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Chichester Harbour is a large natural harbour to the south west of the city of Chichester on the English Channel; geographically it is a ria. It is one of four natural harbours in that area of the coastline, the others being Portsmouth Harbour, Langstone Harbour amd Pagham Harbour. It is managed by Chichester Harbour Conservancy [1]. Chichester Cross, in a circa 1831 illustration. ...
The English Channel, also for some time known as the British Sea (French: La Manche, the sleeve) is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. ...
Port Hacking, in the southern suburbs of Sydney (Australia) is a ria, or drowned river valley. ...
This article is about the English city of Portsmouth. ...
Langstone Harbour is an inlet of the English Channel east of the city of Portsmouth and west of Hayling Island. ...
Description
To the south west of the entrance to Chichester Harbour is Chichester Bar, a shallow spit which can present a significant navigation hazard at all states of the tide. 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 Hinge. In recent years The Hinge has been broached by several storms and then repaired. There is much debate about whether and how it should continue to be repaired. Chichester harbour has three main channels. The Emsworth Channel, the Thorney Channel and the Chichester Channel, which also branches off into the Bosham Lake. In geography, a spit is a deposition landform found off coasts. ...
There are several traditions of navigation. ...
The tide is the regular rising and falling of the oceans surface caused by changes in gravitational forces external to the Earth. ...
Conservation Chichester Harbour is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It has a large saltmarsh habitat and is imporatant as a fish nursery and for overwintering waterfowl. An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England and Wales (AONB) is one of 41 areas in England or Wales that has been specially designated by the Countryside Agency on behalf of the United Kingdom government. ...
Atlantic coastal salt marsh in Connecticut, USA. A salt marsh is a type of marsh found in the intertidal transition between land and ocean. ...
Habitat (from the Latin for it inhabits) is the place where a particular species lives and grows. ...
Falcated Duck at Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands centre, Gloucestershire, England Wildfowl or waterfowl, also waterbirds, is the collective term for the approximately 147 species of swans, geese and ducks, classified in the order Anseriformes, family Anatidae. ...
Recreation It is used for a wide variety of sailing, from dinghy racing to yacht marinas. It is also used for fishing. Wooden sailing boat Sailing is the skillful art of controlling the motion of a sailing ship or smaller boat, across a body of water using wind as the source of power. ...
A dinghy is either a small utility boat used to tend a larger boat, or it is a boat developed from these tenders but now used in its own right as a form of leisure sailing and/or rowing. ...
A yacht A yacht was originally defined as a light, fast sailing vessel used to convey important persons. ...
For other uses of this word, see Marina (disambiguation). ...
Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish. ...
Sailing Clubs of Chichester Harbour - Bosham Sailing Club [2]
- Chichester Yacht Club [3]
- Chichester Cruiser Racing Club [4]
- Dell Quay Sailing Club [5]
- Emsworth Sailing Club [6]
- Emsworth Slipper Sailing Club [7]
- Hayling Island Sailing Club [8]]
- Itchenor Sailing Club [9]
- Langstone Sailing Club [10]
- Mengeham Rythe Sailing Club [11]
- Thorney Island Sailing Club [12]
- West Wittering Sailing Club [13]
Located on an isolated sandy penninsula known as Black Point, at the entrance to Chichester Harbour, England, the Hayling Island Sailing Club, was founded in 1921. ...
See also Bosham Quay at sunset Bosham (pronounced Bozzum) is a small, coastal village in West Sussex, England, situated three miles west of Chichester on an inlet of Chichester Harbour. ...
Map sources for Emsworth at grid reference SU748060 Emsworth is a small town in the United Kingdom, situated on the south coast on the Hampshire side of the border between Hampshire and West Sussex. ...
The coastline of Hayling Island. ...
Thorney island is effectively a peninsula that juts into Chichester Harbour in West Sussex. ...
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