sunderlandpoint.net
Sunderland Point
https://www.sunderlandpoint.net
About us
Originally established to work with Lancaster City Council and the Environment Agency to organise domestic flood defences systems. Its role has developed to be the focal point of contact with all official external bodies who may impact the daily life of Sunderland Point, as well as to work on behalf of residents on any matter of concern.
Visitors
There is no car park at Sunderland Point and owners of cars left on the shingle at the end of the road by the public toilets are reminded this also can be covered by the tide. Please take great care on the causeway if arriving by car. As well as being covered by the tide, the road is very muddy, with parts in poor condition. ...
Natural World
The mudflats and salt marsh around Sunderland Point are also registered a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Special Protection Area in the Morecambe Bay and Dudden estuary area, designated by Natural England for the conservation of wild birds.. Sunderland Point is further included in the Morecambe Bay area as a 'Wetland of International Importance', especially as a waterfowl ...
Environment
Environment - in our special context - means the effect of the sea and tides on Sunderland Point. The village is defined by the tidal estuary as the river enters the Irish Sea. ... The sea has eroded away over 100 metres of the Point End. The action of the sea undermines the causeway, it washes sands and muds from Morecambe Bay into the ...
Buildings
In 1894 Sunderland point opened its own Mission Church. The last house built on the Point dates in origin from 1927. First Terrace. On this terrace with the old wharf in front, the buildings had a varied mix of original uses. What was the Ship Inn sits on the corner with The Lane, further along has been warehousing, a general smithy, a custom ...
Artists
The tidal causeway has ensured that Sunderland Point retains an atmosphere of a time passed, a small microcosm of history - a ghost of the eighteenth century. Add to this the mesmeric ebb and flow of the river and sea against the wide horizons to the Forest of Bowland and Pennines to the East and the vastness of Morecambe Bay to the West.