Coastal Access in Cornwall: Marsland Mouth to Newquay
Find out about the progress of improving coastal access – including maps, process and timing – in Cornwall.
Stage of progress
Stage 5: Open to the public
The 75.5 miles (121.4 km) stretch of the coast path from Marsland Mouth to Newquay is now open to the public.
Coastal access rights came into force along this stretch of coast on 30 January 2025 and 6 November 2024, by order of the Secretary of State.
The route is available to view on the National Trails website.
Information about the route
If you’re planning a walk on the coast path, check our interactive access maps for details of local access restrictions and coast path diversions which may therefore apply at certain times.
Coastal access rights normally apply to all land that is coastal margin - including any land seaward of the route - unless it falls into a category of excepted land or if an access restriction applies to the land.
The maps in Natural England’s original proposals to the Secretary of State show the route of the coast path along this stretch of coast and the adjoining land that is coastal margin, as determined by the Secretary of State on 9 July 2020 and 7 July 2021.
Use the links that follow to see details of the Secretary of State’s decision to approve Natural England’s proposals, together with any modifications, and for guidance on your rights and responsibilities if the coast path passes through your land.
Find out more about the 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.
If you need to contact the authority managing open sections of this stretch of the coast path, use the contact forms on the National Trails website contact us page.
See the map below for information about progress on improving coastal access in other parts of the South West.
Updates to this page
Published 30 June 2017Last updated 30 January 2025 + show all updates
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Page updated to show the whole stretch is now open to the public.
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Page updated to show that parts of this stretch are now open to the public.
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Page updated to show the final 2 sections (MNQ2 and MNQ6) have been approved.
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Added table showing the reports which make up the collection. Page updated to show that 9 of the 11 reports have received Secretary of State approval.
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Page updated to show the 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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Page updated to show this stretch is now at stage 2/3.
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First published.