The Parish Council is responsible for the grass cutting of the village verges (apart from the unadopted areas such as Yew Tree, Launton Grange etc) which are cut at least once a month by our contractors, together with the rural areas within the parish boundaries which are cut two or three times a year.
Details of all the Public Rights of Way (PRoW) are available on the Countryside Access Map at https://publicrightsofway.oxfordshire.gov.uk/standardmap.aspx
Just type ‘Launton’ into the Town / Village location and it will take you to the detail.
The village is very fortunate to have two Footpath Wardens who check the routes but the actual maintenance of the PRoWs is down to the OCC Countryside Access Team or the landowner.
However, not all the paths in use in Launton are actually Public Rights of Way and this means that no group or person has responsibility for maintenance. Any changes to footpaths requires Parliamentary approval which is a time consuming and costly process.
If you spot an issue, please take a note and a photograph and let us know – if it’s not the Parish Council’s responsibility, we will try to point you in the right direction about who to report it to.