King Charles III England Coast Path: Silverdale to Cleveleys
Find out about the progress of improving coastal access – including maps, process and timing – in Lancashire.
Map of the stretch
Natural England has begun to investigate how to improve coastal access along a 87.6 km (54 miles) stretch of the Lancashire coast from Silverdale to Cleveleys. The route will start at Cove Well, Silverdale and finish on the south Promenade, Kingsway, Cleveleys.
Officers from Lancashire County Council will be 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
On 27 July 2023, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs approved the remaining sections of coast path between Silverdale and Cleveleys.
The reports are still available to view.
Natural England will publish further details of the approved route in due course.
You can see the current status of the collection in the table.
| Report number and title | Stage 5 (approved) |
|---|---|
| SDC 1: Cove Well, Silverdale to Wild Duck Hall, Bolton-le-Sands | 27 July 2023 |
| SDC 2: Wild Duck Hall, Bolton-le-Sands to Ocean Edge Caravan Park, Heysham | 13 January 2021 |
| SDC 3: Ocean Edge Caravan Park, Heysham to Carlisle Bridge, Lancaster | 27 July 2023 |
| SDC 4: Carlisle Bridge, Lancaster to Glasson Dock Swing Bridge | 13 January 2021 |
| SDC 5: Glasson Dock Swing Bridge to Fluke Hall Lane car park, Pilling | 27 July 2023 |
| SDC 6: Fluke Hall Lane car park, Pilling to South Promenade (Kingsway), Cleveleys | 13 January 2021 |
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 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 (North west)
Natural England
Murley Moss Business Village
Oxenholme Road
Kendal
Cumbria
LA9 7RL
Email northwestcoastalaccess@naturalengland.org.uk
Telephone 0300 060 3900
See the map below for information about progress on improving coastal access in other parts of the north west.
Last updated 27 July 2023 + show all updates
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Page updated to show the remaining reports (SDC1, SDC3 and SDC5) have been approved.
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Added table showing the reports which make up the collection. Page updated to show that 3 of the 6 reports have received Secretary of State approval.
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Length of the stretch amended from 82 km to 87.6 km (54 miles).
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Page updated to show the opportunity to comment on the reports has ended.
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Page updated to show this stretch is now at stage 4.
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Changed expected date for publication of the reports to early 2020.
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Removed the sentence giving a date for when access is expected to be ready. Publication of the report is expected in autumn 2019.
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Dates amended: publication of report now expected in first half of 2019. Access expected to be ready in 2020.
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Updated page to show that work on this stretch has reached stages 2 and 3: develop and propose.
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First published.