Kissing gate

The normal construction is a half-round, rectangular, trapezoidal or V-shaped part-enclosure with the free end of a hinged gate trapped between its arms.

Most are installed self-closing, to the side away from the pasture (livestock field), by hinge geometry, a spring or weight.

Alternatively, to allow pushchairs, wheelchairs, bicycles, and other things too large to pass through, a conventional gate with a less consistent swing-back or default animal-proof mechanism may be nearby, or an additional latch may allow it to open more fully.

Examples, as with stiles, on footpaths published as accessible are those replaced, improved or supplemented by gates.

[citation needed] Kissing gates have been criticized for the vast majority of implementations that are built too narrow to account for the needs of cyclists, parents using Prams or Strollers and wheelchair users.

A half-round kissing gate
A kissing gate at Wrotham Park
A wooden kissing gate, leading into a pasture, outside of West Chester in Chester County , Pennsylvania
The same gate as the above from another viewpoint, showing how it works