Sites
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| Site name | Reason for designation | Area | Coordinates & Grid ref | Year in which notified | Other designations | Map & Citation | ||
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| Biological interest | Geological interest | Hectares | Acres | |||||
| Abberton Reservoir | Y | 718.3 | 1,775.0 | TL981181 |
1955 | Bird sanctuary, SPA, WT, NCR, Ramsar site | ||
| Ardleigh Gravel Pit | Y | 0.8 | 1.9 | TM055281 |
1992 | GCR | ||
| Ashdon Meadows | Y | 1.4 | 3.4 | TL591401 |
1974 | |||
| Basildon Meadows | Y | 6.8 | 16.8 | TQ706867 |
1974 | CP | ||
| Belcher's & Broadfield Woods | Y | 14.4 | 35.6 | TL809267 |
1966 | WT | ||
| Benfleet and Southend Marshes | Y | 2,373.7 | 5,865.5 | TQ844840 |
1987 | SPA, LNR, WT, NNR, NCR, Ramsar site | ||
| Blackwater Estuary | Y | 4,403.5 | 10,881.2 | TL888055 |
1955 | SPA, NNR, NCR, SAC | ||
| Blake's Wood & Lingwood Common | Y | 87.3 | 215.8 | TL772067 |
1955 | NT | ||
| Bovingdon Hall Woods | Y | 71.3 | 176.3 | TL759287 |
1979 | |||
| Bullock Wood | Y | 23.5 | 58.1 | TM019279 |
1985 | |||
| Canvey Wick | Y | 93.2 | 230.3 | TQ760834 |
2005 | |||
| Cattawade Marshes | Y | 89.2 | 220.5 | TM095330 |
1974 | AONB, SPA, ESA, NT, Ramsar site | ||
| Chalkney Wood | Y | 73.7 | 182.2 | TL874277 |
1955 | SAM, CP | ||
| Clacton Cliffs & Foreshore | Y | 26.3 | 65.0 | TM157134 |
1986 | GCR | ||
| Colne Estuary | Y | Y | 2,986.5 | 7,379.7 | TM054165 |
1955 | SAM, CP, Crown estate, SPA, ESA, GCR, NNR, NT, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC | |
| Cornmill Stream and Old River Lea | Y | 25.1 | 61.9 | TL379011 |
1986 | |||
| Crouch and Roach estuaries | Y | 1,746.0 | 4,314.4 | TQ868966 |
1990 | SPA, LNR, WT, Ramsar site, SAC | ||
| Curtismill Green | Y | 47.8 | 118.1 | TQ517966 |
1955 | |||
| Danbury Common | Y | 71.0 | 175.3 | TL778046 |
1955 | WT, NT | ||
| Debden Water | Y | 21.3 | 52.6 | TL537339 |
1966 | |||
| Dengie | Y | Y | 3,132.4 | 7,740.4 | TM030007 |
1955 | SPA, GCR, NNR, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC | |
| Elsenham Woods | Y | 44.4 | 109.8 | TL561253 |
1974 | |||
| Epping Forest | Y | 1,790.1 | 4,423.4 | TQ411981 |
1953 | SAM, NCR, SAC | ||
| Foulness | Y | 10,946.2 | 27,048.5 | TR036910 |
1993 | SAM, SPA, ESA, LNR, WT, MOD, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC | ||
| Garnetts Wood / Barnston Lays | Y | 25.0 | 61.8 | TL636182 |
1974 | CP | ||
| Garrold's Meadow | Y | 5.0 | 12.4 | TQ823887 |
1988 | |||
| Glemsford Pits | Y | 33.2 | 82.1 | TL841462 |
1974 | ESA | ||
| Globe Pit | Y | 0.4 | 0.9 | TQ625782 |
1953 | GCR | ||
| Goldsands Road Pit | Y | 1.2 | 2.8 | TQ960990 |
1986 | GCR | ||
| Grays Thurrock Chalk Pit | Y | 17.3 | 42.7 | TQ609789 |
1953 | WT | ||
| Great Wood & Dodd's Grove | Y | 37.1 | 91.7 | TQ819877 |
1981 | LNR | ||
| Hainault Forest | Y | 135.3 | 334.4 | TQ478938 |
1986 | |||
| Hales And Shadwell Woods | Y | 15.4 | 37.9 | TL571403 |
1973 | NNR, NCR | ||
| Hall's Quarry | Y | 0.7 | 1.7 | TL518279 |
1987 | GCR | ||
| Hamford Water | Y | 2,188.6 | 5,408.1 | TM228251 |
1956 | SPA, NNR, NCR, Ramsar site | ||
| Hangman's Wood & Deneholes | Y | 5.2 | 12.8 | TQ630793 |
1992 | SAM | ||
| Hanningfield Reservoir | Y | 402.9 | 995.6 | TQ732983 |
1966 | Bird sanctuary | ||
| Harlow Woods | Y | 45.2 | 111.6 | TL440066 |
1974 | LNR | ||
| Harwich Foreshore | Y | 10.3 | 25.5 | TM263321 |
1986 | GCR | ||
| Hatfield Forest | Y | 410.8 | 1,015.1 | TL538202 |
1956 | SAM, WT, NNR, NT, NCR | ||
| High Wood, Dunmow | Y | 41.5 | 102.6 | TL603219 |
1974 | |||
| Hockley Woods | Y | 92.1 | 227.6 | TQ832917 |
1988 | LNR | ||
| Holehaven Creek | Y | 272.8 | 674.2 | TQ751829 |
2003 | |||
| Holland Haven Marshes | Y | 210.6 | 520.5 | TM222178 |
1992 | CP, ESA, LNR | ||
| Holland-on-sea Cliff | Y | 0.1 | 0.2 | TM211166 |
1992 | GCR | ||
| Hunsdon Mead | Y | 34.2 | 84.6 | TL417109 |
1980 | WT | ||
| Inner Thames Marshes | Y | 485.9 | 1,200.6 | TQ533802 |
1986 | |||
| Lion Pit | Y | 2.4 | 5.9 | TQ598782 |
1953 | GCR | ||
| Little Hallingbury Marsh | Y | 4.5 | 11.0 | TL492171 |
1990 | |||
| Little Oakley Channel Deposit | Y | 3.0 | 7.3 | TM223296 |
1990 | GCR | ||
| Lofts Farm Pit | Y | 4.6 | 11.4 | TL864091 |
GCR | |||
| Maldon Cutting | Y | 0.2 | 0.4 | TL841067 |
1986 | GCR | ||
| Marks Tey Brickpit | Y | 29.8 | 73.7 | TL910243 |
1979 | GCR | ||
| Mill Meadows | Y | 6.8 | 16.7 | TQ680941 |
1999 | LNR | ||
| Mucking Flats and Marshes | Y | 312.7 | 772.7 | TQ701803 |
1991 | SPA, Ramsar site, | ||
| Newney Green Pit | Y | 0.1 | 0.2 | TL648064 |
1989 | GCR | ||
| Norsey Wood | Y | 65.6 | 162.2 | TQ687954 |
1989 | SAM, LNR | ||
| Nunn Wood | Y | 9.5 | 23.5 | TL562429 |
1972 | |||
| Pitsea Marsh | Y | 92.3 | 228.2 | TQ741869 &
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1974 | CP | ||
| Purfleet Chalk Pits | Y | 9.8 | 24.3 | TQ563784 |
1986 | GCR | ||
| Purfleet Road, Aveley | Y | 4.0 | 9.8 | TQ555799 |
1998 | |||
| Quendon Wood | Y | 33.5 | 82.8 | TL516297 |
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| Riddles Wood | Y | 37.9 | 93.8 | TM129178 |
1956 | |||
| River Ter | Y | 6.4 | 15.8 | TL738157 |
1994 | GCR | ||
| Roding Valley Meadows | Y | 19.3 | 47.8 | TQ435952 |
1987 | LNR, WT | ||
| Roman River | Y | 282.0 | 696.8 | TL996206 |
1973 | ESA, MOD | ||
| Sandbeach Meadows | Y | 29.4 | 72.6 | TM021050 |
1987 | |||
| St. Osyth Pit | Y | 0.1 | 0.2 | TM119170 |
1987 | GCR | ||
| Stour And Copperas Woods, Ramsey | Y | 78.2 | 193.2 | TM190311 |
1953 | ESA, WT, RSPB, WT | ||
| Stour Estuary | Y | Y | 2,248.0 | 5,555.0 | TM182331 |
2003 | AONB, Crown estate, SPA, ESA, GCR, LNR, WT, NCR, Ramsar site, RSPB | |
| The Cliff, Burnham-on-crouch | Y | 3.9 | 9.6 | TQ921967 |
1986 | GCR | ||
| The Coppice, Kelvedon Hatch | Y | 9.3 | 23.1 | TQ573992 |
1986 | |||
| The Naze | Y | 24.9 | 61.5 | TM265234 |
1959 | GCR | ||
| Thorndon Park | Y | 148.5 | 367 | TQ604921 |
1966 | CP | ||
| Thrift Wood, Woodham Ferrers | Y | 19.5 | 48.1 | TL791018 |
1987 | WT | ||
| Thundersley Great Common | Y | 9.1 | 22.4 | TQ797894 |
1987 | |||
| Tiptree Heath | Y | 24.6 | 60.7 | TL882146 |
1973 | |||
| Turnford and Cheshunt Pits | Y | 174.4 | 431.0 | TL373023 |
CP, SPA, Ramsar site | |||
| Upper Colne Marshes | Y | 113.2 | 279.7 | TM028225 |
1992 | ESA | ||
| Vange & Fobbing Marshes | Y | 167.3 | 413.4 | TQ731838 &
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1987 | WT | ||
| Waltham Abbey | Y | 33.8 | 83.6 | TL376019 |
1974 | SAM | ||
| Weeleyhall Wood | Y | 31.6 | 78.0 | TM158209 |
1974 | WT | ||
| West Thurrock Lagoon & Marshes | Y | 66.5 | 164.3 | TQ586764 |
1991 | |||
| West Wood, Little Sampford | Y | 23.9 | 59.1 | TL620332 |
1973 | WT | ||
| Wivenhoe Gravel Pit | Y | 1.0 | 2.5 | TM050235 |
1992 | GCR | ||
| Woodham Walter Common | Y | 79.7 | 196.8 | TL789060 |
1953 | WT | ||
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