Hambrook is a village in South Gloucestershire, England, situated on the north-eastern outskirts of the city of Bristol….

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Chichester is nicest, provided you are posh enough for them to let you in. Most people live somewhat outside the old part. Billingshurst rather small and get floods of antiquers.

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West Sussex

Baker Barracks is a British Army barracks located on Thorney Island around 6.58 miles (10.59 km) east from Portsmouth, Hampshire.

Although there are not many people currently living on Thorney Island, there are records of settlements stretching back over 900 years.

Public access to the island is strictly limited to the footpath that runs around the foreshore (the Sussex Border Path). It is possible to walk either way around the island, as both directions offer interesting and varied perspectives. The path is clearly waymarked around the island; the waymarker sign is a curlew.

Thorney Island Beach (Prinstead Cove) Thorney Island is part of the maze of waterways that form Chichester Harbour. The beaches are located towards the southern tip of Thorney Island and comprise of some long stretches of shingle and sand with the mud flats of the harbour beyond.

The west side is nice with lots of spots to swim in the calm waters. The eastern side has good views and a more estuary type seascape. I prefer going at high tide, when the waters at the edge. When tides out you have a chance to see seals across the harbour from the south eastern part of the island.

Can you drive on Thorney Island? No, there are no public cars allowed on Thorney Island.

Although the causeway does not reach Fowley Island, and no historical maps show it doing so, it may still have been possible to walk from the causeway to the island on the eel grass that once filled the water bed. The reduction in eel grass over the last century means that such a crossing is no longer possible.

• Palmers Road. 125 spaces. 46 minto destination.
• The Crown Hotel. 19 spaces. 46 minto destination.
• South Street. 106 spaces. 47 minto destination.
• North Street. 39 spaces. 48 minto destination.
• Emsworth Station. 7 spaces. 52 minto destination.
• Station Approach. 10 spaces. 53 minto destination.
• Bridge Road. 51 spaces.
• Bosham Lane. 360 spaces.

So far as I can ascertain, the nearest breeding colony for Grey seals to the west of Chichester Harbour is on the Mew Stone at the mouth of the River Dart and at Peartree Point south of Start Point, both in south Devon.

Fluffy little Grey Seal pups can be spotted during the breeding season from late November to early January near Langstone Harbour, Hayling Island.

Chichester Harbour

Here are three of our favorite California haunts for sea lions and seals.

• King Harbor Marina, Redondo Beach. King Harbor is known for a bounty of (sometime seasonal) seals who like to hang out on a platform barge in the marina.
• Channel Islands National Park and Marine Sanctuary.
• Children’s Pool Beach, La Jolla.

The Thames Estuary is home to harbour seals, grey seals, harbour porpoises and sometimes even dolphins and whales! ZSL has been collecting public sightings of these marine mammals since 2004 and they are frequently sighted all the way up to Richmond.

Off the south coast of Devon, there are just two regular sites where you can spot grey seals – at the Mew Stone off the River Dart, viewable from Froward Point, and at Peartree Point, south of Start Point.

They are seen all year round in the seas around Devon. The most common cetacean in our coastal waters is the Harbour Porpoise.

Common seals are – as the name suggests – the most common type of seal found around the UK. Although they are found all around the coastline of the British Isles the highest populations are found around Scotland and along the eastern coast of England. They are also found throughout the colder waters of northern Europe.

Canary Wharf

The big seal haul out Grey seal mothers haul out onto beaches between October and January to give birth. They spend three weeks ashore weaning their newborn pups with fatty milk, before abandoning their young and mating again. After they have mated, adult seals will take to the sea to feed.

Seal Beach Pier is located above the Pacific Ocean in Seal Beach. Seal Beach is named for seals and as you enter the pier, you’ll see more than one icon to commemorate the beloved ocean creatures that frequented the area often, and now on occasion.

Seals are the largest land breeding mammal in the UK and can be very intimidating in the water. Seals default is to choose flight over fight, but they are most likely to be aggressive if you come between:- • them and their escape route to safety – the open sea. Never surround or corner a seal.

They have a similar level of intelligence to a dog. Whilst they are strong and powerful with huge teeth these are highly unlikely to be used aggressively towards you – playfully yes, but even then they can be incredibly gentle.

“Seals are like toddlers, they will put anything in their mouth.” She added that seals carried diseases which were highly infectious to humans so even a small bite could cause serious harm. “You should never swim over to where they are because that’s when you get issues,” she said.

Kirsty Brown was dragged underwater by the seal while snorkeling near Rothera research station on the Antarctic Peninsula. Kirsty is the first person we know of to have been killed by a leopard seal.