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King Charles III England Coast Path: Kingswear to Lyme Regis

Find out about the progress of improving coastal access – including maps, process and timing – in Devon and Dorset.

Map of the stretch

Natural England has begun to investigate how to improve coastal access along a 109 km stretch of the South West Coast Path between Kingswear and Lyme Regis.

Officers from Devon County Council and Torbay Council are providing Natural England with expert local advice and helping to make sure there is full consultation with local interests during the development of the route.

Stage of progress

Stage 5: Open

On 18 March 2021, the Secretary of State announced their decision to approve a stretch of the England Coast Path between Kingswear and Lyme Regis.

The report is still available to view.

Natural England will publish further details of the approved route in due course.

Next steps

Work is now underway to prepare the new stretch of coast path for public use. The first step is to contact owners and occupiers of the affected land to discuss the design and location of any new infrastructure which is needed, such as signs and gates.

When preparations are complete, new access rights will come into force along the route and adjoining spreading room.

For further advice see the detailed guide below.

Find out more about the King Charles III England Coast Path

See information about all stretches in preparation around England’s coast.

The coastal access scheme gives details of the process being followed to improve access to the coast.

Contact the coastal access team

Contact Natural England with any comments, suggestions or queries you have about improving coastal access.

Coastal access delivery team (South west)

Natural England
Ground Floor, Sterling House
Dix’s Field
Exeter
Devon
EX1 1QA

Email southwestcoastalaccess@naturalengland.org.uk

Telephone 020 8026 7602

See the map below for information about progress on improving coastal access in other parts of the south west.

Published 9 October 2015
Last updated 18 March 2021 + show all updates
  1. Page updated to show this stretch is now at stage 5.

  2. Removed the sentence giving a date for when access is expected to be ready.

  3. Page updated as Natural England's proposals have been published.

  4. Updated page to show that work on this stretch has reached stage 2 and 3.

  5. First published.