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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]
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.
Shoreham is located on the North Shore of Long Island, by Long Island Sound.It is approximately 100 km (70 miles) from New York City.According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.0 km 2), all land.
To the west of the mouth there was a shingle beach which was one kilometre (0.62 miles) wide at New Shoreham and which tapered away as it approached Lancing. [5] By 1648, records indicate that there had been a noticeable extension of the spit at Shoreham of 1.4 kilometres (0.87 miles) and the total length of the spit was 2.4 kilometres (1.5 miles).
Shoreham recorded a population of 679 at the 2021 census. [1] Shoreham is in the southern Mornington Peninsula region on the Western Port, located on its shores around the mouth of Stoney Creek. It is a coastal recreation resort rich in artistic history, notable for its pine-covered cliffs, foreshore reserve, and Honeysuckle Beach.
The River Adur flows from the north, and turns to the east near Shoreham, to reach the English Channel. [2] The area has a long history as a centre for shipping. In Roman times, there were ports at Old Shoreham and Beeding on the lower reaches of the River Adur, [ 3 ] and a road from London to the port passed through Portus Ladus ("the way to ...
Mill Hill is a 13.5-hectare (33-acre) Local Nature Reserve on the northern outskirts of Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex. It is owned by Adur District Council and managed by the council and the South Downs Joint Committee. [1] [2] This site has chalk grassland, scrub and secondary woodland.
Shoreham Fort - Carnot wall. Shoreham Redoubt (also known as Shoreham Fort or Kingston Redoubt) is a historical military defensive structure and scheduled monument [1] at the entrance to Shoreham harbour, at the mouth of the River Adur in West Sussex, England. It was planned in the 1850s during a period of political alarm in the United Kingdom.