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.
Stage of progress
Stage 5: Open to the public
The 60 mile (97 km) stretch of the coast path from Cremyll to Kingswear is now open to the public.
Coastal access rights came into force along this stretch of coast on 17 December 2025 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 13 January 2021, 23 November 2023 and 6 March 2024.
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 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 this stretch of the coast path, use the contact forms on the National Trails website contact us page .
See the map that follows for information about progress on improving coastal access in other parts of the South West.
Updates to this page
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Page update to show this stretch is now open to the public.
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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.