King Charles III England Coast Path in the south of England
Find out about Natural England's progress with improving coastal access.
Applies to England
Documents
Last updated
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Map and table updated to show the East Head to Shoreham stretch is now open to the public.
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Map updated to show 2 more sections of the IOW stretch have been approved.
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Map and table updated to show that the Calshot to Gosport and Gosport to Portsmouth stretches are now open to the public.
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Map and table updated to show that some sections of the Isle of Wight - Wootton Bridge to the Medina stretch have been approved.
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Map and table updated to show that the remaining length of the Gosport to Portsmouth stretch is approved and the stretch is now at stage 5.
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Map and table updated to show the Calshot to Gosport stretch is approved and is now at stage 5.
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Map and table updated to show the East Head to Shoreham stretch is now at stage 5.
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Map and table updated to show that some sections of the South Hayling to East Head stretch have been approved.
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Map and table updated to show the Isle of Wight stretch (with the exception of the East Cowes to Wotton Bridge section) is now at stage 4.
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Map and table updated to show that some sections of the Calshot to Gosport and Gosport to Portsmouth stretches have been approved.
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Map and table updated to show South Hayling to East Head stretch is now at stage 4.
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Map and table updated to show that Calshot to Gosport stretch is now at stage 4.
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Map and table updated to show the Gosport to Portsmouth stretch is now at stage 4.
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Page updated to show Highcliffe to Calshot stretch is now at stage 4.
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Update table to show Isle of Wight stretch is now at stage 2/3.
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Updated page to show that East Head to Shoreham stretch is now at stage 4.
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Updated to show that Portsmouth to South Hayling stretch has reached stage 4.
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Updated page: work has started on the Isle of Wight stretch
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Updated page: work on Calshot to Gosport and Gosport to Portsmouth stretches has reached stages 2 and 3.
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Map updated to show that work has started on the Calshot to Gosport and Gosport to Portsmouth stretches of coast.
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Added updated map to show change to extent of the Portsmouth to South Hayling stretch.
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Map updated. Work has started on the Highcliffe to Calshot stretch.
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3 new stretches started
Update history
2026-01-14 00:30
Map updated to show another section of KCIIIECP on the Isle of Wight is now open to the public.
2025-12-18 14:29
Map and table rolled back to the previous versions as the Highcliffe to Calshot stretch approval was published in error.
2025-12-18 00:30
Map and table updated to show that parts of the Highcliffe to Calshot stretch have been approved.
2025-11-12 17:17
Map and table updated to show the Portsmouth to South Hayling stretch is now open to the public.
2025-09-17 00:30
Map and table updated to show that 2 sections of the KCIIIECP on the Isle of Wight are now open to the public.
2025-08-27 00:30
Map and table updated as report IOW 1: East Cowes Ferry to Wootton Bridge has now been published.
2025-05-08 11:46
Map and table updated as lengths 2, 7 and 10 of the Wootton Bridge to the Medina section of the Isle of Wight stretch have been approved. This stretch is now at stage 5 (approved, establishment works taking place).
2024-07-16 09:30
Map and table updated to show the South Hayling to East Head stretch is now at stage 5 (approved, establishment works taking place).
2024-05-07 15:45
Map updated as a further section of the Isle of Wight stretch has been approved.
2024-03-06 09:30
Map and table updated to show the Portsmouth to South Hayling stretch is now at Stage 5: Open (not yet available for public use – work to establish the route is currently taking place).
2023-10-18 00:05
Map and table updated to show the East Head to Shoreham stretch is now open to the public.
2023-05-05 09:00
Map updated to show 2 more sections of the IOW stretch have been approved.
2022-08-03 00:15
Map and table updated to show that the Calshot to Gosport and Gosport to Portsmouth stretches are now open to the public.
2022-04-06 09:00
Map and table updated to show that some sections of the Isle of Wight – Wootton Bridge to the Medina stretch have been approved.
2022-03-02 09:00
Map and table updated to show that the remaining length of the Gosport to Portsmouth stretch is approved and the stretch is now at stage 5.