Overview
- Natural England says the continuous King Charles III England Coast Path, at about 2,689–2,700 miles, is now the world’s longest managed coastal walking route, with roughly 80% already open and remaining sections due in the coming months.
- At Seven Sisters in East Sussex, the King walked a two-kilometre stretch and unveiled plaques to mark both the path’s launch and the site’s designation as a national nature reserve.
- The new Seven Sisters reserve spans about 1,500 hectares, becomes the 13th site in the King’s Series, and protects rare chalk habitats and local groundwater that supplies nearby towns.
- Project delivery has created more than 1,000 miles of new paths and upgraded many others with resurfacing, boardwalks, bridges and the removal of stiles to improve accessibility.
- The coastal access law establishes a coastal margin and a roll-back mechanism to move the route inland as erosion occurs, a tool recently used after a Dorset landslip near Charmouth.