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An area of floodplain which has been restored from farmland as part of a conservation project.
©Terry Jones
A carved wooden sphere with relief illustrations of birds and plants, adjacent to a path on the Ouse Estuary Nature Reserve.
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.1km<br/>A reed bed to the south of one of the paths through the reserve.
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.2km<br/>7.45am on Easter Day, and this rabbit on the Ouse Estuary nature reserve makes a seasonal subject.
©Stephen Craven
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©Nigel Chadwick
Dist:0.3km<br/>On the Avis Way near Newhaven Harbour
©Paul Gillett
Dist:0.3km<br/>Covering most of the area between the harbour and Seaford Road, the A259. It is also part of a pay off to develop a new access road to the port as well as a business park the area having a long history as a wetland and at various times the Ouse itself followed a course that bought it over to the eastern side of the flood plain on its way to the medieval mouth at Seaford. Centuries of reclamation and river diversion mean the Ouse is now on the western side though the flood plain remains and since 1993 there has a been a partial return to its origins though part remains grazing land and this section known as a washland has been left to retain water when it is needed. The nature reserve itself has been opened since about 2005 and has dedicated all weather footpaths and cycle tracks going through it.
©Simon Carey
Dist:0.3km<br/>A former warehouse of Parker Pen built in 1983 beyond is the rear of The Drove Retail Park.
©Simon Carey
Dist:0.4km<br/>A wooden sign adjacent to the cycle track. For context see [[2381353]].
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.4km<br/>A segregated cycle track parallel to the main road through the edge of the Ouse Estuary Nature Reserve.
©Stephen Craven
Dist:0.4km<br/>Pen making has been going on at this site since 1921 when a former army camp was converted into a small factory by Felix MacCauley. His business was taken over by Valentines in 1932 who made the first changes to the factory and during the war made precision parts for torpedoes and firing pins. They in turn were taken over by Parker Pen in 1945 who have been here ever since though since its acquisition by Sanfords the site has been downgraded and most of its functions moved elsewhere. The embankment in the garden is a former river bank, the Ouse once formed an S shape from the northern tip of what is now Denton Island until it was straightened in the mid 19th century.
©Simon Carey
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©David Howard
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©Nigel Chadwick
Dist:0.4km<br/>This roundabout on the A259 east of Newhaven is also seen on photo [[2374863]] (submitted the same day this one was taken!).
©Stephen Craven
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©Nigel Chadwick

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