Editing Stile (section)

==Types==
In the United Kingdom many stiles were built under legal compulsion (see [[Rights of way in the United Kingdom]]). 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.{{cn|date=June 2023}} However stiles are [[deprecate]]d<ref>British Standard BS5709:2018 Gaps Gates & Stiles ({{ISBN|978 0 580 98210 1}})</ref> and are increasingly being replaced by [[gate]]s or [[kissing gate]]s 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.

[[File:Squeezer stile. - geograph.org.uk - 110502.jpg|right|thumb|A squeeze stile]]
Where footpaths cross [[dry stone wall]]s in England a '''squeeze stile''' is sometimes found, a vertical gap in the wall, usually no more than {{convert|25|cm}} wide, often formed by stone pillars on either side to protect the structure of the wall.