Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Heswall Dales in 2008, overlooking the River Dee | |
Area of Search | Merseyside |
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Grid reference | SJ261821 |
Coordinates | 53°19′48″N3°06′58″W / 53.330°N 3.116°W Coordinates: 53°19′48″N3°06′58″W / 53.330°N 3.116°W |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 29.6 hectares, 73.1 acres (296,000 m2) |
Notification | 1979 / 1983 |
Natural England website |
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Heswall Dales is an area of some 72 acres (290,000 m2) of lowland heath situated close to Heswall on the Wirral Peninsula, England.
It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest [1] [2] and a Local Nature Reserve. [3] [4] [5] Heswall Dales offers views of the Dee Estuary and over the River Dee the Clwydian Hills of Wales.
Heswall is a town on the Wirral, in the county of Merseyside, England. Administratively, it is a ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. At the time of the 2001 Census, the total population of the ward was 16,012, which included the nearby villages of Barnston and Gayton. The population of the town of Heswall itself was 7,750. By the time of the census 2011 population details for Heswall town were no longer maintained. However the ward's population had decreased to 13,401.
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