King Charles III England Coast Path: South Hayling to East Head
Find out about the progress of improving coastal access – including maps, process and timing – in Hampshire and West Sussex.
Map of the stretch
Natural England is working to improve coastal access along a 36 mile (57.9 km) stretch of the Hampshire and West Sussex coast between Hayling Island and East Head.
Officers from Hampshire and West Sussex 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 9 July 2020 and 16 July 2024, the Secretary of State announced their decision to approve this stretch of the King Charles III England Coast Path in Hampshire and West Sussex between South Hayling and East Head.
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.
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 and information see the links that follow.
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
Foss House, Kings Pool
1-2 Peasholme Green
York
YO1 7PX
Email southcoastalaccess@naturalengland.org.uk
Telephone 0300 060 3900
See the map that follows for information about progress on improving coastal access in other parts of Hampshire and West Sussex.
Updates to this page
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Page updated to show the remaining sections of this stretch have been approved.
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Added table showing the reports which make up the collection. Page updated to show that 1 of the 5 reports has received Secretary of State approval.
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Page updated to show this stretch is now at stage 4.
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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 2019. Access expected to be ready in 2020.
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Updated page to show that work has reached stage 2 and 3.
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First published.