Constructed pedestrian walkway, often alongside a beach

A boardwalk (board walk, boarded path, promenade) is a constructed pedestrian walkway, often alongside a beach, as walking paths through a park, or in some other tourist area built with wood boards. They can be built over bogs and wetlands and above fragile ecosystems, usually to protect nature. They are frequently found in close proximity to piersBoardwalks along intertidal zones are known as foreshoreways in Australia