Garden Access Rights

ItchyFeet

I live in a terrace with mine being the first in the row from the entry for garden access - my understanding is that the path is my property but that i must allow access to the occupants of the following properties in the row but not to their visitors. (Obviously i don't enforce this!) Also, i have erected a gate with key lock because of problems with neighbours the other side using my garden for their leisure. As far as i'm aware, this is fine as long as i provide my neighbours with a key (although they are not bound to lock the gate behind them) and that the opening is the required width - 3ft. Happily for me, both of my shared access neighbours are happy and considerate with this situation.

dander

saver_1 wrote: »

Dander, it is not somebody else's garden it is a path that is a shared access. I got a bit peed off with it so i put a fence up when i lived in one of this sort of property.
If the neighbour does not like his neighbours using the path who have as much right as himself he should erect a fence thus enclosing his garden from the shred path.

It might be just a path in your case, but the OP states it is an access through the neighbours garden.

If you're only using it a few times a week, then I definitely agree with the others that your neighbour is wrong. He might not like it, but you're perfectly within your rights - moral as well as legal

saver_1_2

dander wrote: »

It might be just a path in your case, but the OP states it is an access through the neighbours garden.

If you're only using it a few times a week, then I definitely agree with the others that your neighbour is wrong. He might not like it, but you're perfectly within your rights - moral as well as legal

If it is the same as what i lived in it was a path that ran parallel to my garden. The path was a shared access for use by in my case me and my neighbour our garden was separated by the path 3ft wide and then our grassed area started.

All the neighbour has to do is errect a fence around his garden without obstructing the path leaving at least 3ft in width.