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Terms of service

Last updated 16 September 2026

By using Holloway, whether the main app, the standalone grading tool, or a suggestion form, you agree to these terms with MLS Ventures Ltd (company number 16306630), trading as Holloway, see company information for registered details. Holloway shows public rights of way, primarily Byways Open to All Traffic (BOATs) and similar routes, sourced from OpenStreetMap and community contributions, intended to help riders plan legal off-road motorcycle routes in England and Wales.

Reference only, always verify

This is the most important term. Legal status of a route can change at any time, a Traffic Regulation Order can close a byway with little notice, and the underlying data, even where marked "legal to ride", is drawn from a volunteer-maintained map, not a live feed from any council or authority. Holloway is a reference tool, not a legal guarantee. You are responsible for checking current signage, any posted Traffic Regulation Orders, and the legal status of a route before riding it. Riding a route shown as legal in Holloway does not protect you from prosecution if that status has changed or was wrong.

Member-added lanes

Some lanes are added by other riders and approved by a moderator without independent verification against a definitive map. These are clearly marked "Member-added" in the app, shown in their own colour, with their own filter and a disclaimer wherever they appear. Treat these with extra caution and verify their legal status yourself before riding.

Your account

Using the map requires a free account, an email address and nothing else, no password or card. You're responsible for keeping access to your email secure, since sign-in is by email link alone. Don't share your account, and let us know if you believe someone else has access to it.

Contributions

If you submit a grade suggestion, a missing lane, or a report, you're giving Holloway permission to use, edit, and publish that information as part of the app. Don't submit anything you don't have the right to share, or anything false, defamatory, or intended to mislead other riders about a route's legal status.

Our content, and reusing it

Much of Holloway's map data comes from OpenStreetMap and local council sources under their own open licences (the Open Database Licence and the Open Government Licence). We don't own that underlying data and aren't claiming to, if you want it directly, get it from OpenStreetMap or the relevant council under their own terms.

What is ours: the difficulty grading, hazard notes, closure tracking, points of interest write-ups, blog posts, and the way it's all put together, the actual curation work Holloway is built on. Don't scrape, systematically copy, or republish this, and don't use automated tools to bulk-download the site or build a competing product from it. Normal use of the app, like browsing, planning a route, or downloading your own GPX, is completely fine, this is about bulk copying, not everyday riding. If you want to reuse something specific, ask first at hollowayapp@gmail.com.

Paid features

Holloway Premium costs £20/year and unlocks surface type, exact coordinates, live weather, a lane mud forecast, street view where available, route planning, live in-app navigation, GPX export and "Navigate to start". Everything else in the app, including all lane legal status, difficulty, hazards, closure notes and a Legal Status Search, stays free once you're signed in. £1 from every membership goes straight toward keeping lanes open, maintained, and supporting the people who do that work. Payment is handled entirely by Stripe, our payment processor; Holloway never sees or stores your card details. Subscriptions renew automatically each year unless cancelled. You can cancel any time from Menu > Account > Manage subscription, cancelling stops future renewal but doesn't refund the part of the current year you've already paid for. See company information for more on billing and cancellation.

No warranty

Holloway is provided "as is". We make no guarantee it is accurate, complete, uninterrupted, or fit for a particular purpose. Use it at your own risk.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Holloway and its developer are not liable for any loss, injury, fine, or damage arising from your use of the app, including reliance on lane data, route plans, or GPX exports.

Changes, and discontinuing Holloway

We may update these terms at any time; continued use after a change means you accept the update. We may also add, change, or remove any feature of the app at any time, without notice, including features that are part of Holloway Premium.

We may suspend or permanently discontinue Holloway entirely, at any time and for any reason, including if it's no longer commercially viable for us to keep running it. We'll try to give reasonable notice where we can, but we don't guarantee any specific notice period. If we discontinue Holloway while you have an active Holloway Premium subscription, we'll refund the unused portion of your current subscription period; this doesn't apply if you cancel yourself, see "Paid features" above.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales.

Questions about these terms: hollowayapp@gmail.com