List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Essex
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This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Essex
. For other counties, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
. For other counties, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.
- Abberton Reservoir Abberton ReservoirAbberton Reservoir is an artificial body of water located close to the coast of Essex in the east of England. It is 5 miles south-west of Colchester near the village of Layer de la Haye. Its geographical coordinates are ....
- Ardleigh Gravel Pit
- Ashdon Meadows
- Basildon Meadows
- Belcher's & Broadfield Woods
- Benfleet And Southend Marshes
- Blackwater Estuary Blackwater EstuaryThe Blackwater Estuary is the estuary of the Essex River Blackwater in south-east England.Oysters have been harvested from the estuary for more than a thousand years and there are remains of Anglo-Saxon era fish traps. At the head of the estuary is the town of Maldon, which is a centre of salt...
- Blake's Wood & Lingwood Common
- Bovingdon Hall Woods
- Bullock Wood
- Canvey Wick
- Cattawade Marshes
- Chalkney Wood
- Clacton Cliffs & Foreshore
- Colne Estuary
- Cornmill Stream and Old River Lea Cornmill Stream and Old River LeaThe Cornmill Stream and Old River Lea is a Site of Special Scientific Interest which is located within the River Lee Country Park at Waltham Abbey Essex.- Location :...
- Crouch And Roach Estuaries
- Curtismill Green
- Danbury Common
- Debden Water
- DengieDengie SPADengie SPA is a Special Protection Area on the North Sea coast of the English county of Essex.It consists of large, remote area of tidal mud-flats and salt marshes at the eastern end of the Dengie peninsula between the estuaries of the Blackwater and Crouch. St...
- Elsenham Woods
- Epping Forest Epping ForestEpping Forest is an area of ancient woodland in south-east England, straddling the border between north-east Greater London and Essex. It is a former royal forest, and is managed by the City of London Corporation....
- Foulness FoulnessFoulness is an island on the east coast of Essex in England, which is separated from the mainland by narrow creeks. The large island had a usually resident population of 212 people in the 2001 census, who live in the settlements of Churchend and Courtsend, at the north end of Foulness. The island...
- Garnetts Wood / Barnston Lays
- Garrold's Meadow
- Glemsford Pits
- Globe Pit
- Goldsands Road Pit
- Grays Thurrock Chalk Pit
- Great Wood & Dodd's Grove
- Hainault Forest
- Hales And Shadwell Woods
- Hall's Quarry
- Hamford Water
- Hangman's Wood & Deneholes
- Hanningfield Reservoir Hanningfield ReservoirHanningfield Reservoir is an artificial body of water in Essex, south of Chelmsford, and is owned by Essex and Suffolk Water. The reservoir was formed by flooding an area of South Hanningfield covering the ancient hamlet of Peasdown although contrary to popular belief, no buildings survive under...
- Harlow Woods
- Harwich Foreshore
- Hatfield Forest Hatfield ForestHatfield Forest in Essex, England lies between the parishes of Little Hallingbury and Takeley, and covers 1,049 acres of woodland, grassland with trees, lake and marsh. It is approximately 40 minutes north east of London by car, just off Junction 8 of the M11 motorway. Bishop's Stortford and...
- High Wood, Dunmow
- Hockley Woods
- Holehaven Creek
- Holland Haven Marshes
- Holland-on-sea Cliff
- Hunsdon Mead
- Inner Thames Marshes
- Lion Pit
- Little Hallingbury Marsh
- Little Oakley Channel Deposit
- Lofts Farm Pit
- Loughton Brook
- Maldon Cutting
- Marks Tey Brickpit
- Mill Meadows, Billericay
- Mucking Flats And Marshes
- Newney Green Pit
- Norsey Wood Norsey WoodNorsey Wood is a mixed coppice woodland situated in Billericay, Essex, England. The nature reserve covers an area of 67.17 hectares or , and consists of a variety of habitats due to its distinctive, underlying geology. It has a remarkable history that has been calculated to go back some 4,000 years...
- Nunn Wood
- Pitsea Marsh
- Purfleet Chalk Pits
- Purfleet Road, Aveley
- Quendon Wood
- Riddles Wood
- River Ter River TerThe River Ter is a river in Essex, England that houses various aquatic creatures, such as the marsh heron famous for its large red bill. The river rises in Stebbing Green and flowing via Terling it joins the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation at near Rushes Lock. A small part of it, near Great...
- Roding Valley Meadows
- Roman River
- Sandbeach Meadows
- St. Osyth Pit
- Stour And Copperas Woods, Ramsey
- Stour Estuary
- The Cliff, Burnham-on-crouch
- The Coppice, Kelvedon Hatch
- The Naze
- Thorndon Park
- Thrift Wood, Woodham Ferrers
- Thundersley Great Common
- Tiptree Heath Tiptree HeathTiptree Heath is a hamlet in the Colchester District, in the county of Essex. Nearby settlements include the villages of Tiptree, Great Totham, Great Braxted and little Totham. For transport there is the B1022 road which the hamlet is on, and the B1023 road and the A12 road . There is a nature...
- Turnford and Cheshunt Pits Turnford and Cheshunt PitsThe Turnford and Cheshunt Pits is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the English counties of Hertfordshire and Essex and covers a total of 428.17 acres . -Location:...
- Upper Colne Marshes
- Vange & Fobbing Marshes
- Waltham Abbey
- Weeleyhall Wood
- West Thurrock Lagoon & Marshes
- West Wood, Little Sampford
- Wivenhoe Gravel Pit
- Woodham Walter Common