Marine Special Protection Areas: Classified and potential SPAs with intertidal elements in the UK and the ports and harbours located within or near them.

Table showing classified and potential SPAs with an intertidal element in the UK, and the ports and harbours located within or near them.

Name of marine Special Protection Area

Ports and harbours

Ailsa Craig

(Scotland)

None identified

Alde-Ore Estuary

(England)

None identified

Alt Estuary

(England)

Liverpool

Auskerry

(Scotland)

Kirkwall

Belfast Lough

(Northern Ireland)

Belfast, Carrickfergus

Benacre to Easton Bavents

(England)

Lowestoft

Benfleet and Southend Marshes

(England)

(see Thames Estuary and Marshes)

Blackwater Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast)

(England)

Brightlingsea, Maldon

Breydon Water

(England)

Great Yarmouth

Bridgend Flats, Islay

(Scotland)

None identified

Buchan Ness to Collieston

(Scotland)

Fraserburgh

Burry Inlet

(Wales)

Burry

Calf of Eday

(Scotland)

None identified

Canna & Sanday

(Scotland)

None identified

Cape Wrath

(Scotland)

None identified

Carlingford Lough

(Northern Ireland)

Warrenpoint

Castlemartin Coast

(Wales)

Milford Haven, Pembroke Dock

Chesil Beach and The Fleet

(England)

Portland

Chichester and Langstone Harbours

(England)

Chichester, Langstone

Coll

(Scotland)

None identified

Colne Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast)

(England)

Brightlingsea

Coquet Island

(England)

None identified

Copinsay

(Scotland)

None identified

Cromarty Firth (proposed)

(Scotland)

Cromarty Firth, Invergordon

Deben Estuary

(England)

Felixstowe

River Crouch Marshes (Mid-Essex Coast)

(England)

Crouch

Dengie (Mid-Essex Coast)

(England)

Brightlingsea, Colchester, Crouch

Dornoch Firth & Loch Fleet

(Scotland)

None identified

Duddon Estuary

(England)

None identified

Dungeness to Pett Levels (proposed)

(England)

Rye

East Sanday Coast

(Scotland)

None identified

Exe Estuary

(England)

Exmouth

Fair Isle

(Scotland)

None identified

Farne Islands

(England)

None identified

Fetlar

(Scotland)

None identified

Firth of Forth (proposed)

(Scotland)

Burntisland, Grangemouth, Kirkcaldy, Leith, Methil

Firth of Tay & Eden Estuary (proposed)

(Scotland)

Dundee, Perth

Flamborough Head and Bempton Cliffs

(England)

Bridlington

Flannan Isles

(Scotland)

None identified

Forth Islands

(Scotland)

(see Firth of Forth)

Foula

(Scotland)

None identified

Foulness (Mid-Essex Coast)

(England)

Crouch, (see Thames Estuary)

Gibraltar Point (The Wash)

(England)

Wells

Glannau Ynys Gybi (Holy Island Coast)

(Wales)

Holyhead

Glas Eileanan

(Scotland)

None identified

Grassholm

(Wales)

None identified

Great Yarmouth North Denes

(England)

Great Yarmouth

Gruinart Flats, Islay

(Scotland)

None identified

Hamford Water

(England)

None identified

Handa

(Scotland)

None identified

Hoy (proposed)

(Scotland)

None identified

Humber Flats Marshes and Coast (Phase I)

(England)

Goole, Hull, Immingham, Grimsby

Inner Clyde Estuary (proposed)

(Scotland)

Glasgow, Greenock

Inner Moray Firth (proposed)

(Scotland)

Inverness

Islay – the Oa (proposed)

(Scotland)

None identified

Laggan Peninsula, Islay

(Scotland)

None identified

Larne Lough

(Northern Ireland)

Larne

Lindisfarne

(England)

Berwick-Upon-Tweed

Loch Druidibeg, Loch a’Machair & Loch Stillary

(Scotland)

None identified

LochInch & Torrs Warren

(Scotland)

None identified

Lough Foyle

(Northern Ireland)

Londonderry

Loch of Strathbeg

(Scotland)

None identified

Marwick Head

(Scotland)

None identified

Mersey Estuary and Marshes

(England)

Garston, Liverpool, Manchester

Medway Estuary and Marshes

(England)

Rochester

Mingulay & Berneray

(Scotland)

None identified

Minsmere-Walberswick

(England)

None identified

Monach Isles

(Scotland)

None identified

Montrose Basin

(Scotland)

Montrose

Moray & Nairn Coast

(Scotland)

Lossiemouth

Morecambe Bay

(England)

Barrow, Fleetwood, Heysham, Lancaster

Mousa

(Scotland)

None identified

Northumberland Coast (proposed)

(England)

Blyth, Tyne and Wear

North Caithness Cliffs

(Scotland)

None identified

North Colonsay & Western Cliffs

(Scotland)

None identified

North Norfolk Coast

(England)

Wells

North Rona & Sula Sgeir (proposed)

(Scotland)

None identified

North Sutherland Coastal Isles

(Scotland)

None identified

North Uist Machair & Islands (proposed)

(Scotland)

None identified

Noss

(Scotland)

None identified

Old Hall Marshes (part of Blackwater Estuary, Mid-Essex Coast)

(England)

(see Blackwater Estuary)

Pagham Harbour

(England)

Pagham

Papa Stour (proposed)

(Scotland)

None identified

Papa Westray

(Scotland)

None identified

Pentland Firth Islands

(Scotland)

None identified

Poole Harbour (proposed)

(England)

Poole

Portsmouth Harbour

(England)

Portsmouth

Priest Island

(Scotland)

None identified

Rathlin Island

(Northern Ireland)

None identified

Ramna Stacks & Gruney

(Scotland)

None identified

Ramsey and St Davids Peninsula Coast

(Wales)

None identified

Ribble and Alt Estuaries (Phase 2)

(England)

Liverpool

Ribble Estuary

(England)

None identified

Rockcliffe Marshes (part of the Upper Solway Flats & Marshes)

(England)

Annan, Silloth

Ronas Hill – North Roe & Tingon

(Scotland)

Sullom Voe

Rousay (proposed)

(Scotland)

None identified

Rhum

(Scotland)

None identified

St Abb’s Head to Fast Castle

(Scotland)

Eyemouth

St Kilda

(Scotland)

None identified

Severn Estuary

(England/Wales)

Barry, Bridgwater, Bristol, Cardiff, Chepstow, Gloucester, Lydney, Newport, Sharpness

Sheep Island

(Northern Ireland)

None identified

Shiant Isles

(Scotland)

None identified

Skokholm and Skomer

(Wales)

Milford Haven, Pembroke Dock

South Uist Machair & Lochs

(Scotland)

None identified

Southampton Water and Solent Marshes

(England)

Beaulieu, Bembridge, Cowes, Hamble, Lymington, Newport, Newtown, Southampton, Yarmouth

Stour and Orwell Estuaries

(England)

Felixstowe, Harwich, Harwich Parkeston, Ipswich

Strangford Lough

(Northern Ireland)

Portavogie, Strangford

Sule Skerry & Sule Stack

(Scotland)

None identified

Sumburgh Head

(Scotland)

None identified

Swan Island

(Northern Ireland)

Larne

Tamar Estuaries Complex

(England)

Cattewater, Dockyard Port of Plymouth, Millbay, Sutton

Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast

(England)

Tees and Hartlepool

Thames Estuary and Marshes (proposed)

(England)

Port of London, Sheerness, Thamesport

Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay

(England)

Ramsgate

The Dee Estuary

(England/Wales)

Mostyn Docks

The Swale

(England)

Whitstable

The Wash

(England)

Boston, Fosdyke, Kings Lynn, Sutton Bridge, Wisbech

Tiree Wetlands (proposed)

(Scotland)

None identified

Traeth Lafan (Lavan Sands – Conway Bay)

(Wales)

Bangor

Treshnish Isles

(Scotland)

None identified

Troup, Pennan & Lion’s Heads

(Scotland)

None identified

The Upper Severn Estuary (part of the Severn Estuary)

(England/Wales)

(See Severn Estuary)

Upper Solway Flats and Marshes

(England/Scotland)

Annan, Silloth, Workington

West Webstray

(Scotland)

None identified

Ynys Feurig, Cemlyn Bay and The Skerries

(Wales)

Holyhead

Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie & Meikle Lochs

(Scotland)

None identified

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