Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 115016

Public Footpaths: Coastal Areas

Tabled: 23 February 2026
Answered: 2 March 2026

Question

Ian Roome

Liberal DemocratNorth Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help protect the South West Coast Path against storm damage.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The South West Coast Path (SWCP) is a 630 mile National Trail around the SW peninsula. As such it follows open and unprotected coast for much of its length, sections of which due to their geological make up are susceptible to coastal erosion. This has alw...

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