Compton Bay

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

0.1 km SE · spans 24 counties

A west-coast surf beach on the Isle of Wight, backed by coloured cliffs, open downs and dinosaur footprints in the rocks

0.8 km N

Winkle Street's row of old cottages facing a stream and a stone sheepwash, with a mostly 13th-century church nearby

5.4 km NE · Isle of Wight

Tiny harbour town where the Lymington ferry lands, with Henry VIII's last coastal fort and a timber pier from 1876

5.9 km N · Isle of Wight

Thatched stone cottages below Shorwell Down and a church with a big 15th-century wall painting of St Christopher

7.9 km E · Isle of Wight

Ancient wood pasture and heathland where commoners' ponies still roam free.

8 km NW