Milton Gate Marsh

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Milton Gate Marsh
Site of Special Scientific Interest
The Weald Way crosses the Railway near Milton Gate - geograph.org.uk - 866710.jpg
Area of Search East Sussex
Grid reference TQ 537 058 [1]
InterestBiological
Area17.7 hectares (44 acres) [1]
Notification 1992 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Milton Gate Marsh is a 17.7-hectare (44-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Eastbourne in East Sussex. [1] [2]

Site of Special Scientific Interest Conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom

A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man. SSSI/ASSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in the United Kingdom are based upon them, including national nature reserves, Ramsar sites, Special Protection Areas, and Special Areas of Conservation. The acronym "SSSI" is often pronounced "triple-S I".

Eastbourne Town and Borough in England

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East Sussex County of England

East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent to the north and east, Surrey to the north west and West Sussex to the west, and to the south by the English Channel.

This site consists of two areas of alluvial wetland in the valleys of the River Cuckmere and one of its tributaries. There is a rich variety of invertebrates, including seventeen nationally scarce species such as the sallow clearwing moth and the beetles Ochthebius exaratus and Stenolphus skrimshiranus . [3]

River Cuckmere river in the United Kingdom

The River Cuckmere rises near Heathfield in East Sussex, England on the southern slopes of the Weald. The name of the river probably comes from an Old English word meaning "fast-flowing", since it descends over 100 m (328 ft) in its initial four miles (6.4 km). It flows into the English Channel, and has the only undeveloped river mouth on the Sussex coast.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Milton Gate Marsh". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  2. "Map of Milton Gate Marsh". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  3. "Milton Gate Marsh citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 17 January 2019.

Coordinates: 50°49′52″N0°10′52″E / 50.831°N 0.181°E / 50.831; 0.181

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