Slipper Mill Pond Preservation Association
Registered Charity No:277744

Footpath 203

Description:

The footpath starts from Slipper Road to the north of Slipper Mill. The first section has  been widened and a bike rack has been installed. A Kissing Gate with emergency vehicle access alongside has been installed at the head of the widened area. The footpath follows the pond bank narrowing at the footbridge over the tidal gate structure, and continuing Westwards until it meets Dolphin Creek where it turns North and follows the pond bank along the River Ems to the second set of kissing gates and Chequers Quay.

The path along the crest of the bank as far as Chequers Quay lies in West Sussex. It crosses the county boundary entering Hampshire just before going through Chequers Quay Houses and on to Queen Street, Emsworth,

Designation:

The Rights of Way Section or West Sussex County Council has designated the bank of Slipper Pond as Public Footpath No 203 and likewise the section in Chequers Quay is Hampshire Footpath 701.

Ownership:

The surface is owned by the County Council (who are responsible for its maintenance as well).

None of the documentary information to hand defines the ownership of the underlying bank . The plans accompanying the Leases and other documents in the possession of the SMPPA show that the boundary of the land holding to be the inner face of the bank on the South and West side.

Copy of the Pond area of  WSCC footpath map

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