Slipper Mill Pond Preservation Association
Registered Charity No:277744

The West Wall forms the boundary between the Pond and the tidal Dolphin Creek. The wall is made of sandbags and gabions which were placed in the 1980s when the earlier wall was in danger of collapse.

[SMPPA]

A radar survey in 2003 revealed that the core was in a fair state of repair but that the faces needed attention. Detailed inspection revealed that some of the sections of the sand-bagged wall were being eroded by wave action in the pond, and that the footing of the bank was being washed out in places. The Volunteers set to and with the financial assistance of the District and County Councils repaired it.

Chichester Observer - 21st October 2004

Currently volunteers have planted experimental sections of reeds against the West bank to act as an organic protection to limit washout of the core of the bank .

The outside face of the bank is giving cause for concern and the Association is intending to have a geotechnical survey prior to planning any work to ensure the long-term benefit of any repairs.

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