Guy Ritchie has had a public footpath that has been in place for more than 130 years diverted around his land.

The Hollywood film director changed the direction of the path, which crossed the grass runway at Compton Abbas Airfield in Dorset, which he bought in October 2022.

While it is believed the footpath has been in existence since 1888 without any problems or accidents, Ritchie’s Ashcombe Estates claimed the diversion was needed on safety grounds.

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The new path goes around the edge of the airfield and runway and is 1,640ft longer than the established route.

Ritchie, 56, requested the change in March, and it has now been officially certified as a legal route.

Compton Abbas parish council initially objected to the proposal,

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