Riders fight for right to ride on Padworth Common
A group of riders are fighting for what they believe is their right to ride on Padworth Common near Reading.
West Berkshire Council wants to fence the common to graze cattle and Exmoor ponies, and limit riding to bridleways.
But the riders, with help from the British Horse Society, are fighting the planning application under the 1899 Commons Act.
For more information, email nofences4padworthcommon@hotmail.co.uk
This news story was first published in the current issue of Horse & Hound (6 October, 2011)
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A self-confessed newshound, farmer’s daughter and journalist of many years' experience, Charlotte worked on regional papers before joining H&H in 2007. A regular rider, she visited Ireland in 2010 to investigate the fate of Irish horses through the recession, to much acclaim, and reported from the FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. She left Horse & Hound in March 2013.