A petition has been launched to save an ancient public footpath after it was blocked by a six-foot fence. Locals claim the owner of the historic Killiganoon Manor, between Carnon Downs and Feock in Cornwall, blocked the access to Footpath Feock 18 as noted on the Ordnance Survey map.
It means that people are now diverted onto neighbouring land by way of a permissive path, but residents say this does not allow them to access their properties like the official path did. One of those in the Cornish community fighting the move said: "Residents and neighbourhood children are being cruelly separated from one another."
Daniel Lawrence, who lives with his family in Owls Cottage on the estate's grounds, told CornwallLive: "It is time to fight back and reclaim what is rightfully ours. Historically, the public footpath was used by residents on the wider Killiganoon estate. Prior to the blockage with the six-foot fence, the footpath was used by local children to go between their parents' privately-owned properties on the estate.
