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A stile is a structure or opening that provides passage for humansrather than animals such as livestockover or through a boundary. Common forms include
Where footpaths cross dry stone walls in England a squeeze stile is sometimes found, a vertical gap in the wall, usually no more than wide, often formed by stone pillars on either side to protect the structure of the wall.
File:Hanbury, Worcs, bridge stile 2.jpg, Bridge-shaped stile in Hanbury, Worcestershire
File:Ladder stile Snowdonia.jpg, Ladder stile in Snowdonia
File:Stile 02 Ranaghan.jpg, Ranaghan Westmeath Mass-path Stile
File:Stile_line_drawing.jpg, Construction of Ranaghan Mass path Stile
File:Stile with dog gate OS SY567846.jpg, Stile with dog gate
File:WoodenStile.JPG, Low-level stile
File:Step Stile - geograph.org.uk - 315602.jpg, A step stile in the
A stile is a structure or opening that provides passage for humansrather than animals such as livestockover or through a boundary. Common forms include step
Step(s) or STEP may refer to:
Common meanings
* Stairs#Step, Steps, making a staircase
* Walking
* Dance move
* Military step, or march
** Marching
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s, ladders, or narrow gaps. Stiles are often built in rural areas along footpath
A footpath (also pedestrian way, walking trail, nature trail) is a type of thoroughfare that is intended for use only by pedestrians and not other forms of traffic such as motorized vehicles, bicycles and horses. They can be found in a wide ...
s, fences, walls, or hedges that enclose domestic animals.
Types
In the United Kingdom many stiles were built under legal compulsion (seeRights of way in the United Kingdom
Right of way is the legal right, established by grant from a landowner or long usage (i.e. by prescription), to pass along a specific route through property belonging to another.
A similar ''right of access'' also exists on land held by a gov ...
). Recent changes in UK government policy towards farming have encouraged upland landowners to make access more available to the public, and this has seen an increase in the number of stiles and an improvement in their overall condition. However stiles are deprecatedBritish Standard BS5709:2018 Gaps Gates & Stiles () and are increasingly being replaced by gate
A gate or gateway is a point of entry to or from a space enclosed by walls. The word derived from old Norse "gat" meaning road or path; But other terms include ''yett and port''. The concept originally referred to the gap or hole in the wall ...
s or kissing gates or, where the field is arable, the stile removed. Many legacy stiles remain, however, in a variety of forms (as is also the case in the US, where there is no standard). As well as having a variety of forms, modern stiles also sometimes include a 'dog latch' or 'dog gate' to the side of them, which can be lifted to enable a dog to get through.
Where footpaths cross dry stone walls in England a squeeze stile is sometimes found, a vertical gap in the wall, usually no more than wide, often formed by stone pillars on either side to protect the structure of the wall.
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Lake District National Park
The Lake District National Park is a national park in North West England that includes all of the central Lake District, though the town of Kendal, some coastal areas, and the Lakeland Peninsulas are outside the park boundary.
The area was desi ...
File:RoadsideStile.jpg, Modern roadside stile in Sweden
File:KentStile.jpg, A wooden stile in Kent
File:Clapper stile near Giants Hill, Rampton.jpg, Clapper stile in Rampton, Cambridgeshire
See also
*Cattle grid
A cattle grid – also known as a stock grid in Australia; cattle guard, or cattle grate in American English; vehicle pass, or stock gap in the Southeastern United States; Texas gate in western Canada and the northwestern United States; and a ...
* Kissing gate
* Mass path
* Rambler gate
* Turnstile
References
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