, so the Cairngorms and Loch Lomond and The Trossachs aren’t covered here.

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Park boundaries © Natural England / Natural Resources Wales, via OpenStreetMap, OGL. Lane data from OpenStreetMap contributors and council rights of way records. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Reference only, check a lane’s current status before riding. How we check this data.

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