King Charles III England Coast Path: Portsmouth to South Hayling
Find out about the progress of improving coastal access – including maps, process and timing – in Hampshire.
Map of the stretch
Natural England is working to improve coastal access along a 30 km stretch of the Hampshire coast between Old Portsmouth and South Hayling.
Officers from Hampshire access authorities are providing Natural England with expert local advice during the establishment of the route.
Stage of progress
Stage 5: Open (not yet available for public use - work to establish the route is currently taking place)
On 6 March 2024 the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announced their decision to approve a stretch of the King Charles III England Coast Path in Exmoor between Portsmouth and South Hayling.
Natural England’s proposals to the Secretary of State are still available to view.
Natural England will publish further details of the approved route in due course.
Changes to the proposed route at Eastney Peninsula and Kendalls Wharf (MR1)
On 6 March 2024 the Secretary of State announced their decision to approve the modified proposals for improved access to the coast at Eastney Peninsula and Kendalls Wharf.
These changes affect part 2 of the original report, Eastney to Langstone. The path at Eastney Peninsula was affected when a section of shingle path was washed away by a storm. At Kendall’s Wharf, coastal defences are being upgraded and this requires a modification of the proposed route.
The report is still available to view.
Next steps
Stage 5: Open
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 and information see the following links:
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 team (South)
Natural England
Mail Hub
County Hall
Spetchley Road
Worcester
WR5 2NP
Email southcoastalaccess@naturalengland.org.uk
Telephone 0300 060 3900
See the map below for information about progress on improving coastal access in other parts of the south of England.
Last updated 6 March 2024 + show all updates
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Page updated to show that Natural England's proposals have been approved and this stretch is now at Stage 5: Open (not yet available for public use - work to establish the route is currently taking place).
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Page updated with information about the modification report on proposed changes to sections at Eastney Peninsula and Kendalls Wharf .
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Removed the sentence giving a date for when access is expected to be ready.
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Date amended: access expected to be ready in 2020.
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Page updated to show that stretch is now at stage 4.
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Updated page to show that work on this stretch has reached stage 2 and 3.
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First published.