King Charles III England Coast Path: overview of progress
Find out about Natural England's progress with improving coastal access in England.
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Update history
2026-01-14 00:30
Map updated to show a third section of the KCIIIECP on the Isle of Wight is now open to the public.
2025-12-18 14:28
Map rolled back to the previous version as the approvals for Silecroft to Silverdale length 5 and MR1 and Highcliffe to Calshot lengths 2 and 5 were published in error.
2025-12-18 00:30
Map replaced with updated version following the approvals of Silecroft to Silverdale length 5 and MR1 and Highcliffe to Calshot lengths 2 and 5.
2025-12-17 00:30
Map updated to show that Combe Martin to Marsland Mouth and Cremyll to Kingswear are now open to the public.
2025-11-12 17:16
Map updated to show the Portsmouth to South Hayling stretch is now open to the public.
2025-09-24 00:30
Map updated to show the Felixstowe Ferry to Bawdsey stretch is now open to the public.
2025-09-18 00:30
Map replaced with updated version following the approvals of Aldeburgh to Hopton-on-Sea length 4; Harwich to Shotley Gate lengths 2, 3, 5 and 6; Lyme Regis to Rufus Castle lengths 1 to 4.
2025-09-17 00:30
Map updated to show 2 sections of the KCIIIECP on the Isle of Wight are now open to the public.
2025-08-27 00:30
Map replaced with updated version following the publication of the report IOW 1: East Cowes Ferry to Wootton Bridge.
2025-08-18 00:30
Map updated to show the whole of the Easington to Filey Brigg stretch is now open to the public.
2025-07-23 00:30
Map updated as the proposals for Lulworth Cove to Kimmeridge Bay have now been published.
2025-07-09 00:30
Map updated as the Weybourne to Hunstanton stretch is now approved.
2025-06-24 00:15
Map updated to show that parts of the Isle of Sheppey stretch are now open to the public.
2025-06-04 00:15
Map updated to show that the Newquay to Penzance, Penzance to St Mawes, St Mawes to Cremyll stretches and part of the Kimmeridge Bay to Highcliffe stretch are now open to the public.
2025-05-15 00:30
Map updated to show the Mablethorpe to the Humber Bridge stretch is now open to the public.
2025-05-08 11:45
Map updated following the approvals of Bawdsey to Aldeburgh lengths 1, 2, 4 and 5; Gretna to Allonby lengths 2 (partial), 4, MR1 and MR2; Isle of Wight lengths 2, 7 and 10.
2025-03-26 00:01
Map updated to show the Humber Bridge to Easington stretch is now open to the public.
2025-03-14 09:30
Map updated to show the whole of the Iwade to Grain stretch is now approved.
2025-01-30 00:15
Map updated to show the whole of the Marsland Mouth to Newquay stretch is now open to the public.
2025-01-29 09:30
Map updated to show the whole of the Birkenhead to the Welsh border stretch is now open to the public.
2024-12-12 09:30
Map updated to show that parts of the Aldeburgh to Hopton-on-Sea stretch is now open to the public.
2024-12-06 09:30
Map updated to show that part of the Eastbourne to Camber stretch is now open to the public.
2024-11-06 00:15
Map updated to show that parts of the Marsland Mouth to Newquay and Newquay to Penzance stretches are now open to the public.
2024-10-16 00:15
Map updated to show the Shotley Gate to Felixstowe Ferry stretch is now open to the public.
2024-09-11 09:30
Map updated to show the Sutton Bridge to Skegness stretch is now open to the public.
2024-08-22 09:30
Map has been updated to show that 2 sections of the Birkenhead to the Welsh border stretch are now open to the public.
2024-07-31 09:30
Map updated to show that the Minehead to Coombe Martin and Kingswear to Lyme Regis stretches are now open to the public.
2024-07-16 09:30
Map updated to show the Mersea Island and South Hayling to East Head stretches are now at stage 5 (whole stretch approved, establishment works commencing).
2024-05-07 16:03
Map updated to show that the Aust to Brean Down and Felixstowe Ferry to Bawdsey stretches are both fully approved and are now at stage 5 (approved but not yet available for public use).
2024-03-06 09:30
Map updated to show the Hunstanton to Sutton Bridge stretch is now open to the public, and Cremyll to Kingswear, Portsmouth to South Hayling and Wallasea Island to Burnham-on-Crouch stretches are now at Stage 5: Open (not yet available for public use – work to establish the route is currently taking place).
2024-02-28 12:00
Map updated to show that part of the Shotley Gate to Felixstowe Ferry is now (partially) open to the public.
2023-11-23 00:30
Map updated to show that the remaining sections of Combe Martin to Marsland Mouth have been approved. This stretch is now at stage 5. A further 2 lengths of the Cremyll to Kingswear stretch have been approved and 2 sections of the Gretna to Allonby stretch are now open to the public. The final length of Birkenhead to the Welsh border is approved nd this stretch is now at stage 5.
2023-10-25 00:05
Map updated to show the Ramsgate to Whitstable stretch is now open to the public.
2023-10-18 00:05
Map updated to show the East Head to Shoreham stretch is now open to the public.
2023-10-05 09:30
Map updated to show the Otterham Quay to Stoke Marshes section of the Iwade to Grain stretch is now open to the public.
2023-08-23 09:30
Map updated to show that the Bamburgh to the Scottish Border (including Holy Island) stretch is now open to the public.
2023-08-03 16:59
Map updated: following an administrative error, the Birkenhead to the Welsh Border stretch has reverted to ‘Approved in part but not yet open, establishment works planned or in progress for approved lengths’.
2023-07-27 09:30
Map updated to show a further section of the Eastbourne to Camber stretch has been approved, and the Silverdale to Cleveleys and Birkenhead to the Welsh Border stretches are now at stage 5.
2023-07-20 09:30
Map updated to show another section of the Aust to Brean Down stretch is now open to the public.
2023-05-10 09:30
Page updated to show that parts of the Easington to Filey Brigg and Cleveleys to Pier Head, Liverpool stretches are open to the public.
2023-05-05 09:00
Map updated to show parts of the Felixstowe Ferry to Bawdsey and Isle of Wight stretches have been approved.
2022-11-18 16:55
Map updated as approval for Chapter 6 of the Kimmeridge to Highcliffe stretch report has been quashed by High Court Order. This stretch reverts to stage 4/5, partially approved.
2022-10-26 09:26
Map updated to show the Amble to Bamburgh stretch, the Whitstable to Iwade stretch and part 1 of the Iwade to Grain stretch (Ridham Dock to Kingsferry Bridge) are now open to the public.
2022-10-20 09:30
Map updated to show that parts of the Silecroft to Silverdale stretch are approved, and the remaining section of the Mablethorpe to Humber Bridge stretch is approved, so this is now at stage 5.
2022-08-10 09:30
Map updated to show that parts of the Isle of Sheppey stretch are approved, and the whole of the Hunstanton to Sutton Bridge stretch is now approved and is at stage 5.
2022-08-03 00:15
Map updated to show the Calshot to Gosport and Gosport to Portsmouth stretches are now open to the public.
2022-07-07 08:00
Map updated to show that the Tilbury to Southend-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea to Wallasea Island and Burnham-on-Crouch to Maldon stretches are now open to the public.
2022-06-23 09:00
Map updated to show that the Sutton Bridge to Skegness stretch, and parts of the Aust to Brean Down and Aldeburgh to Hopton-on-Sea stretches, have been approved.
2022-06-16 10:30
Map updated to show that part of the Aust to Brean Down stretch is now open to the public.
2022-05-19 09:00
Map updated to show the Shoreham-by-Sea to Eastbourne stretch is now open to the public.
2022-04-06 09:00
Map updated to show that the Isle of Wight – Wootton Bridge to the Medina and Eastbourne to Camber stretches are partially approved; the Kimmeridge to Highcliffe and Cleveleys to Pier Head, Liverpool stretches are approved and are now at stage 5.
2022-03-02 09:00
Map updated to show that the Mablethorpe to Humber Bridge stretch is partially approved, and the Humber Bridge to Easington and Gosport to Portsmouth stretches are approved and are now at stage 5.