Cuckmere Estuary Partnership

9 June 2009

Residents, businesses and visitors alike are being encouraged to come forward and share their views about the future of the Cuckmere Estuary in a major public engagement drive launched today by the Cuckmere Estuary Partnership.

The Partnership, which is made up of local and national organisations with responsibility for managing the Estuary, will be holding a series of public meetings, asking people to take part in on-street surveys, and publishing a questionnaire online [click here for link].

Partnership Officer Kate Cole said:  “We want to find out what people really think about this issue. Change at the Estuary seems inevitable.  We are asking how that change can best be managed: what people think about the current options, what we should be aiming to maintain and preserve, and how we can seek to improve the Estuary for visitors in future.

“This is an extremely important issue – not just locally, but nationally. The Cuckmere Estuary is one of the most iconic and well-loved landscapes in the South, and we would urge everyone with an interest to contact the Partnership and get involved in decisions about its future.”

Public meetings will be held in Alfriston on 6 July, Seaford on 8 July and Eastbourne on 13 July. The Partnership expects interest in these events to be high, so booking is essential.  On-street surveys will be held in East Dean, Eastbourne, Lewes, Alfriston and Seaford at the end of June, and a series of themed workshops will take place on 21 and 22 July.