Brading Marshes to St. Helen's Ledges SSSI

50°41′20″N 1°06′36″W / 50.689°N 1.110°W / 50.689; -1.110

Brading Marshes to St. Helen's Ledges
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationIsle of Wight
Grid referenceSZ635883
InterestBiological and Geological
Area488.5 hectare
Notification1951
Location mapNatural England

Brading Marshes to St. Helen's Ledges is a 488.5-hectare (1,207-acre) Site of special scientific interest which stretches from Brading along the Yar valley between Bembridge and St Helens, Isle of Wight through to the sea at Priory Bay on the north east coast of the Isle of Wight. It encompasses the Brading Marshes RSPB reserve, Bembridge harbour and the inter tidal sand, mud flats and rocky ledges exposed off the coast at low water, including the land around St Helens Fort which is not attached to the mainland. It is the second largest SSSI on the Isle of Wight. The site was notified in 1951 for both its biological and geological features.

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