England Coastal Path Its impact on Maisemore Gardens
Recent Updates
January 2026 Boardwalk and Seawall Update HERE
December 2025 Sreat News for our Community -Seawall update HERE
Please note that much of the information on this page (first published in November 2024) has been updated - King Charles III England Coast Path Project Manager April 2025 which may be viewed HERE
1. current Plans of the Natural England path project on Maisemore Beach and into Nore Barn Woods
Shown here are revised proposals for Natural England’s coast path, recently renamed "The King Charles III England Coast Path", next to the MGL seawall. The revised proposal is to construct a wooden boardwalk possibly with wooden railings both sides of the boardwalk which which would be immediately adjacent to, but not in contact with, the seawall.
People will have their own reactions to the plan but there is one area of immediate concern for us. The closest point of the boardwalk will be only 300mm (1ft) away from the face of our seawall, which would render future maintenance works to our seawall impossible without removal of the boardwalk. This seems a far from satisfactory situation and the CoM has begun a series of actions to respond led by Martin Price, our Director responsible for infrastructure (Martin is an engineer himself, so well placed to act for us). Initially he has written to the Inspector for the NE Coast Path Scheme to express our concerns. The difficulty of accessing our sea wall if the new structure were to be put in place does mean that it is important that we assess and undertake any necessary action on the parts that we are responsible for.
To that end, Martin has taken measurements which, along with the
topographical survey information we obtained from Havant Borough
Council, would provide all the information needed to provide a
base for producing engineering drawings of any Maisemore
proposals. Once this is available, MGL will have to seek
approval from HBC planning, Chichester Harbour Conservancy, the
Marine Management Organisation and possibly Natural England.
This will all take time but we will continue to update
residents.
Work on this section of the England Coast Path is expected to be under taken during the summer of 2025 and to be completed by the end of 2025.
November 2024
