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England Coast Path - Stretch Progress 31St August 2021 England Coast Path - Stretch Progress 31st August 2021 1 Aust to Brean Down 55 Newport Bridge to North Gare 2 Brean Down to Minehead 56 North Gare to South Bents England Coast Path and associated access rights 3 Minehead to Combe Martin 57 South Bents to Amble now open 4 Combe Martin to Marsland Mouth 58 Amble to Bamburgh 5 Marsland Mouth to Newquay 59 Bamburgh to the Scottish Border (including Holy Island) Approved in whole but not yet open, establishment works 6 Newquay to Penzance 60 Gretna to Allonby planned or in progress 7 Penzance to St Mawes 61 Allonby to Whitehaven 8 St Mawes to Cremyll 62 Whitehaven to Silecroft Approved in part but not yet 9 Cremyll to Kingswear 63 Silecroft to Silverdale Berwick- open, establishment works upon-Tweed planned or in progress for 10 Kingswear to Lyme Regis 64 Walney Island ") 59 approved lengths 11 Lyme Regis to Rufus Castle 65 Silverdale to Cleveleys 12 Rufus Castle to Lulworth Cove 66 Cleveleys to Pier Head, Liverpool Proposals published but not yet approved 13 Lulworth Cove to Kimmeridge Bay 67 Birkenhead to Welsh Border 58 14 Kimmeridge Bay to Highcliffe Proposals in development 15 Highcliffe to Calshot 16 Calshot to Gosport 57 Natural England Areas 17 Isle of Wight - East Cowes to Wootton Bridge Northumbria 18 Isle of Wight - Wootton Bridge to the Medina 60 ") Newcastle ") Carlisle 19 Gosport to Portsmouth 56 Portsmouth to South Hayling Island 0 20 40 80 Kilometres 20 61 21 South Hayling Island to East Head 55 22 East Head to Shoreham-by-Sea Cumbria 0 20 40 80 Miles 23 Shoreham-by-Sea to Eastbourne 54 ³ 24 Eastbourne to Camber 62 63 Scarborough ") 25 Camber to Folkestone 26 Folkestone to Ramsgate Yorkshire & 27 Ramsgate to Whitstable 64 65 Northern Lincolnshire 53 28 Isle of Sheppey 52 29 Whitstable to Iwade ") Blackpool ") Leeds Hull ") 30 Iwade to Grain 66 Cheshire to 31 Grain to Woolwich 51 Lancashire 32 Tilbury to Southend-on-Sea 67 33 Southend-on-Sea to Wallasea Island ") Liverpool 34 Wallasea Island to Burnham-on-Crouch 50 35 Burnham-on-Crouch to Maldon Skegness ") 36 Maldon to Salcott 47 46 37 Mersea Island East Midlands 49 38 Salcott to Jaywick 48 39 Jaywick to Harwich 45 40 Harwich to Shotley Gate Great Yarmouth ") 41 Shotley Gate to Felixstowe Ferry Norfolk & Suffolk 42 Felixstowe Ferry to Bawdsey ") Birmingham 44 43 Bawdsey to Aldeburgh West Midlands 42 44 Aldeburgh to Hopton On Sea 41 45 Hopton On Sea to Sea Palling West Anglia 40 46 Sea Palling to Weybourne 43 ") 37 38 Felixstowe 47 Weybourne to Hunstanton 36 48 Hunstanton to Sutton Bridge 39 49 Sutton Bridge to Skegness 34 35 50 Skegness to Mablethorpe 1 32 33 51 Mablethorpe to Humber Bridge London ") 27 ") Bristol 28 52 Humber Bridge to Easington Thames Solent 3 31 30 53 Easington to Filey Brigg 2 29 Wessex 26 54 Filey Brigg to Newport Bridge Folkestone ") Bridgwater ") Sussex & Kent 4 25 16 Southampton ") 19 20 21 Brighton ") 5 15 24 Devon, Cornwall ") Exeter 13 22 23 & Isles of Scilly 11 14 18 10 12 17 ") Newquay Plymouth ") 6 8 9 © Natural England. Published under the Open Government Licence (OGL v3.0) for public sector information. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ 7 © Crown copyright and database rights 2021. Ordnance Survey 100022021..
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