Raised beds are not recommended in the UK, because of slugs that use them to hide by the sides during the day & then come out to gobble the plants at night, the level of soil goes up a bit, well a lot initially but then when the worms get to work they take the mulch down. As for not maturing where the roots go that is only if you dig it in! If it’s no dig & stays on the top the carrots don’t fork.
I have long narrow beds with slabbed paths between, & yes I need to sweep the paths when I’ve been working on a bed or the blackbirds have been rooting around. Had I of known I wouldn’t have put all slabs down as Charles Dowding recommends just covering the soil with cardboard & mulch, & walk on it. Plus you can in theory walk on the soil with your mulch on inbetween rows & it doesn’t compress the soil, but that one I’m finding a bit hard to let go of after years of not standing on the beds. Oh & no dig yearly is no dig, you don’t dig roots out either, sweetcorn for example I just cut down to the ground & left thesoil undisturbed 😱. So we will see, carrots are pulling out easily, though not sure the parsnips will