Weymouth, of course, is on the South West Coast Path and here many visitors and locals are aghast that the rest of the country doesn’t have the same right of access as enjoyed in the south west. We really shouldn’t be this complacent though because many of our national trails and regional routes rely on permissive access and 10% of the 1014 km (630 miles) South West Coast Path is not legally secure.

The Ramblers’ kite-flying campaign for better coastal access took off – quite literally – with a crowd of over 30 supporters pulling kite-strings in front of BBC news reporters at Lepe Country Park…

The Marine and Coastal Access Bill has reached the committee stage in the House of Lords, bringing the prospect of a footpath along the whole of England’s coast, with wider open access alongside, a step closer…