Brit plans to open up whole of Britain's coastline.
The government yesterday vowed to press ahead with its plan for a "right to ring" the whole of Britain's 9,040 miles of coast with a footpath up to 10 metres wide.
The environment secretary, David Miliband, chose the white cliffs of Dover to launch the proposals, which would extend the right to roam established by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.
Thousands of property owners in England and Wales will be contacted by the countryside watchdog Natural England to negotiate details of the continuous coastal route, including the royal family, whose Sandringham estate in Norfolk still bars walkers from several miles of picturesque seashore.
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