Chesworth Farm path and pond improvements
A programme of improvement works along the Riverside Walk path at Parlour Mead and Tip Field is expected to start week commencing 6 March 2023, lasting approximately 5 weeks.
This will include the installation of a new viewing platform, bridge, and 100m surfaced path.
The new path will replace the current route, which has been notoriously wet and muddy, and will provide undisturbed views of Parlour Mead field as well as giving more space for nature and encouraging timid species including wading birds such as Little egret, Water rail and Woodcock.
In addition, further habitat improvement works will focus on the ponds and wetland area between the two fields.
A specialist team from the Environment Agency will be restoring the two existing ponds, installing an additional pond and linking them together in a wetland-complex.
This should be visible from the new platform and make good use of an area that regularly floods.
The section affected is the southerly section of the dotted line between points 29 and 30 on the map to the right.
The map below shows the location of the new path (shown in green), which will replace the current path (shown in red).
During the works it is excepted that the path section adjacent to Tip Field from Pedlars Way, along the River Arun, and following on through Parlour Mead field may be closed at times.
Please follow the on-site signage for diversion routes.
This project is funded by developer contributions to HDC and is kindly supported by The Friends of Chesworth Farm, who are contributing toward the project with funds raised by donations.