Hurst Castle And Lymington River Estuary Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Hurst Castle And Lymington River Estuary is a 1109.93 hectare
biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), in southwest Hampshire
, notified in 1961.
It includes the following areas:
Hectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...
biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), in southwest Hampshire
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
, notified in 1961.
It includes the following areas:
- Keyhaven, Pennington, Oxey and Normandy Marshes.
- Hurst Castle spit