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The South West Coast Path is England's longest waymarked long-distance footpath and a National Trail. It stretches for 630 miles (1,014 km), running from Minehead in Somerset, along the coasts of Devon and Cornwall , to Poole Harbour in Dorset.
The Isle of Wight Coastal Path (or Coastal Footpath) is a circular long-distance footpath of 70 miles ... The Ordnance Survey maps covering the route are:
England Coast Path: 2,795 4,500 † England: N/A: N/A: Will cover the entire coast of England and will be the longest managed and waymarked coastal path in the world. [11] Glyndŵr's Way: 135 217: Powys, mid Wales: Knighton: Welshpool: Runs in an extended loop. Hadrian's Wall Path: 84 135: England: Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, Cumbria ...
The Wales Coast Path (Welsh: Llwybr Arfordir Cymru) is a designated long-distance trail which follows, or runs close to, the coastline of Wales. [1]Launched in 2012, the footpath is 870 miles (1,400 km) long and was heralded as the first dedicated coast path in the world to cover the entire length of a country's coastline. [2]
The South Wales Coast and Severn Estuary Coastal Path [1] (Welsh: Llwybr arfordir De Cymru ac Aber Hafren) covers Region H of the larger Wales Coast Path, [2] an 870-mile (1,400 km) long-distance walking route around the whole coast of Wales which opened on 5 May 2012. [3]
However, with the passing of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, section 298 instructed Natural England to create a holistic Coastal Path. [3] The first section, along Weymouth Bay, opened in 2012. [4] The path is the longest Coastal Path in the world, with it being even longer if including the Wales Coast Path.
For the most part, the path follows the coast of the Solent, the sea strait that separates mainland Britain from the Isle of Wight. The Solent Way forms part of the King Charles III England Coast Path, as well as part of the E9 European Coastal Path, which runs for 5000 km (3125 miles) from Cape St Vincent in Portugal to Narva-Jõesuu in Estonia.
The Scottish Coastal Way is a proposed national long-distance trail that goes around the coastline of mainland Scotland.The idea was first proposed by walkers, and in November 2009 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) hosted a conference on the subject. [1]