Mystery over who owns Burgess Hill footpath

By The Newsroom
Published 22nd Mar 2013, 07:00 BST
Angela O'Hara (Head) and Jane Billings (Chair of governors) of St Wilfrids School, Burgess Hill (inset) by a section of footpath needing repairs no council will own up to owningAngela O'Hara (Head) and Jane Billings (Chair of governors) of St Wilfrids School, Burgess Hill (inset) by a section of footpath needing repairs no council will own up to owning
Angela O'Hara (Head) and Jane Billings (Chair of governors) of St Wilfrids School, Burgess Hill (inset) by a section of footpath needing repairs no council will own up to owning
Governors are trying to solve a mystery about who owns a footpath near their school.

They want to see the section of path near St Wilfrid’s RC School at Burgess Hill brought up to standard when it is re-opened after local flat-building work is finished.

But so far their inquiries have drawn a blank and they are hoping publicity in the Middy might bring some clues.

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Chairman of school governors Jane Billings said: “It’s been going on for years. We know who owns the bit either end but the bit in the middle is no-man’s land.

Angela O'Hara (Head) and Jane Billings (Chair of governors) of St Wilfrids School, Burgess Hill (inset) by a section of footpath needing repairs no council will own up to owningAngela O'Hara (Head) and Jane Billings (Chair of governors) of St Wilfrids School, Burgess Hill (inset) by a section of footpath needing repairs no council will own up to owning
Angela O'Hara (Head) and Jane Billings (Chair of governors) of St Wilfrids School, Burgess Hill (inset) by a section of footpath needing repairs no council will own up to owning

“Nobody will own up to owning the middle bit.