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Chichester Harbour Lifeboat Station (sometimes knows as West Wittering Lifeboat Station), was located at the entrance to Chichester Harbour on East Head, a shingle spit located to the west of West Wittering, on the Manhood Peninsula in West Sussex. [1] A lifeboat was first stationed at East Head in 1867 by the Royal National Lifeboat ...
The entrance to the harbour is deep with a fast tidal stream and to the east of the main harbour entrance channel is a gravel bank known as The Winner. The east side of the harbour entrance is an area of geographical, recreational and conservation interest known as East Head. It is a large sand dune linked to land by a narrow area known as The ...
West Wittering is a village and civil parish situated on the Manhood Peninsula in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It lies near the mouth of Chichester Harbour on the B2179 road 6.5 miles (10.5 km) southwest of Chichester close to the border with Hampshire. The sandy beach was described as having excellent water quality in 2017. [3]
Site name Photograph B G Area [a] Access Location [a] Other Map and Citation [b] Description Alresford Pond: 30.2 hectares (75 acres) [3] FP Alresford 3]: Map Citation: This large lake was created by Godfrey de Lucy, who was Bishop of Winchester between 1189 and 1204, to provide a reservoir of water to make the River Itchen navigable. [4]
It is part of the Chichester Harbour Site of Special Scientific Interest [4] and Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I*, [5] the Chichester and Langstone Harbours Ramsar site [6] and Special Protection Area, [7] and the Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation. [8] The island has sand dunes, mudflats, salt marsh and bare and vegetated ...
The council is based at East Pallant House, on East Pallant in the centre of Chichester. The oldest part of the building was originally a large house, which had subsequently served as the headquarters of the old Chichester Rural District Council prior to the 1974 reorganisation. Large modern extensions have since been added to the building. [34]
The River Lavant is a winterbourne that rises at East Dean and flows west to Singleton, then south past West Dean and Lavant to Chichester.From east of Chichester its natural course was south to the sea at Pagham, but the Romans diverted it to flow around the southern walls of Chichester and then west into Chichester Harbour.
Eames Farm is a 132.5-hectare (327-acre) Local Nature Reserve on Thorney Island in West Sussex.It is owned by the Chichester Harbour Conservancy, West Sussex County Council and the Ministry of Defence and managed by the Chichester Harbour Conservancy.