To ask my neighbour not to use my garden as a flipping public right of way?!

[CupcakeBabaPoo]

Will try not to drip feed but this is quite outing! To cut a long story short, my neighbours, and then subsequently the world and his wife, started using my garden as a public footpath.
It was nice for a bit and it was great for the kids but everyone gets fed up of living in a goldfish bowl eventually. In the end I stopped this happening but then they started cutting across another part of my garden. I asked them politely to stop it and now they are acting like I've done something wrong - have I?! Things have got really awkward and I feel like I'm in the wrong!

I can't see the diagram either.

Assuming it is like the picture could you mark your boundary with some large stones? The kind of thing to trip people over.

No I can't see anything

Yes I can. Can see the first one too

You need to click the paper clip button and select the picture.

I can see both times you've posted the diagram OP.

We have similar here, although it's not the neighbours it's the post and delivery people. I'm thinking of planting shrubs as they're walking across the grass and affecting it.

Plants in tubs with trellis beyween them

Instead of cutting across your lawn can they use your path? Not that they should of course.

I've been clicking the paperclip..... I am on the app if that makes a difference?

Thanks for all your suggestions. I will have to do something as it's getting silly now. I have been a bit rude to her tonight but I've tried being polite and it's not worked.

I will keep trying with the diagram.

I agree can you put up a border of some kind?
When we first moved in we noticed our back gate that leads to a public footpath kept being left open overnight. Someone was using it as a quick way to get to the footpath from the road at the front.
We put a lock on the back gate so no one could get through and a fence and gate round the front of the house as well.
Half a year later I was walking home, close to the house when a man walked past, looked confused and asked me where the path through to the footpath was- he was staring through our garden. I pointed him further up the road where is a proper way through, he looked confused and said he was sure there was one here! Um no, thats my garden.

Can't see it - am on mobile though...

Chill - they have their own path and no right of way over mine or the lawn. They have to practically brush my window to use the path and it's a bit over bearing.

I may get the patio taken up and plant shrubs - the spiky ones like you've all suggested!

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Write to them and ell them you are triggering Article 50 and are no longer in the EU.
Seriously if you have a gate LOCK IT .

Sorry that link came from a pic on pinterest. I'll try again.

You could knock this up cheaply and put climbing nasturtiums or canary creepers for this year while longer lived climbers get estsblished.

Ok, so I agree that they shouldn't be cutting over your lawn / garden.

BUT, equally, don't expect them to mow your half of the lawn, even if it is one lawn.

I can't see the pics either, but you don't sound unreasonable.

I would put up a plant border of some kind as well.

I can't see the diagram

Panda - I don't expect them to mow my half of the lawn. Before we moved in they each took it in turns to mow the lawn and then I mowed there side all last summer. Happy not to mow their lawn as I have some on the other side of my path which is too small to justify dragging the lawn mower out for.

I would rather we all just did our own lawn though

I think I live in a similar set up.
All the front gardens are open. Each house has a path, but there are no marked boundaries at the front.
Except our house. We're end of terrace leading to the garage block and we have just below waist height picket fence with a gate.
I have no idea if it technically allowed as it was there when we moved in. We're the only house with it which makes me assume our garden was probably regularly being walked all over to save people a few feet.
Some big pots might help, close enough together so you can't squeeze though and tall enough to make climbing over a problem. You've not made a permanent barrier then.

Our post person cuts across our lawn, just in front of the study window, because we're on a corner. If I didn't have a toddler, I'd put caltrops down. We're going to plant a shrub-hedge, I think.

I think when you put pics up using the app only people using the app can see the pic. no idea just guessing

I will try and post the picture on the site.

Loving these suggestions, thank you ladies. I am really glad to see IANBU. For a change!

I feel like I am though as her friend is now posting about me on Facebook?! I don't understand at all....

On a thread a few days ago it took a while for someone who posted a diagram using the app to show up.
I posted my picture via the mobile website which seems to have worked.