Dossier
beach access
Coverage of beach access in the Nexus archive.
- The battle for a French-owned beach...in Sussex: Moment teenagers scale fence to cool off in the sea - after firm stopped locals using it for 18 years
Teenagers in Sussex scaled a fence to access a French-owned beach, which a company has restricted for 18 years. The incident highlights a long-standing conflict between locals and the private entity over beach usage.
- Jamaican beach access campaigners go to court to fight privatisation of coast
Jamaican activists are challenging a colonial-era law in court to prevent the privatization of beaches, arguing that handing shorelines to private hotel chains benefits outsiders while harming locals who rely on the sea. They demand 'free, legal, unfettered, forever rights' to beach access.