King Charles III England Coast Path: Cremyll to Kingswear
Find out about the progress of improving coastal access – including maps, process and timing – in Devon.
Map of the stretch
Natural England is working to improve coastal access along a 107 km stretch of the Devon coast between Cremyll and Kingswear.
Officers from Devon access authorities 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 6 March 2024, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announced their decision to approve the remaining sections of coast path between Cremyll and Kingswear.
Natural England’s proposals to the Secretary of State are still available to view.
Natural England will publish further details of the approved route in due course.
You can see the current status of the collection in the table.
| Report number and title | Stage 5 (approved) |
|---|---|
| CKW 1: Cremyll to Mount Batten Point | 6 March 2024 |
| CKW 2: Mount Batten Point to Yealm Estuary | 13 January 2021 |
| CKW 3: Yealm Estuary | 13 January 2021 |
| CKW 4: Yealm Estuary to Mothecombe Beach | 13 January 2021 |
| CKW 5: Mothecombe Beach to the Avon Estuary | 23 November 2023 |
| CKW 6: Avon Estuary | 13 January 2021 |
| CKW 7: Avon Estuary to Kingsbridge Estuary | 13 January 2021 |
| CKW 8: Kingsbridge Estuary to Torcross | 13 January 2021 |
| CKW 9: Torcross to Kingswear | 23 November 2023 |
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 and information see the following links:
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 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 south west.
Updates to this page
Last updated 6 March 2024 + show all updates
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Page updated to show the final section of this stretch (CKW1) has been approved. This stretch is now at Stage 5: Open (not yet available for public use - work to establish the route is currently taking place).
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Page updated to show lengths CKW5 and CKW9 have been approved.
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Added table showing the reports which make up the collection. Page updated to show that 6 of the 9 reports have received Secretary of State approval.
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Page updated to show this stretch is now at stage 4.
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Changed expected date for publication of the reports to early 2020.
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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 stretch now at stage 2/3.
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First published.