King Charles III England Coast Path: Weybourne to Hunstanton
Find out about the progress of improving coastal access – including maps, process and timing – in Norfolk.
Map of the stretch
Natural England is working to improve coastal access along a 37.2 mile (60km) stretch of the Norfolk coast between Weybourne and Hunstanton.
Officers from Norfolk County Council 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 Wednesday 9 July 2025, the Secretary of State announced their decision to approve a stretch of the King Charles III England Coast Path in Norfolk between Weybourne and Hunstanton.
Natural England’s proposals 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 if you have any queries relating to the establishment of this stretch.
Email: eastcoastalaccess@naturalengland.org.uk
Telephone: 0208 026 1753
England Coast Path Team
Natural England
Eastbrook
Shaftesbury Road
Cambridge
CB2 8DR
See the map that follows for information about progress on improving coastal access in other parts of the east of England.
Updates to this page
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Page updated to show the proposals for this stretch have been approved.
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Removed the sentence giving a date for when access is expected to be ready.
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Access now expected to be ready in 2020.
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Page updated to show stretch is now at stage 4.
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Change to expected date of access from 2016 to 2018. Change to expected date of report submitted to Secretary of State from 'early 2016' to spring 2017.
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Updated text for work on stretch reaching 'stage 2: develop'.
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First published.