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with an involvement in conservation to try and manage effectively our response
to the changing world.
Appendix
A summary table of Essex SSSIs at August 1997
NOTE: SSSI status confers no right of access onto the land. Landowner's
permission must always he sought prior to a visit. Further details of individual
sites, including the boundary and site description can be obtained from English
Nature or the Local Planning Authority.
KEY
geol - SSSI notified for its geological or geomorphological features
(geol) - part(s) of the site notified for geological or geomorphological features
GL - wholly or partly within Greater London (Metropolitan Essex)
H - partly within Hertfordshire
C - partly within Cambridgeshire
S - partly within Suffolk
NNR - designated in part as a National Nature Reserve
LNR - designated wholly or in part as a Local Nature Reserve
Int - subject wholly or in part to an international designation ie SPA, Ramsar site or
candidate SAC
Site name Area (hectares) Notes (see key above
Abberton Reservoir 716.3 Int
Ardleigh Gravel Pit 1.2 geol
Ashdon Meadows 1.5
Basildon Meadows 6.5
Belcher's & Broadfield Woods 14.4
Benfleet & Southend Marshes 2099.7 NNR, Int
Blackwater Estuary 57.37.4 (geol) NNR, Int
Blake's Wood & Lingwood Common 93.2
Bovingdon Hall Woods 69.4
Bullock Wood 23.3
Cattawade Marshes 88.2 S
Chalkney Wood 72.6
Chingford Reservoirs 390.9 CL
Clacton Cliffs & Foreshore 26.1 geol
The Clift", Burnham-on-Crouch 4.0 geol
Colne Estuary 2915.2 (geol) NNR, Int