Change description : 2025-06-24 00:15:00: Map and table updated to show parts of the Isle of Sheppey stretch are now open to the public. [Guidance and regulation]
This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.
Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.
Details
Find out about the work being carried out to improve public access to each stretch of the coast in the south east of England.
StageSections 4at anddifferent 5:stages: - PartiallyOpen approvedto the public - Stage 5: Open (not yet available for public use - work to establish the route is currently taking placeplace) - onStage approved4: lengths)awaiting approval
Sections at different stages: - Open to the public - Stage 5: Open (not yet available for public use - work to establish the route is currently taking place)
Map and table updated to show the whole of the Iwade to Grain stretch is now approved.
6 December 2024
Map and table updated to show that part of the Eastbourne to Camber stretch is now open to the public.
31 July 2024
Map and table updated following the publication of EBC8, the final set of proposals for the Eastbourne to Camber stretch.
25 October 2023
Map and table updated to show the Ramsgate to Whitstable stretch is now open to the public.
5 October 2023
Map and table updated to show the Otterham Quay to Stoke Marshes section of the Iwade to Grain stretch is now open to the public.
27 July 2023
Map and table updated to show a further section of the Eastbourne to Camber stretch has been approved.
26 October 2022
Map and table updated to show that 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.
10 August 2022
Map and table updated to show parts of the Isle of Sheppey stretch have been approved.
19 May 2022
Map and table updated to show the Shoreham-by-Sea to Eastbourne stretch is now open to the public.
6 April 2022
Map updated as another section of the Eastbourne to Camber stretch has been approved.
12 January 2022
Map and table updated to show the Grain to Woolwich stretch is now open to the public.
1 October 2021
Map and table updated to show that some sections of the Eastbourne to Camber stretch have been approved.
13 January 2021
Map and table updated to show that the Whitstable to Iwade stretch is now at stage 5.
12 November 2020
Map and table updated to show that some sections of the Iwade to Grain and Isle of Sheppey stretches have been approved.
18 August 2020
Map and table updated to show that some sections of the Iwade to Grain stretch have been approved.
23 April 2020
Map and table updated to show that the remaining 2 sections of the Grain to Woolwich stretch have been approved.
27 February 2020
Map and table updated to show the Eastbourne to Camber stretch is now at stage 4.
29 January 2020
Map and table updated to show some sections of the Grain to Woolwich stretch have been approved.
22 January 2020
Map and table updated to show the Isle of Sheppey stretch is now at stage 4.
15 January 2020
Map and table updated to show the Iwade to Grain stretch is now at stage 4.
19 December 2019
Map and page updated to show the Shoreham-by-Sea to Eastbourne stretch is now at stage 5.
5 June 2019
Map and table updated to show that the Grain to Woolwich stretch is now at stage 4.
27 September 2018
Page updated to show that the Shoreham-by-Sea to Eastbourne stretch is now at stage 4.
10 January 2018
Table updated to show Eastbourne to Camber stretch is now at stage 2/3.
28 June 2017
Page updated to show work has started on the Eastbourne to Camber stretch
21 June 2017
Table updated to show Whitstable to Iwade stretch is now at stage 4.
19 May 2017
Grain to Woolwich stretch is now at stage 2/3
7 April 2017
Updated map and table: Grain to Gravesend has been extended and renamed Grain to Woolwich.
31 March 2017
Updated table as Shoreham-by-Sea to Eastbourne is now at stage 2 and 3.
24 March 2017
The end point of the Grain to Gravesend stretch was changed in March 2017 to Woolwich in London in order to join the capital to the England Coast Path along the Thames Estuary.
23 January 2017
Updated table to show that the Isle of Sheppey stretch has moved to stage 2 and 3: develop and propose
13 December 2016
Map updated to show the Ramsgate to Whitstable stretch has been approved.
23 September 2016
New stretches added: Isle of Sheppey and Grain to Gravesend.
30 August 2016
Replaced map to show that work on the Shoreham-by-Sea to Eastbourne stretch has started
19 July 2016
Replaced map to show that the Folkestone to Ramsgate and Camber to Folkestone stretches are open to the public.
15 March 2016
Replaced map with updated version.
25 January 2016
Added updated map showing Iwade to Grain as 'work in progress'.