St Breward Parish Council

Footpath Paring Schedule for 2019/2020

Tenders are invited for the maintenance of the Public Footpaths in Parish from suitably qualified contractors. Persons wishing to tender for this work must have the required insurance, and be prepared to wear protective clothing where necessary. Users of chain saws must have the appropriate operating certificate. A suggested width for a footpath is 1.5 metres with a height of 2 metres. Single cuts should by typically undertaken in June. 2 Cuts: First cut should typically be undertaken between May & July and the second cut between August & September. 3 cuts: These are to be undertaken at a time agreed by the contractor and the Parish Council. These dates are subject to alteration as a result of annual variance is seasonal weather conditions. The Parish Council will liaise with the contractor in respect of the timing of the work Items in red are additional to Council’s Schedule Please submit two separate tenders, one for the total cost and one for the work shown in red type

Gold Paths & lengths requiring one cut

FP1: 75m: Pare from road by Boulders to first gate a distance of 43m. FP7: 73m: From road east of Treswallock Cottage for a distance of 73m towards field boundary of Mellon Farm. FP9: 335m: Down Fellover Bungalow lane. From beginning of FP9 southwards to the junction with FP21 – a distance of 335m FP11: 261m: From road triangle at Harper’s Down across field to Parish boundary at Stannon Stream FP17: 234m: From road at Chapel passing the holy well for a distance of 234m to old field boundary, west of Sunnybank. FP 17 then becomes 2 cuts from here. Additional to ’s Schedule Pare around Holy Well

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Gold Paths requiring two cuts FP2: Section 1: 167m: from Palmer’s lane westwards towards church for 167m to stile : Section 2: 118m: from second to third field boundary across new mesh section for 118m: Section 3: 28m: east of Palmer’s below farmyard and across field to small strip of woodland. Pare 28m through wood. FP21: 3 sections totalling 436m: FP from north of The Gables to Fellover. Section 1 from road across common to first field boundary a distance of 123m. Miss 2 fields (Mr Webb’s) then rest of footpath to gate at Fellover Total distance of 313m. FP4: 250m: From gate at Fellover towards St Breward School for a distance of 250m to field boundary and near to junction with FP9. FP6: 233m: From Road at Row, down Duck Street to Tordown Quarry entrance: a distance of 233m. FP28: 100m: From road west of Church Hay Down to stile at field boundary (Cuckoos Call) FP17: 139m: From old field boundary to Sunnybank for a distance of 139m (See one cut) FP5: 3 sections Section 1: 58m From beginning of FP at Mount Pleasant to first gate. Additional to CC’s schedule clear back overgrowth to reveal all of tarmac path as far as Highland Cottage and remove debris Section 2: 301m: Pare easterly section from SSSI boundary by double stile down to old quarry floor, a distance of 301m. Additional to CC schedule final 66m to De Lank Quarry floor Section 3: 791m: From split in path junction with FP26), pare westerly FP for 791m to bridge over (De Lank Bottoms). FP18: 773m: From gate at Fellover to Coombe boundary FP1: 2 sections totalling 161m: Section 1 through Higher Penquite Farm, pare fenced section across 2 fields for 130m. Section 2 from road by Boulders to first gate a distance of 31m. FP20: 163m: From Fountain Cottage pare from first gate to the old quarry track a distance of 163m. Section 2: 301m: Pare easterly section from SSSI boundary by double stile down to old quarry floor, a distance of 301m. Section 3: 791m: From split in path, pare westerly FP for 791m to bridge over De Lank River (De Lank Bottoms). FP26: 46m: From Play area at rear of Penvorder Cottages, pare FP from gate (upper gate) through wood for a distance of 46m. FP3: 78m: From road east of Higher Lank Farm, pare short section leading down to

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Additional to CC’s schedule FP29: 120m: Road north of Shallowbridge to road at Harpur’s Downs. Pare section from north of Newton Driveway through woodland 120m approx.

Gold Paths requiring three cuts. FP 5 58m From Road at Mount Pleasant to first gate past Highlands Cottage a distance of 58m Additional to CC’s schedule Clear back overgrowth from Mount Pleasant to gate beyond Highland Cottage to reveal all of tarmac path and remove debris.

FP13: 391m: (2 continuous sections) The Church Path from the School entrance (cattlegrid) to gate at Churchtown Farm, a distance of 391m. Remove all parings from path. The third cut is additional to CC’s schedule

FP1: 130m: Section through Higher Penquite. Farm; pare fenced section and across 2 fields for 130m. The third cut is additional to CC’s schedule

FP19 251m: (2 continuous sections). From FP 6 junction by footbridge to road at Hill 251m

Isolated Gates or Stiles requiring 1 cut There are 41 stiles or gates – see map for locations, but path totals are:- FP No No of FP No No of gates/stiles gates/stiles 1 3 9 3 2 2 17 2 3 2 19 3 4 4 23 10 5 3 29 3 7 6 Total 41 Isolated Gates or Stiles requiring 2 cuts 2 in number (one on FP 5 and one on FP21)

Additional to CC’s schedule FP 1 Granite stile between Rivermead Caravan Park and Sandy Barn. FP 5 Granite stile by open gateway, this is the second stile on this section and is by an open gateway. FP 4 Second granite stile (broken)

Silver Paths at discretion of Parish Council FP5: 66m Final section to De Lank Quarry floor

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Additional to Cornwall Council’s Schedule Village seats, notice boards, grit bins and dog bins, litter bins, fingerposts, granite signs, milestones, guide stones and bridge stones

TWO CUTS REQUIRED Seat below Lichgate Cottage Seat, noticeboard and litter bin near Louvain, Row Hill Seat, litter bin and grit bin in layby opposite Memorial Hall Noticeboard at Higher Lank Seat at Higher Lank Noticeboard in Penvorder Lane Noticeboard at Claylands Seat at Penpont Grit bin at Mine Hill near entrance to Hamatethy Grit bin at Mine hill by track to Fellover Bungalow Grit Bin at Churchtown near Village Hall Dog bin at Rylands opposite Cuckoo’s Call Dog bin at Lower Penquite Grit bin opposite Ten Tenths, Higher Penquite Dog bin in Penvorder Lane (where FP5 exits Tiger’s Platt Dog bin at Limehead opposite Treglennes Dog Bin junction of Row Hill and Sunnybank Lane Granite St Breward sign at Higher Lank Granite St Breward sign at Rylands Granite St Breward Sign near the Football Club Granite Noel Hill sign at Churchtown Grit Bin at Wenford Bridge Near Wenford Hall Granite milestone at Penpont near gateway Granite milestone on Bunts Hill. Approx halfway between Wenfordbridge and road junction on right Granite county bridge stone. Left hand side road between Keybridge Farm and Keybridge Cast iron fingerpost & granite guide stone at Wenfordbridge, junction of road to Penpont Granite Milepost at Keybridge Wooden Fingerposts at Wenforbridge (1) and Rylands (3) Clean all fingerposts, Clear and pare round fingerpost at Wenfordbridge (2 cuts) St Breward Parish Council Footpath Team Veronica Stansfield 01208 850727 email [email protected] Joe Kay 01208 850030 David Poxon 01208 850856 email [email protected] Tenders to be submitted by Monday 6 May 2019 to: Anita Cornelius Clerk to St Breward Parish Council Hantergantick Farm St Breward PL30 4NH 4