The Langstone Oyster Beds were restored for nature conservation in 1996 / 97. The following describes the major civil engineering project which achieved this successful restoration and led to the site's designation as Havant Borough Council's first Local Nature Reserve From 1987 the Council explored various options for overcoming the problems of the Oysterbeds including [...]
Oysterbeds
Oyster fishing has been practiced in a number of locations on the shores of Hayling Island since Roman times. The Oyster bed site at the north west of Hayling Island was developed in 1863 by the South of England Oyster Company, on re-claimed mud land created in the construction of Hayling Branch line by the [...]