Beeding and Bramber Horticultural Society are having their spring show in the Village Hall, Upper Beeding, from 10:30am to 1:00pm on Saturday March 15th. Last year’s spring show was cancelled due to heavy snow.
Category Archives: Beeding & Bramber
Under-age moto-cross
The Shoreham Herald reports:
Dan Beamish, who co-runs Golding Barn Raceway in Small Dole, visited key stage one children at Upper Beeding Primary School to talk about the extreme sport .. He took along a moto-cross bike, which is used in races, together with the equipment worn while racing. ..
Golding Barn Raceway is a professional moto-cross practice and race facility in Henfield Road. It was built by Danny and Steve Beamish, an ex professional moto-cross racer.
Cross the A283 and live! [update 2]
The Shoreham Herald reports that WSCC Rights of Way Committee has now agreed to the new bridleway that will allow users of the Downs Link to avoid having to cross the A283:
It will run close to the River Adur, passing under the A283 road bridge, through a field, across a ditch and through a wooded highway verge to rejoin the Downs Link at its existing crossing point. It adds 970m to the length of the route.
Mayfield runoff
The LAMBS website has another interesting article, this one on the implications of the Mayfield development for the regional hydrology:
“Every time it rains there would be massive floods which could wipe out Shoreham,” says Frank Preston who worked on the river for 30 years, as a Flood Defence Agent for Southern Water Authority. “The extra impervious run-off from houses and roads, that sort of thing, would just overpower the river.”
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John Donaldson, former Operations Manager for the Environment Agency, with 35 years of experience in the water industry, says he was “horrified” when he heard of the plan. “The impact of the drainage system and surface water run-off will be a nightmare,” he says. “We can hardly manage the run-off that we’ve got at the present time. There’d be even greater flooding without doubt – to land, to property, to road systems and transport – everything. The upland catchment already has enough water in the meadows and fields – we cannot take any more water.”
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[Peter Haworth Booth:] “The implications of Mayfield are enormous. I think a lot of houses just won’t be habitable. I don’t know what the quantities of water are but the speed of the run-off is going to cause mega problems from here down to Bramber.”
Read the rest at the LAMBS website.
Beeding Bridge reopens early
The West Sussex County Times reports that the bridge is to reopen tonight, three days ahead of schedule.
Bramber unbumped
The West Sussex County Times (print edition, February 13th) is reporting that West Sussex County Council has finally agreed to remove all of the speed bumps that have been causing damage to three of Bramber’s oldest houses: Yew Tree Cottage, The Gables and St. Mary’s House (shown above). The campaign by residents against the bumps has lasted for over twenty years.
Cross the A283 and live! [update]
The Shoreham Herald reports:
A new bridleway designed to make the Downs Link at Bramber safer is receiving wide support. West Sussex County Council is consulting on plans to create a new route, parallel to and under the A283, to avoid crossing the busy main road. Jon Perks, principal rights of way officer, has written to residents and landowners for comments on the £77,000 scheme, which should be returned by February 20. .. The new route would pass under the bridge that carries the A283 over the River Adur, 500m south-east of the existing crossing point. It would add about 970m to the route but it is thought the safety benefits outweigh the extra distance to travel, plus, the existing crossing point will remain open for ‘confident’ cyclists and others who wish to take a more direct route. Part of the land is owned by the Crown Estate, which has said it will not raise objection. The track on the south side of the A283 is shared by the county council and a private landowner and both are willing to dedicate it as a bridleway.
The Archaeology of Neanderthals in Sussex
A talk to be given at Beeding & Bramber Local History Society by Dr. Matthew Pope of University College London. At Beeding & Bramber Village Hall, High Street, Upper Beeding at 7.45pm on Wednesday 5th February.
