A section of the newly launched King Charles III England Coast Path on the Isle of Wight has collapsed just weeks after its official opening, cutting access between 2 scenic bays near St Lawrence.
The affected stretch lies between Woody Bay and Orchard Bay, close to Sir Richard’s Cove and west of Battery Bay, and has now given way, forcing walkers to divert around the route.
The path, which forms part of the recently opened 12-mile IOW3 section from Culver Down to Binnel Bay, was unveiled on Wednesday 14th January – as previously reported by Island Echo – with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Flowers Brook, attended by Ventnor Town Crier William Nixon and members of the Isle of Wight Ramblers.
It was local walker Jonathan Morley who spotted the collapse earlier this week and shared a photo online, warning that the remaining part of the trail appeared “precarious”.
This now means that the once uninterrupted trail from Woolverton to Orchard Bay is no longer fully accessible on foot without a detour.
The newly opened stretch was developed by Natural England in partnership with landowners and is part of a nationwide project to deliver a continuous coastal path around the entirety of England – expected to be the longest managed coastal walking route in the world at around 2,700 miles.
The section of the path has been closed.
A metaphor for the royal family.
Doesn’t surprise me at all, poor workmanship is the
problem on the island.
I noticed on Tuesday the Traffic Lights at Lake had gone
no one on the island seems to know how to repair
Traffic lights.
Look when the ones went at the Bottom of Bully’s Hill
they were out for ages.
Stop employing cowboys.
I know there might be many persons living on the island
who need work, but if someone is not qualified for the
job, advertise on the mainland.
Say for example the island was short of Surgeons
do they employ ex supermarket butchers!, it does make
one wonder.
Sorry to disagree with the complainants, but it’s a perfectly normal part of ‘Plate Tectonics.’
As the poet said, ‘The everlasting hills, are everlasting only in change.’
A voice of sanity and reason. Thank you Robert.