]> 2026-04-12T06:58:15+00:00 Case study:River Adur - Shipley weir removal 500 en Approved Weir removal Deculverting Weir modification Environment Agency Ouse and Adur Rivers Trust Royal HaskoningDHV Great Britain Adur and Ouse WFD pilot catchment No Yes Yes false Shipley Weir.jpg During removal.JPG Digger work.JPG Restored section looking downstream.JPG Shipley weir in Winter Dam removal Digger work Restored section looking downstream No Gareth Williams Environment Agency Environment Agency Ouse and Adur Rivers Trust Starting this project late in the year meant we had had to pull out when the weather turned. The welfare unit left on site was repeatedly flooded costing the project up to £40,000. Lesson learnt, try and secure funding as early as possible so you can programme the works to co-incide with the nice weather. 50.984059211376,-0.36705493927002 Glwilliams Gareth Environment Agency Williams Weir removal, Deculverting, Weir modification,,, ,,, Gareth Williams Environment Agency A fish survey was carried out before the structure was completely removed and this data will be used to compare future surveys and monitor the effects this project has had on the existing fish communities and whether the work has increased the diversity of species present in this stretch of the Adur. Gareth Peter Damon Williams King Block 21267 Ouse and Adur Rivers Trust, Royal HaskoningDHV Shipley weir Gareth Williams Environment Agency Arpha-update-nov 2013.jpg 2013-08-08Z 2456512.5 Complete The Adur Restoration of Physical Habitat Action plan (ARPHA) aims to improve riparian habitats, restore natural river and floodplain processes, reduce downstream flooding and improve biodiversity. The latest success for this project is the removal of Shipley tilting gate. This Environment Agency owned and maintained structure on the Knepp estate on the Western arm of the Adur was preventing fish passage and impounding the river upstream. In partnership with the Ouse and Adur Rivers Trust (OART) the South Downs Fisheries and Biodiversity team led a project to remove the gate and stabilise the clay banks with brushwood terracing. This not only removed a significant barrier to fish passage but it has also helped restore natural river processes which will be beneficial to wider biodiversity as whole. The Arun and Adur operations field team with specialist help from the Ouse operations field team were the main contractors. Using their experience of the Knepp restoration project just downstream they carried out a very professional job and were praised by the designers, OART and everyone else involved with the project. The Arun and Adur Asset Performance Team helped with the engineering aspect as well as contractor management and finance. This project has achieved Water Framework Directive (WFD) objectives for this waterbody and is an excellent example of another successful partnership project with OART. River Adur - Shipley weir removal river adur - shipley weir removal No 1000 Adur and Ouse South East R. Adur West r. adur west Peter King Ouse and Adur Rivers Trust 10 - 100 km² 85 Less than 100 m R. Adur West GB107041012290 £37k was spent on replacing a welfare unit that was damaged in winter flooding. Cost of project would have been £40k otherwise Fisheries Flood risk management Habitat and biodiversity Hydromorphology Low Small Calcareous GB107041012290 R. Adur West Damon Block Environment Agency 2014-03-10Z 2456726.5 2013-08-28Z 2456532.5 2014-12-15T09:26:36Z 2457006.8934722 2017-06-06T12:27:17Z 2457911.0189468 River Adur - Shipley weir removal 500 1 plainlist 5 [[Category:Case study]] [[Project title::!River Adur - Shipley weir removal]] [[Subcatchment title::R. Adur West]] River Adur - Shipley weir removal# QUERY683f5299a15be271f172fa58c42b3659 500 1 list 3 [[Category:Case study]] [[Parent project::Case study:River Adur - Shipley weir removal]] River Adur - Shipley weir removal# QUERY0801b5706a7558b00b83ca32fbd54929 500 [2,"smw_unitnotallowed","\u00a3"] River Adur - Shipley weir removal# ERR7c4821480ce616a602940635f30465e2