Bembridge Harbour Trust

Bembridge Harbour Trust - Isle of Wight

"To preserve and enhance Bembridge Harbour, its approaches and setting for the benefit of the public, including users of the Harbour and the communities of Bembridge and St Helens”

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Letter to members, June 2020(2)

Dear BHT members, supporters and friends, Mr and Mrs Thorpe’s widely circulated Bembridge Harbour Authority (BHA) Statement on the Bembridge Groyne Project is a long document (click here to read it) which we take the liberty of summarising as follows: BHA have reservations about the usefulness of repairing the groyne. We will support this project, but only when we are … [Read more...] about Letter to members, June 2020(2)

Letter to members, May 2020 (2)

Dear members, friends and supporters As signs increase that we are perhaps coming in sight of moving into what will be the new normal, we bring you some items of news about the harbour. Sewage treatment. As announced in the Isle of Wight County Press on 22nd May, the Statutory Harbour Authority is investing in new biological treatment plants for two houseboats, with a … [Read more...] about Letter to members, May 2020 (2)

Letter to members, April 2020 (2)

Dear MemberWe write to bring you all up to date with developments concerning Bembridge Harbour in the first months of this remarkable year. DredgingAs noted elsewhere, dredging in the harbour was scheduled to recommence in April but has been postponed indefinitely while the corona virus crisis continues. This is understandable enough, although it means that when dredging … [Read more...] about Letter to members, April 2020 (2)

Letter to members, April 2020

Dear Members We hope you and yours are staying well in these extraordinary times - I am sure we are all helping our communities wherever and however we can, even if it is simply by sticking to the restrictions that we know are for the good of all, whether on land or sea. These movement restrictions have recently been reinforced by Hants and IOW Constabulary's Marine … [Read more...] about Letter to members, April 2020

Letter to Members, January 2020

Report on siltation; Latest on the groyne Dear BHT  Members, We wish you a happy new year and hope for a better year for the harbour that so urgently needs dredging and repair. New report on siltation in Bembridge Harbour At the AGM attendees learned that if siltation in Bembridge Harbour is allowed to carry on at its current rate, in as little as 15 years we … [Read more...] about Letter to Members, January 2020