King Charles III England Coast Path: Jaywick to Harwich
Find out about the progress of improving coastal access – including maps, process and timing – in Essex.
Map of the stretch
Natural England has begun to investigate how to improve coastal access along a 60 km stretch of the Essex coast between Jaywick and Harwich.
Officers from Essex County 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 the route.
Stage of progress
Stage 5: Open
On 7 July 2021, the Secretary of State announced their decision to approve a stretch of the England Coast Path between Jaywick and Harwich in Essex.
Natural England’s report is still available to view.
Natural England will publish further details of the approved route in due course.
Next steps
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 the 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.
Email: EssexCoastalAccess@naturalengland.org.uk
Telephone: 0208 026 5954
Post:
Coastal Access Team (Essex)
Natural England
Eastbrook
Shaftesbury Road
Cambridge
CB2 8DR
See the map below for information about progress on improving coastal access in other parts of Essex.
Updates to this page
Last updated 7 July 2021 + show all updates
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Page updated to show this stretch is now at stage 5.
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Removed the sentence giving a date for when access is expected to be ready.
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Date amended: access expected to be ready in 2019.
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Page updated to show stretch has reached stage 4.
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Updated page to show that work on this stretch has reached stages 2 and 3.
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First published.