King Charles III England Coast Path: Approved Route Stretches

England's coastline is covered by a spatial line dataset showing all approved stretches of the King Charles III England Coast Path. This new National Trail is being created by Natural England under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. The data is sourced from Natural England and contains Ordnance Survey data.

Use Cases

• Map coastal access rights and infrastructure based on the approved route line data.
• Analyze the spatial extent and connectivity of the national trail network.
• Plan conservation or development projects in relation to the legally designated coastal path.
• Create visualizations for public information about the England Coast Path route.

Strengths

• Data is created under a specific UK Act of Parliament (Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009), providing a legal basis.
• Spatial line format is suitable for GIS analysis and mapping.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data, focusing solely on England.

Provenance

Source

Natural England

Collection Method

Created by Natural England as part of establishing a National Trail.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-29 12:03:56.741933; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England