Keeping our footpaths safe for walkers
Incident number: 838 Response ID: 301,224,274 Date: 13.04.24 Location: Bures, Suffolk. Between Smallbridge and Bures Road on the St Stephen's Chapel, Bures Dragon hiking loop. Jennifer said that two of them had been walking in the above location with no dog. In her words. “Cows came quickly over from the other side of the field,... Continue Reading →
Incident number: 826 Response ID: Date: 30.06.23 Location: Public walk behind Otter (before reaching Spriddlestone ) in Brixton, Plymouth, Devon May’s Story: I was walking on my own without a dog when I saw a group of cows on the public walk that goes across the field, so I tried to walk around them. Good... Continue Reading →
Report number: 818 Date of incident: 11/9/2023 Site of incident: near Tintagel, Cornwall We were following a footpath through farmland and went over a stile and the next footpath was directly ahead following the hedge line. Unfortunately, right at the other end of the field, directly in front of the stile was the herd of... Continue Reading →
Report number 815 Date of incident 31/8/2023 Site of incident: On Bungay Common next to the River Waveney on the edge of Bungay town, SuffolkI had been for a swim in the River Waveney, I went through the gate that is at the end of the footbridge, onto the common, there was a herd of... Continue Reading →
Response ID: 293,315,471 Report number: 812 This happened a long time ago when I was just 12 years old but remains fresh in my mind like it was yesterday. Two of my older cousins aged 19 and 22, took my brother (aged 10) and I to see the stone circle at Stonehenge. After visiting the... Continue Reading →
Report number: No. 749 Date of Incident 12 08 23 Location: Cliff Farm, Elton, Derbyshire. On public footpath. Single person, no dog When I entered the field the cattle and bull were lying down mostly at the bottom of the field a good distance away from me and the footpath. I didn't see any young... Continue Reading →
Report number: 750 Date of incident: 7/8/23 Where: Yorkshire Dales, specifically on the public footpath between Carperby and Castle Bolton No dog, 2 walkers We were walking through fields toward Castle Bolton, our walk was about 90% completed. We saw ahead of us, a metal gate. On the other side of that gate, only about... Continue Reading →
Incident number: 777 Response number: 290,254,769 28th August 2023 Glandy Cross (Wales) My husband and I were looking at the ancient stone circle at Glandy Cross without a dog. There were cows two fields away. One was looking at us and was mooing loudly. I got caught up in looking at the stones and was... Continue Reading →
Incident number: 772 Response number: 289,529,493 29th August 2023 Near the village of Gotherington (GL52 9QX) The local farmer has a herd of cows in the lower field near the railway line, and as the day continues they migrate up to the top field. It is a large field with two footpaths leading through it.... Continue Reading →
Incident number: 771 Response number: 289,519,286 30th August 2023 The Goyt valley, Romiley I was walking alone without a dog for an evening walk and headed down a public footpath from Overdale Road to Dark Lane (Goyt Valley). I saw that cows were on the field where they had not usually been seen. I walked... Continue Reading →
Killer Cows receives many varied reports of aggressive and scary behaviour by cattle, and several of our recently reported incidents are posted below. There does not seem to be one type of breed that is safer and we cannot assume that because cattle did not react the last time we walked through their field, they... Continue Reading →
290,885,628 report number 786 Incident date 31/3/2020 Dipton (County Durham) DH9 9JY I was out for a walk with my husband and 2 children (age 7 and 9) and we climbed over a stile into a field we normally walk through that is a public footpath. There was a herd of cows and calves in... Continue Reading →
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