Plans to include Essex in England Coast Path scheme

Anglia
Essex
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Countryside
Monday 3 April 2017 at 11:57am

Goldhanger Creek on the Essex coastline Credit: ITV News Anglia

People living in Essex are being asked their views on plans to create an England Coast Path. Details of the latest section of the route between Maldon and Salcott has been revealed

Watch a report by ITV News Anglia's Victoria Lampard.

Natural England has published the first Essex-based proposals which will cover the 25-mile stretch of the England Coast Path.

Anyone wishing to comment has eight weeks to do so, then the Secretary of State will decide whether or not to approve the proposals.

When finished the England Coast Path will be a 2,700 mile long National Trail around the whole of the English coast.

Essex's coastline Credit: ITV News Anglia