About TrailWise2

TrailWise2 (TW2) is a national record of Public Rights of Way within England and Wales. It is run by the Green Lane Association for its members but strives to be nationally recognised by all official bodies charged with administering and governing Rights of Way.

The system displays Rights of Way over a variety of base maps, along with a collection of information about each route. In TW2 registered users can add information about those ways in the form of comments, e.g. their physical nature, changes of legal status, or historical and other evidence of their status.

TW2 was built on two fundamental principles: Firstly, that a large number of users have contributed small amounts of information to the system thereby providing a complete picture for the benefit of everyone. Additionally, that the information is available in an accessible location, and it is therefore guaranteed that everyone is referring to the latest, most up-to date information available.

Contributions to TW2 are made on the understanding that they are for the overall benefit of the project and its users.

To get visibility of the detailed routes in TW2 you need to be a member of the Green Lane Association, which in turn creates a user account for TW2.

The principle is that TW2 users are encouraged to join the Green Lane Association to foster community strength and encourage responsible highway use. The cost of running TW2 is paid by the Green Lane Association, and your subscription will help to pay for keeping it live and up to date.

Who runs TW2?

TW2 is operated by a project team and a commercial software company on behalf of the Green Lane Association, for the benefit of all its members. The project team are all members or officers of the Green Lane Association.

Contact details for the Green Lane Association, the legal entity behind TW2, are provided at www.glass-uk.org

There you will find full details of company registration and Information Commissioner registration.

Can I make suggestions for new features or improvements to TW2?

The team always welcomes ideas for new features or improvements to existing features that make TW2 more useful as a tool for identifying vehicular Rights of Way. Before submitting a new idea, please consider what advantages it will bring to TW2 users and any disadvantages that may be caused by the feature. Include a full description of the idea including advantages and disadvantages and email it to Admin using the Contact Us button. Please remember that TW2 is a professionally developed software application and all changes must be paid for by the Green Lane Association – the Project Team will consider the cost of implementing any changes along with the benefits.

Alternatively, why not discuss your idea with other TW2 users on the Trailwise2 Facebook group. Sometimes, "bouncing an idea around" can make it even better.

All new ideas and suggestions are considered, though there is no guarantee that they will be adopted. Development and maintenance of the system is continual but much of this happens behind the scenes and doesn't appear in obvious ways to users.

Who contributes to TW2?

Every user contributes to the TW2 project when making suitable comments on a lane’s Detail page.  Any piece of information that you have about a route, that you feel is important, can be added to the system for the benefit of every user.

The system allows multiple people to add information about a route in order to build up a fuller, up-to-date picture of its usage, useability and its condition over time.  Remember, one user’s viewpoint (surface condition, nature, enjoyment) may differ from another’s.

Comments will be subject to moderation by the Green Lane Association, who reserve the right to refuse or remove comments which are considered inappropriate. Photographs may be added to users’ comments. Note that comments and photos will be visible to all users and may be divulged to official bodies for legal purposes or as user evidence in support of Definitive Map Modification Orders.

Is TW2 always available?

Because TW2 is a web-based service, it is available to any registered member with internet access all the time - well, almost!

Note: TW2 requires a web connection to work. It is primarily a planning tool and is not a green lane 'Sat Nav'.  That said, given a mobile data signal, you can chart your progress using GPS if supported by your device.

Because the system requires occasional maintenance or addition of new features, we sometimes take all or part of TW2 off-line. Where possible, information about the next scheduled downtime will be published on the Trailwise Facebook group.

It could occasionally be necessary to take the service off-line without warning, such occasions will be kept to an absolute minimum.

How is TW2 funded?

TW2 is a member benefit service operated by the Green Lane Association TW2 Project Team.

TW2 has been fully funded by the Green Lane Association from inception, using a commercial software house as well as in-house expertise. Details of this use of funds will be visible in association audited accounts.

Language used within TW2

For ease of access by all members, only English should be used within TW2.  There are no plans to make TW2 multilingual.

Place names are an obvious exception! The study of how place names can be derived from old languages is a discipline in itself.

We reserve the right to make spelling corrections in user comments.