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Morecambe Hotel & Tourism Association
The Hotel Association was formed in May 2001 as the result of an amalgamation of two previous groups. There are fifty members of the association.
With fifty members already on board, the Morecambe Hotel And Tourism Association can only continue to develop and working closely with tourism services.
The importance of Morecambe Bay cannot be over estimated, both for its own physical terms and also for the natural life which lives in or migrates to the area. Between Walney Island and Fleetwood at the mouth of the Bay, and the coastline behind, is an area of 195 square miles. At extreme low tides 120 square miles are exposed as a sandy desert. It is the largest continuous intertidal area in Britain.
The Bay is fed by five rivers - the Leven, the Kent, the Keer, the Lune and the Wyre. On the east and north of the Bay, the sandflats are bordered by extensive areas of salt marsh, only ever covered by the very highest tides.
As for the bird life of the Bay, Morecambe Bay is the most important estuary in Britain for its total wader population. Morecambe Bay is the third most important estuary in Europe. It is rich in breeding birds but its real importance is as a wintering and passage area for waders and wildfowl.
The Bay is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), is a candidate for European designation as a Special Area of Conservation, it is a Special Protection Area for birds, and is a RAMSAR - recognising the Bay as an international site of importance for waders.
With fifty members already on board, the Morecambe Hotel And Tourism Association can only continue to develop and working closely with tourism services.
The importance of Morecambe Bay cannot be over estimated, both for its own physical terms and also for the natural life which lives in or migrates to the area. Between Walney Island and Fleetwood at the mouth of the Bay, and the coastline behind, is an area of 195 square miles. At extreme low tides 120 square miles are exposed as a sandy desert. It is the largest continuous intertidal area in Britain.
The Bay is fed by five rivers - the Leven, the Kent, the Keer, the Lune and the Wyre. On the east and north of the Bay, the sandflats are bordered by extensive areas of salt marsh, only ever covered by the very highest tides.
As for the bird life of the Bay, Morecambe Bay is the most important estuary in Britain for its total wader population. Morecambe Bay is the third most important estuary in Europe. It is rich in breeding birds but its real importance is as a wintering and passage area for waders and wildfowl.
The Bay is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), is a candidate for European designation as a Special Area of Conservation, it is a Special Protection Area for birds, and is a RAMSAR - recognising the Bay as an international site of importance for waders.