Bramber Brooks Nature Reserve

Nestled on the edge of Bramber village, lies Bramber Brooks Nature Reserve.

Stretching over 40 acres, from the foot of Bramber Castle across to the River Adur, the site Is a special one of both natural and archaeological importance. Formerly a  floodplain, the brooks now form part of the larger River Adur Water Meadows Local Wildlife Site, valuable for its wetland plants.

Within the Reserve is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, containing some of the only undisturbed medieval salterns along the south coast. The cut paths that wind round the reserve, lead visitors over these remnants of the medieval salt trade.

A thriving community orchard, established in 2018, lies to the east. Planted with a wide range of heritage apple trees, these include Sussex heritage varieties Egremont Russet and Sussex Mother.

To the Western side of Bramber Brooks, is a gated enclosure which order to protect the local wildlife, is a designated ‘dog free area’.

Horsham District Council acquired the site in January 2024 and look forward to working with our residents to preserve this valuable community asset.

Important Information - Environment Agency Work at Bramber Brooks
Regular visitors to Bramber Brooks will be aware that the Environment Agency have been on-site  to construct a series of wetland ponds.
This work will improve both the wetland habitat and create raised walkways, which will help facilitate public access all year-round.
Find out more about what the project and read the Frequently Asked Questions.

Update November 2024
Due to the heavy rainfall in September, reluctantly the team have been unable to finish the works as planned and have now had to pull off site due to the adverse ground conditions. 
Until the EA return in April 2025 to complete the work, for health and safety reasons, the fence will remain in place.

Longer-term as a Council, this winter we will be developing our site management plan with one of the first actions being to reduce the overall amount of scrub on site. We intend to start this work in early 2025 (weather permitting).

If you would like to know more about our future plans, please join us at forthcoming our drop-in event.

Drop-in Event
Beeding and Bramber Village Hall
Wednesday 27th November 
4pm - 7pm  

If you would like to know more about the future plans for the brooks, talk to our ecologists and site managers, or if there are any questions you would like answered, please join us at our informal drop-in event.

Simply pop along between 4pm - 7pm.

We look forward to seeing you there.

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