King Charles III England Coast Path: Mablethorpe to the Humber Bridge
Find out about the progress of improving coastal access – including maps, process and timing – in North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire.
Map of the stretch
Natural England has begun to investigate how to improve coastal access along an 81km stretch of the coast between Mablethorpe and the Humber Bridge.
Officers from North Lincolnshire Council, North East Lincolnshire Council, Lincolnshire Council and the Humber Bridge Board 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
On 20 October 2022, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs approved the remaining section of coast path between Mablethorpe and Humber Bridge.
The reports 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) |
|---|---|
| MHB 1: Mablethorpe North End to Saltfleet Haven | 2 March 2022 |
| MHB 2: Saltfleet Haven to Humberston | 20 October 2022 |
| MHB 3: Humberston to Immingham Docks | 2 March 2022 |
| MHB 4: Immingham Docks to Humber Bridge | 2 March 2022 |
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 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.
Coastal access delivery team (North east)
Natural England
Mail Hub
County Hall
Spetchley Road
Worcester
WR5 2NP
Email northeastcoastalaccess@naturalengland.org.uk
Telephone: 0300 060 3900
See the map below for information about progress on improving coastal access in other parts of north east of England.
Updates to this page
Published 14 October 2016Last updated 20 October 2022 + show all updates
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Page updated to show the remaining length in this stretch (MHB2) has been approved.
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Added table showing the reports which make up the collection. Page updated to show that 3 of the 4 reports have received Secretary of State approval.
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Added the Humber Bridge Board to the list of partner organisations working with Natural England.
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Page updated to show 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 winter 2020.
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Publication of report now expected in spring 2019. Access expected to be ready in 2020.
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Stage of progress moved to stage 2: developing the route.
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First published.