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King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to the Welsh border

Find out about the progress of improving coastal access – including maps, process and timing – in Wirral and Cheshire West and Chester.

From:
Natural England
Published
27 March 2017
Last updated
29 January 2025 — See all updates

Stage of progress

Stage 5: Open to the public

The 23.5 miles (37.8km) stretch of the King Charles III England Coast Path (KCIIIECP) from Birkenhead to the Welsh Border is now  open to the public.

Coastal access rights came into force along  this stretch of coast on 29 January 2025 and 22 August 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 are planning a walk on the KCIIIECP, check our interactive access maps for details of local access restrictions and coast path diversions which may 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 KCIIIECP along this stretch of coast and the adjoining land that is coastal margin, as determined by the Secretary of State on 23 November 2023 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 KCIIIECP passes through your land.

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.

If you need to contact the authority managing open sections of this stretch of the KCIIIECP, use the contact forms on the National Trails website contact us page.

See the map that follows for more information about progress on improving coastal access in other parts of the north west of England.

Updates to this page

Published 27 March 2017
Last updated 29 January 2025 + show all updates

  1. Page updated to show the whole stretch is now open to the public.

  2. We've added information about the 2 sections of this stretch that are now open to the public.

  3. Page updated to show that the remaining length BHW2 has been approved.

  4. Following an administrative error, the section BHW2 has reverted to Stage 4 - to be determined.

  5. Page updated to show that the remaining report - BHW2 - has been approved. This stretch is now at stage 5.

  6. Added table showing the reports which make up the collection. Page updated to show that 2 of the 3 reports have received Secretary of State approval.

  7. Page updated to show this stretch is now at stage 4.

  8. Changed expected date for publication of the reports to early 2020.

  9. Removed the sentence giving a date for when access is expected to be ready. Publication of the report is expected in autumn 2019.

  10. Dates amended: publication of report now expected in spring 2019. Access expected to be ready in 2020.

  11. Page updated to show that work on this stretch has moved to stage 2/3.

  12. First published.

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