Holloway

England & Wales · free to browse

Know exactly where you can ride.

Thousands of green lanes and byways, colour-coded by type so you can see what's legal to ride at a glance. Find a lane, check its status yourself in one tap, and get there.

29,284Lanes & byways mapped
149Council data sources used
£20/yrFull route planning
A rider checking a lane's legal status on Holloway, phone mounted on the handlebars mid-ride
What it is

A map that actually knows the law

Most maps show you a track. Holloway shows you what that track legally is, a BOAT, a UCR, a restricted byway, or something you shouldn't ride at all, colour-coded so you never mix them up.

  • Real legal classification for every lane, BOAT, UCR, restricted byway and more, built from OpenStreetMap and council rights-of-way data. Not a guarantee, and not every lane has been individually checked, which is exactly why the next one matters.
  • A one-tap Legal Status Search on every lane, pointing you straight at the right search with the lane's name already filled in. Quicker than digging through a council website yourself, not a replacement for it.
  • Hazards and closures other riders have actually logged, plus live closure and TRO reporting.
Who it's for

Built for people who'd rather be riding than researching

You don't need an evening with a paper map, three browser tabs and a council PDF just to find a legal lane near you. Holloway is built for riders who want the quickest route from "fancy a ride" to actually being out on one.

  • See what's near you and what's legal in seconds, not after an evening spent cross-referencing maps.
  • When you're ready to ride, one tap in Holloway Premium gets you there, no grid references, no working out where you actually are first.
  • Less time planning, more time riding. Free to browse, no account needed, nothing standing between you and getting out there.

Everything, in one app

Find it. Check it. Ride it.

Browsing, checking legal status and reading hazards is free for every lane, no account needed. Route planning, GPX export and live navigation are Holloway Premium.

01 · Free

Legal status map

BOAT, UCR, ORPA and restricted byway, always shown distinctly, never blurred together.

02 · Free

Legal Status Search

One tap, straight to the council's current traffic notices for that exact lane.

03 · Free

Hazards & closures

Real reports from other riders, plus live TRO and closure updates.

04 · Free

Points of interest

Historic sites and landmarks worth a detour, mapped alongside the lanes.

05 · Paid

Navigate to any lane, instantly

Tap a lane, pick the nearest end, and Google Maps takes you straight there. No route to build first.

06 · Paid

Route planning

String lanes together, then drop your own road points to choose exactly which road connects them.

07 · Paid

GPX export & offline

One combined file, legal notes and hazards baked in, ready for a GPS unit or a phone app.

08 · Paid

Live navigation

A moving map with real turn-by-turn on the road links between lanes, built for a bar mount, not a phone in your pocket.

See it in action

Green laning, mapped properly

Pricing

Free to find a lane. £20 a year to plan the day.

No trial that runs out, no account needed for the free tier. Upgrade whenever route planning actually matters to you.

Free

Browse & check

£0

  • Thousands of green lanes and byways across England & Wales, colour-coded by type
  • Difficulty, surface, length and hazards for each lane
  • One-tap Legal Status Search, on every lane
  • Points of interest, ridden log, no account required
  • Suggest a lane, report an issue, all free contributions
See the map

£1 from every membership goes straight toward keeping lanes open, maintained, and supporting the people who do that work.

Questions

Before you go any further

Is Holloway free to use?

Yes. Browsing the map, checking a lane's legal status, seeing hazards and difficulty, and reporting or suggesting a lane are all free, no account needed. Route planning, GPX export and live navigation are Holloway Premium, £20 a year.

How do you know a lane is actually legal to ride?

Every lane's classification is built from real data, OpenStreetMap tagging and council rights-of-way records across 149 authorities, not a guess. It's not a guarantee, and not every lane has been individually checked, which is why every lane also gets its own one-tap Legal Status Search so you can check for yourself before you ride.

Does Holloway cover Scotland?

Not yet. Scotland has different access law, motor vehicles are excluded from the right to roam, and no equivalent of England and Wales's definitive-map system, so off-road motor use there is presumptively not legal without a specific known exception. Holloway currently covers England and Wales.

Do I need an account to use the map?

No. Everything free works with no account and no sign-up at all. You only need to sign in if you want to subscribe to Holloway Premium, so it's tied to your account across devices.

What do I actually get with Holloway Premium?

Route planning with real road-following connectors between lanes, combined GPX export, live in-app navigation, exact coordinates, live weather and street view where available, all for £20 a year. £1 from every membership goes straight toward keeping lanes open and maintained.

Is Holloway a replacement for the Trail Riders Fellowship?

No, and it's not trying to be. The TRF does the real work of defending rights of way and keeping lanes legally open. If you can only afford one membership, make it theirs. Holloway Premium adds route planning and navigation for the day itself, on top of that, not instead of it.

Beyond the map

Guides, gear and the bikes people actually ride

There's more out there than most riders realise.

Browsing is free, checking a lane's legal status is free, and there's no account wall between you and the map.