The Chichester Harbour Conservancy Education Service aims to help everyone understand what is special about the harbour, what lives here, who uses the harbour and why we need to look after it.

Find out about field trips and our many educational resources.

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NEWS

  • Open Day Wednesday 6 May 2009
    The education centre at Dell Quay will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m for teachers to see what we offer.  Other centres around Sussex will also be open.
    •    New Ponds for dipping
      Two new ponds for dipping have been constructed near our wheelchair path at Dell Quay.

DID YOU KNOW?

Lots of places are called ...nore - this is an old Anglo Saxon word meaning hard or landing place - Ellanore, Cobnor, Itchenor

Crabs can re-grow their legs. Sometimes they will deliberately remove a damaged one.

There is a colony of around 14 harbour seals living in the harbour

1.5 million people visit the harbour every year

Chichester Harbour Conservancy Education
Harbour Office, Itchenor, Chichester, PO20 7AW.   Tel: 01243 512 301