Steart Peninsula
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The Steart Peninsula is a peninsula
in Somerset
, England. At its outermost tip is Fenning Island, at the tip of which is Steart Point. It consists largely of low-lying flat farmland, and projects northwards on the west side of Stockland Reach, the lower stretches of the estuary of the River Parrett
.
Bridgwater Bay
, a National Nature Reserve
, lies to the north of the peninsula, and on the south side of the bay are three coastal commons - from west to east these are Catsford Common, Wall Common and Steart Common.
The main settlement on the peninsula is the village of Steart
, but two other villages, Stockland Bristol
and Otterhampton
sit at the peninsula's base. A single minor road links the village of Steart to these other villages. The River Parrett Trail
runs along the peninsula.
West of the peninsula are the village of Stolford
and Hinkley Point
, and to the south is the village of Combwich
.
The Steart peninsula has flooded many times during the last millennium. The most severe
recent floods occurred in 1981. By 1997, a combination of coastal erosion, current sea level rise
and wave action had made some
of the defences distinctly fragile and at risk from failure. As a result in 2002 The Environment Agency produced the Stolford to Combwich Coastal Defence Strategy Study to examine options for the future.
In July 2010, the Environment Agency
presented a plan to convert the peninsula into wetland habitat,
costing £17–20 million.,
which includes land purchase costs of £5–7 million. If the proposed scheme goes ahead it will be the largest wetland habitat creation scheme in England.
The Steart Peninsula is a peninsula
in Somerset
, England. At its outermost tip is Fenning Island, at the tip of which is Steart Point. It consists largely of low-lying flat farmland, and projects northwards on the west side of Stockland Reach, the lower stretches of the estuary of the River Parrett
.
Bridgwater Bay
, a National Nature Reserve
, lies to the north of the peninsula, and on the south side of the bay are three coastal commons - from west to east these are Catsford Common, Wall Common and Steart Common.
The main settlement on the peninsula is the village of Steart
, but two other villages, Stockland Bristol
and Otterhampton
sit at the peninsula's base. A single minor road links the village of Steart to these other villages. The River Parrett Trail
runs along the peninsula.
West of the peninsula are the village of Stolford
and Hinkley Point
, and to the south is the village of Combwich
.
The Steart peninsula has flooded many times during the last millennium. The most severe
recent floods occurred in 1981. By 1997, a combination of coastal erosion, current sea level rise
and wave action had made some
of the defences distinctly fragile and at risk from failure. As a result in 2002 The Environment Agency produced the Stolford to Combwich Coastal Defence Strategy Study to examine options for the future.
In July 2010, the Environment Agency
presented a plan to convert the peninsula into wetland habitat,
costing £17–20 million.,
which includes land purchase costs of £5–7 million. If the proposed scheme goes ahead it will be the largest wetland habitat creation scheme in England.
The Steart Peninsula is a peninsula
in Somerset
, England. At its outermost tip is Fenning Island, at the tip of which is Steart Point. It consists largely of low-lying flat farmland, and projects northwards on the west side of Stockland Reach, the lower stretches of the estuary of the River Parrett
.
Bridgwater Bay
, a National Nature Reserve
, lies to the north of the peninsula, and on the south side of the bay are three coastal commons - from west to east these are Catsford Common, Wall Common and Steart Common.
The main settlement on the peninsula is the village of Steart
, but two other villages, Stockland Bristol
and Otterhampton
sit at the peninsula's base. A single minor road links the village of Steart to these other villages. The River Parrett Trail
runs along the peninsula.
West of the peninsula are the village of Stolford
and Hinkley Point
, and to the south is the village of Combwich
.
The Steart peninsula has flooded many times during the last millennium. The most severe
recent floods occurred in 1981. By 1997, a combination of coastal erosion, current sea level rise
and wave action had made some
of the defences distinctly fragile and at risk from failure. As a result in 2002 The Environment Agency produced the Stolford to Combwich Coastal Defence Strategy Study to examine options for the future.
In July 2010, the Environment Agency
presented a plan to convert the peninsula into wetland habitat,
costing £17–20 million.,
which includes land purchase costs of £5–7 million. If the proposed scheme goes ahead it will be the largest wetland habitat creation scheme in England.The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
in Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, England. At its outermost tip is Fenning Island, at the tip of which is Steart Point. It consists largely of low-lying flat farmland, and projects northwards on the west side of Stockland Reach, the lower stretches of the estuary of the River Parrett
River Parrett
The River Parrett flows through the counties of Dorset and Somerset in South West England, from its source in the Thorney Mills springs in the hills around Chedington in Dorset...
.
Bridgwater Bay
Bridgwater Bay
Bridgwater Bay is on the Bristol Channel, north of Bridgwater in Somerset, England at the mouth of the River Parrett and the end of the River Parrett Trail. It consists of large areas of mud flats, saltmarsh, sandflats and shingle ridges, some of which are vegetated...
, a National Nature Reserve
National Nature Reserves in England
National Nature Reserves in England are managed by Natural England and are key places for wildlife and natural features in England. They were established to protect the most important areas of habitat and of geological formations...
, lies to the north of the peninsula, and on the south side of the bay are three coastal commons - from west to east these are Catsford Common, Wall Common and Steart Common.
The main settlement on the peninsula is the village of Steart
Stockland Bristol
Stockland Bristol is a village and civil parish in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, between Bridgwater and the Steart Peninsula. The parish includes the village of Steart.-History:...
, but two other villages, Stockland Bristol
Stockland Bristol
Stockland Bristol is a village and civil parish in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, between Bridgwater and the Steart Peninsula. The parish includes the village of Steart.-History:...
and Otterhampton
Otterhampton
Otterhampton is a village and civil parish in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England, between Bridgwater and the Steart Peninsula.The village lies on Combwich Reach as the River Parrett flows to the sea.-History:...
sit at the peninsula's base. A single minor road links the village of Steart to these other villages. The River Parrett Trail
River Parrett Trail
The River Parrett Trail is a long-distance footpath, following the route of the River Parrett in Somerset, England. The trail, which is long, runs from Chedington in Dorset to the mouth of the river in Bridgwater Bay where it joins the West Somerset Coast Path....
runs along the peninsula.
West of the peninsula are the village of Stolford
Stogursey
Stogursey is the name of a small village and civil parish in the Quantock Hills in Somerset, England. It is situated from Nether Stowey, and west of Bridgwater...
and Hinkley Point
Hinkley Point
Hinkley Point is a headland on the Bristol Channel coast of Somerset, England, five miles north of Bridgwater and five miles west of Burnham-on-Sea, close to the mouth of the River Parrett....
, and to the south is the village of Combwich
Combwich
Combwich is a village in the parish of Otterhampton within the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, between Bridgwater and the Steart Peninsula.The village lies on Combwich Reach as the River Parrett flows to the sea and was the site of an ancient ferry crossing. In the Domesday book it was known as...
.
The Steart peninsula has flooded many times during the last millennium. The most severe
recent floods occurred in 1981. By 1997, a combination of coastal erosion, current sea level rise
Current sea level rise
Current sea level rise potentially impacts human populations and the wider natural environment . Global average sea level rose at an average rate of around 1.8 mm per year over 1961 to 2003 and at an average rate of about 3.1 mm per year from 1993 to 2003...
and wave action had made some
of the defences distinctly fragile and at risk from failure. As a result in 2002 The Environment Agency produced the Stolford to Combwich Coastal Defence Strategy Study to examine options for the future.
In July 2010, the Environment Agency
Environment Agency
The Environment Agency is a British non-departmental public body of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and an Assembly Government Sponsored Body of the Welsh Assembly Government that serves England and Wales.-Purpose:...
presented a plan to convert the peninsula into wetland habitat,
costing £17–20 million.,
which includes land purchase costs of £5–7 million. If the proposed scheme goes ahead it will be the largest wetland habitat creation scheme in England.
The Steart Peninsula is a peninsula
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
in Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, England. At its outermost tip is Fenning Island, at the tip of which is Steart Point. It consists largely of low-lying flat farmland, and projects northwards on the west side of Stockland Reach, the lower stretches of the estuary of the River Parrett
River Parrett
The River Parrett flows through the counties of Dorset and Somerset in South West England, from its source in the Thorney Mills springs in the hills around Chedington in Dorset...
.
Bridgwater Bay
Bridgwater Bay
Bridgwater Bay is on the Bristol Channel, north of Bridgwater in Somerset, England at the mouth of the River Parrett and the end of the River Parrett Trail. It consists of large areas of mud flats, saltmarsh, sandflats and shingle ridges, some of which are vegetated...
, a National Nature Reserve
National Nature Reserves in England
National Nature Reserves in England are managed by Natural England and are key places for wildlife and natural features in England. They were established to protect the most important areas of habitat and of geological formations...
, lies to the north of the peninsula, and on the south side of the bay are three coastal commons - from west to east these are Catsford Common, Wall Common and Steart Common.
The main settlement on the peninsula is the village of Steart
Stockland Bristol
Stockland Bristol is a village and civil parish in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, between Bridgwater and the Steart Peninsula. The parish includes the village of Steart.-History:...
, but two other villages, Stockland Bristol
Stockland Bristol
Stockland Bristol is a village and civil parish in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, between Bridgwater and the Steart Peninsula. The parish includes the village of Steart.-History:...
and Otterhampton
Otterhampton
Otterhampton is a village and civil parish in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England, between Bridgwater and the Steart Peninsula.The village lies on Combwich Reach as the River Parrett flows to the sea.-History:...
sit at the peninsula's base. A single minor road links the village of Steart to these other villages. The River Parrett Trail
River Parrett Trail
The River Parrett Trail is a long-distance footpath, following the route of the River Parrett in Somerset, England. The trail, which is long, runs from Chedington in Dorset to the mouth of the river in Bridgwater Bay where it joins the West Somerset Coast Path....
runs along the peninsula.
West of the peninsula are the village of Stolford
Stogursey
Stogursey is the name of a small village and civil parish in the Quantock Hills in Somerset, England. It is situated from Nether Stowey, and west of Bridgwater...
and Hinkley Point
Hinkley Point
Hinkley Point is a headland on the Bristol Channel coast of Somerset, England, five miles north of Bridgwater and five miles west of Burnham-on-Sea, close to the mouth of the River Parrett....
, and to the south is the village of Combwich
Combwich
Combwich is a village in the parish of Otterhampton within the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, between Bridgwater and the Steart Peninsula.The village lies on Combwich Reach as the River Parrett flows to the sea and was the site of an ancient ferry crossing. In the Domesday book it was known as...
.
The Steart peninsula has flooded many times during the last millennium. The most severe
recent floods occurred in 1981. By 1997, a combination of coastal erosion, current sea level rise
Current sea level rise
Current sea level rise potentially impacts human populations and the wider natural environment . Global average sea level rose at an average rate of around 1.8 mm per year over 1961 to 2003 and at an average rate of about 3.1 mm per year from 1993 to 2003...
and wave action had made some
of the defences distinctly fragile and at risk from failure. As a result in 2002 The Environment Agency produced the Stolford to Combwich Coastal Defence Strategy Study to examine options for the future.
In July 2010, the Environment Agency
Environment Agency
The Environment Agency is a British non-departmental public body of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and an Assembly Government Sponsored Body of the Welsh Assembly Government that serves England and Wales.-Purpose:...
presented a plan to convert the peninsula into wetland habitat,
costing £17–20 million.,
which includes land purchase costs of £5–7 million. If the proposed scheme goes ahead it will be the largest wetland habitat creation scheme in England.
The Steart Peninsula is a peninsula
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
in Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, England. At its outermost tip is Fenning Island, at the tip of which is Steart Point. It consists largely of low-lying flat farmland, and projects northwards on the west side of Stockland Reach, the lower stretches of the estuary of the River Parrett
River Parrett
The River Parrett flows through the counties of Dorset and Somerset in South West England, from its source in the Thorney Mills springs in the hills around Chedington in Dorset...
.
Bridgwater Bay
Bridgwater Bay
Bridgwater Bay is on the Bristol Channel, north of Bridgwater in Somerset, England at the mouth of the River Parrett and the end of the River Parrett Trail. It consists of large areas of mud flats, saltmarsh, sandflats and shingle ridges, some of which are vegetated...
, a National Nature Reserve
National Nature Reserves in England
National Nature Reserves in England are managed by Natural England and are key places for wildlife and natural features in England. They were established to protect the most important areas of habitat and of geological formations...
, lies to the north of the peninsula, and on the south side of the bay are three coastal commons - from west to east these are Catsford Common, Wall Common and Steart Common.
The main settlement on the peninsula is the village of Steart
Stockland Bristol
Stockland Bristol is a village and civil parish in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, between Bridgwater and the Steart Peninsula. The parish includes the village of Steart.-History:...
, but two other villages, Stockland Bristol
Stockland Bristol
Stockland Bristol is a village and civil parish in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, between Bridgwater and the Steart Peninsula. The parish includes the village of Steart.-History:...
and Otterhampton
Otterhampton
Otterhampton is a village and civil parish in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England, between Bridgwater and the Steart Peninsula.The village lies on Combwich Reach as the River Parrett flows to the sea.-History:...
sit at the peninsula's base. A single minor road links the village of Steart to these other villages. The River Parrett Trail
River Parrett Trail
The River Parrett Trail is a long-distance footpath, following the route of the River Parrett in Somerset, England. The trail, which is long, runs from Chedington in Dorset to the mouth of the river in Bridgwater Bay where it joins the West Somerset Coast Path....
runs along the peninsula.
West of the peninsula are the village of Stolford
Stogursey
Stogursey is the name of a small village and civil parish in the Quantock Hills in Somerset, England. It is situated from Nether Stowey, and west of Bridgwater...
and Hinkley Point
Hinkley Point
Hinkley Point is a headland on the Bristol Channel coast of Somerset, England, five miles north of Bridgwater and five miles west of Burnham-on-Sea, close to the mouth of the River Parrett....
, and to the south is the village of Combwich
Combwich
Combwich is a village in the parish of Otterhampton within the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, between Bridgwater and the Steart Peninsula.The village lies on Combwich Reach as the River Parrett flows to the sea and was the site of an ancient ferry crossing. In the Domesday book it was known as...
.
The Steart peninsula has flooded many times during the last millennium. The most severe
recent floods occurred in 1981. By 1997, a combination of coastal erosion, current sea level rise
Current sea level rise
Current sea level rise potentially impacts human populations and the wider natural environment . Global average sea level rose at an average rate of around 1.8 mm per year over 1961 to 2003 and at an average rate of about 3.1 mm per year from 1993 to 2003...
and wave action had made some
of the defences distinctly fragile and at risk from failure. As a result in 2002 The Environment Agency produced the Stolford to Combwich Coastal Defence Strategy Study to examine options for the future.
In July 2010, the Environment Agency
Environment Agency
The Environment Agency is a British non-departmental public body of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and an Assembly Government Sponsored Body of the Welsh Assembly Government that serves England and Wales.-Purpose:...
presented a plan to convert the peninsula into wetland habitat,
costing £17–20 million.,
which includes land purchase costs of £5–7 million. If the proposed scheme goes ahead it will be the largest wetland habitat creation scheme in England.The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.