{"id":2688,"date":"2013-01-16T12:59:33","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T12:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/?p=2688"},"modified":"2016-07-20T11:36:29","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T11:36:29","slug":"medmerry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/environment\/coastal-management\/medmerry\/","title":{"rendered":"Medmerry"},"content":{"rendered":"

The RSPB's newest nature reserve at\u00a0Medmerry offers long walks and cycle rides through an amazing new landscape only a stone's throw from Pagham Harbour, with new mudflats, tidal lagoons, saltmarsh, wildlife-friendly farmland, dragonfly-rich ditches and great views and sunsets. Situated on the Manhood Peninsula\u00a0coast, south of Chichester, this is a ground breaking project and the first of its kind to realign on the open coast, the scale of the realignment is immense - the size of 300 football pitches!
\nBetween 2011-2013, the Environment Agency (EA) constructed 4.25 miles (7 km) of new floodbank inland from the sea between Selsey and Bracklesham, on one of the last undeveloped stretches of coast anywhere between Southampton and Brighton. They then breached the existing shingle beach to create the largest managed realignment scheme on the open coast in Europe, creating amazing new wetland habitats.
\nThe scheme\u00a0has greatly improve the standard of flood protection for over 300 homes, the water treatment works and the main road into Selsey. It\u00a0is in the process of\u00a0creating extensive wetland wildlife habitat designed to compensate for the loss of internationally important habitats elsewhere, and major new off-road sustainable transport routes.<\/p>\n

Follow this link for more information about the\u00a0Medmerry\u00a0Managed Realignment\u00a0Scheme<\/a>.
\nThe clay needed to build Medmerry\u2019s new flood banks was dug from large shallow pits (borrow pits)\u00a0within the scheme, which provided a wonderful opportunity to look for archaeology. Research is ongoing into\u00a0the archaeology\u00a0being discovered\u00a0on the Medmerry site, and more information can be found in the Archaeology at Medmerry section below.
\nMedmerry also creates\u00a0an opportunity for the area to reassert its position as a unique attraction to tourists. An important aim is to extend the visitor season outside the usual summer months, prolonging opportunities for taking part in low-impact activities such as cycling, walking and bird watching. Projects are currently being explored to address the objectives of green tourism and economic development on the Manhood Peninsula. Creating green links around Medmerry and forging links between communities to the east and west of the Manhood Peninsula are the key to the success of the proposals. More information can be found in the Green Links across the Manhood (GLaM) section below.<\/p>\n

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