Queen Victoria’s summer home at the heart of the row over walker access

English Heritage has been accused of making a new rural footpath “unfit to be called the King’s Coast Path” by blocking access to Osborne House, Queen Victoria’s summer home on the Isle of Wight. Walkers have threatened a judicial review unless an agreement can be reached on a proposed footpath. The National Trail was renamed … Read more

The new King Charles III England Coastal Path is designed to benefit everyone. Here you can walk

The skies over East Quantoxhead in north Somerset are gloomy. Walking along the path to the beach, through fields of yellow oilseed rape, Natural England officer Neil Constable tackles the six-inch deep mud with ease. A flash of lightning and a rumble of thunder announce the opening of the clouds as a heavy downpour engulfs … Read more