Thorness Bay
50°44′30″N 1°21′21″W / 50.7416°N 1.3557°W / 50.7416; -1.3557
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Isle of Wight |
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Grid reference | SZ455935 |
Interest | Biological and Geological |
Area | 86.2 hectare |
Notification | 1966 |
Location map | Natural England |
Thorness Bay is an 86.2-hectare (213-acre) Site of special scientific interest which is located on the north-west coast of the Isle of Wight, England, in the western arm of the Solent. The site was notified in 1966 for both its biological and geological features. The bay stretches about 3 km from Salt Mead Ledge in the west to Gurnard Head Nr. Gurnard Bay to the east.
The sea bed is a mixture of mud and sand.
A small unnamed brook enters the sea in the middle of the bay after passing through a marsh.
Little Thorness Farm, a beef farm near the bay has 18 acres (73,000 m2) of protected marshland under stewardship and is a SSSI because it is home to wildlife not found in other areas.
Holiday Park
Thorness Bay also has a holiday park run by Parkdean Resorts. It has a direct footpath leading straight to the beach.
References
- Natural England citation sheet
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- Alverstone Marshes
- America Wood
- Arreton Down
- Bembridge Down
- Bembridge School And Cliffs
- Bonchurch Landslips
- Bouldnor And Hamstead Cliffs
- Brading Marshes To St. Helen's Ledges
- Briddlesford Copses
- Calbourne Down
- Colwell Bay
- Compton Chine to Steephill Cove
- Compton Down
- Cranmore
- Cridmore Bog
- Eaglehead and Bloodstone Copses
- Freshwater Marshes
- Garstons Down
- Greatwood And Cliff Copses
- Headon Warren And West High Down
- King's Quay Shore
- Lacey's Farm Quarry
- Lake Allotments
- Locks Farm Meadow
- Medina Estuary
- Mottistone Down
- Newtown Harbour
- Northpark Copse
- Parkhurst Forest
- Priory Woods
- Prospect Quarry
- Rew Down
- Rowridge Valley
- Ryde Sands and Wootton Creek
- Shide Quarry
- St Lawrence Bank
- The Wilderness
- Thorness Bay
- Ventnor Downs
- Whitecliff Bay And Bembridge Ledges
- Yar Estuary
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