Aerial view of Emsworth from the NE at 500ft 2004

Emsworth town centre

Chichester Harbour from Emsworth

Emsworth
Statistics
Population:
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	SU748060
Administration
Parish:	Emsworth
District:	Havant BC
Shire county:	Hampshire
Region:	South of England
Constituent country:	England
Sovereign state:	United Kingdom
Other
Ceremonial county:	Hampshire
Historic county:	Hampshire
Services
Police force:	Hampshire Constabulary
Fire and rescue:	{{{Fire}}}
Ambulance:	South Central
Post office and telephone
Post town:
Postal district:	PO10 7
Dialling code:
Politics
UK Parliament:	Havant
European Parliament:	South East England

Emsworth is a small town in England, situated on the south coast on the Hampshire side of the border between Hampshire and West Sussex. The town lies at the north end of Chichester Harbour, a large but shallow inlet from the Solent. This is now used almost exclusively for recreational sailing, but in the past was the setting for Emsworth's oyster farming industry. In some places the old oyster-beds can still be seen at low tide. The town has a basin for small yachts and a few fishing boats opposite the millpond, an artificial lake which fills at high tide can be emptied through a sluice at low tide. The River Ems, which is named after the town (not, as often believed, the town named after the river) also flows into the millpond, and although the mill is no longer in use it now houses one of the town's two sailing clubs. 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Emsworth has a population of approximately 10,000 people, in the 19th cemtury iEmsworth had as many as 30 pubs and beer houses probably to do with the fact that Emsworth was a fishing village. Today, only nine remain, and this number may have decreased due to the Emsworth fishing and oyster trade dying down, or to the consolidation of the pub trade in the 1990s and 2000s Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish. ... A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ...

Emsworth's once famous oyster industry went into decline in the early years of the 20th century but recently Emsworth's last remaining oyster boat The Terror was restored and is now sailing again THE RESTORATION OF THE TERROR The Terror under sail September 2006 The Terror, Emsworth’s last remaining oyster boat was built in c1890. ...

Many residents find it a splendid place to live. Mainly elderly people live there and some argue that it has few youth-friendly activities.

Since 2001 Emsworth ha held an annual Emsworth Food Festival in September. Run entirely by unpaid volunteers this is now the largest event of its type in the UK with over 55,000 visitors in 2006. The Emsworth Food Festival is a community event involving local dchools businesses and comunity organisations which has put this normally quiet village on the map. THE EMSWORTH FOOD FESTIVAL Since its inception in 2001 The Emsworth Food Festival has grown to become the largest event of its type in the UK. With over 55,000 visitors in 2006 and 130 exhibitors of quality food and food related products The Emsworth Food Festival is THE festival...

Adjacent Thorney Island in West Sussex was for many years including World War Two, a Royal Air Force station which has now become a Royal Artillery base.

External links

• Emsworth Online

• Emsworth Food Festival

• Emsworth Village Online

• Emsworth Museum

• The Emsworth Heritage Project

• The Emsworth Memorial trail

• Emsworth Business Association

• The Pubs of Emsworth