Adur Landscape Recovery
Land managers working together

Sussex Bay is working with Adur District Council and a range of partners and landowners to revitalise and restore the River Adur in West Sussex. As one of 22 national Landscape Recovery pilots funded by Defra, 27 farmers and land managers are exploring ways to revive floodplains, increase biodiversity and improve water quality through collaboration, open learning and public engagement.

Adur District Council purchased over 110 acres of land, with a view to creating intertidal habitat and wetlands. Working alongside Knepp Wildland Foundation (Weald to Waves), Ouse & Adur Rivers Trust, Sussex Wildlife Trust and Horsham District Council, the project aims to create a new connected corridor of farmed habitats from the estuary in Shoreham-by-sea up to the Knepp Estate, improving resilience to both drought and flooding.