The LDWA as a governing body for walking in England welcomes the Government's proposals announced at the Labour Party Conference to legislate to improve rights for public access to the English coastline. While there is restricted access on footpaths to many parts of the coastline, much still needs to be done to extend this. 

On this public website you can find information for many promoted routes in England that include coastal walking. So if you are thinking of walking on the existing paths on the varied English coastline please follow these links:

Bournemouth Coast Path 60 km / 37 miles, Cleveland Way National Trail 177 km / 110 miles, Cornwall Coast Path 327 km / 203 miles, Cumbria Coastal Way 293 km / 182 miles, Durham Coastal Footpath 18 km / 11 miles, Headland Walk (E Yorks) 32 km / 20 miles, Isle of Wight Coast Path 104 km / 65 miles, Kent Coastline Walk 286 km / 178 miles, Lancashire Coastal Way 106 km / 66 miles,  North Sea Trail (British North East Coast Section) composite route, 2000 km / 1243 miles, Northumberland Coast Path 103 km / 64 miles, Peddars Way & Norfolk Coast Path National Trail 150 km / 93 miles, Saxon Shore Way (Kent coast) 262 km / 163 miles, Sefton Coastal Footpath (Merseyside) 34 km / 21 miles, Solent Way 96 km / 60 miles, South Downs Way National Trail (Sussex, Seven Sisters) 161 km / 100 miles, South West Coast Path National Trail 1014 km / 630 miles, Wirral Shore Way 36 km / 22 miles.

The LDWA provides a one-stop shop for information for UK trailwalkers with similar details for over 750 long-distance routes now public on this site under the Long Distance Paths tabs with easy-to-use search facilities, including map links and map and book sales. LDWA members can also download many digital track files and route descriptions.