Millennium Terraces

Year Implemented

1998

Project Type

Managed realignment

Country

United Kingdom

Location

Thames Estuary (Greater London)

Longitude

0.0075

Latitude

51.5023

Habitat(s) Created

Mudflat
Reedbed
Saltmarsh

Size

0.5 Hectares

Why Undertaken

Habitat Creation
Demonstration or Pilot Project

Project Description Summary

This project involved reshaping the sea defences around the Greenwich peninsula (over approximately 1400m) to include a shelf of marsh habitat.

As part of this scheme Land reshaped to form stepped terraces (betw. MHW & MHWS).

Documents/References uploaded

References

Colclough, S., Fonseca, L., Astley, T., Thomas, K., Watts, W., 2005. Fish utilisation of managed realignments. Fisheries Management and Ecology 12, 351-360.

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