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Shoreham-by-Sea (often shortened to Shoreham) is a coastal town and port in the Adur district, in the county of West Sussex, England. In 2011 it had a population of 20,547. The town is bordered to its north by the South Downs, to its west by the Adur Valley, and to its south by the River Adur and Shoreham Beach on the English Channel.
A shipbuilding industry developed, and in 1346 Shoreham supplied 26 ships to Edward III for his wars with the French. [4] The mouth of the river was not ideal for shipping, as there were large amounts of shingle, which moved with the tides, and in 1760 the Commissioners of Shoreham Harbour met to plan a new entrance to the river further to the ...
Shoreham Harbour Lifeboat Station is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) station [2] located in the town of Shoreham-by-Sea in the English county of West Sussex. [3]It underwent extensive re-development in 2010 with a new purpose built boathall to accommodate its new Tamar-class all-weather lifeboat (AWB).
English: The River Adur in Shoreham-by-Sea harbour, with a view of St Mary de Haura Church, in West Sussex, England. Camera: Canon EOS 6D with Canon EF 24-105mm F4L IS USM lens. Software: file lens-corrected and optimized with DxO OpticsPro 10 Elite and Viewpoint 2, and further optimized with Adobe Photoshop CS2.
Shoreham Beach is a 26.2-hectare (65-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex. It is owned and managed by Adur District Council. [1] [2] The beach has vegetated shingle, which is an internationally rare habitat, with flora including yellow horned poppy, sea kale and curled dock. [1]
Reconstructed Shoreham Tollbridge. The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries saw the construction of a great many structures in England. Canals, harbour schemes, railways, roads and bridges were all built. What is now known as the Old Shoreham Tollbridge was built during this period over the River Adur between Shoreham and Lancing. Before the ...
Chichester Harbour; P. Pagham Harbour; S. Shoreham-by-Sea This page was last edited on 21 November 2019, at 07:45 (UTC) ... Mobile view ...
The town is loosely divided into three sections: south of Brighton Road is the harbour with its associated industries and businesses; north of Brighton Road up to Old Shoreham Road is mainly residential properties dating from the middle of the nineteenth century to the 1950s; and the area between Old Shoreham Road and the South Downs being the ...