Coastal access in Cornwall: St Mawes to Cremyll
Find out about the progress of improving coastal access – including maps, process and timing – in Cornwall.
Map of the stretch
Natural England has begun to investigate how to improve coastal access along a 124km stretch of the Cornish coast between St Mawes and Cremyll.
Officers from Cornwall Council are providing Natural England with expert local advice and helping to make sure there is full consultation with local interests during the development of improvement of coastal access rights.
Stage of progress
On 23 April 2021, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs approved the remaining section of coast path between St Mawes and Cremyll.
The reports are still available to view.
You can see the current status of the collection in the table.
| Report number and title | Date of approval |
|---|---|
| SMC 1: St Mawes to Nare Head | 6 March 2020 |
| SMC 2: Nare Head to Dodman Point | 23 April 2021 |
| SMC 3: Dodman Point to Drennick | 6 March 2020 |
| SMC 4: Drennick to Fowey | 6 March 2020 |
| SMC 5: Fowey to Polperro | 6 March 2020 |
| SMC 6: Polperro to Seaton | 6 March 2020 |
| SMC 7: Seaton to Rame Head | 6 March 2020 |
| SMC 8: Rame Head to Cremyll | 6 March 2020 |
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 coastal access
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 delivery team (South west)
Natural England
Ground Floor, Sterling House
Dix’s Field
Exeter
Devon
EX1 1QA
Email southwestcoastalaccess@naturalengland.org.uk
Telephone 020 8026 7602
See the map below for information about progress on improving coastal access in other parts of the south west.
Updates to this page
Last updated 23 April 2021 + show all updates
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Page updated to show that the final report (SMC2) has received Secretary of State approval.
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Added table showing the reports which make up the collection. Page updated to show that 7 of the 8 reports have received Secretary of State approval.
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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 that 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 summer 2019.
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Page updated to show stretch is now at stage 2/3.
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First published.