Search Natural Areas Foreword Natural Areas & Their Role Natural Area Boundaries Marine Natural Areas Greater Thames Estuary Introduction Key nature conservation features of National Significance Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh Coastal saltmarsh Earth heritage Fen, marsh and swamp Littoral sediment Reedbeds Saline lagoons Key nature conservation features of Local Significance Coastal sand dunes Coastal vegetated shingle Inshore sublittoral sediment Maritime cliff and slopes

Greater Thames Estuary   Habitat: Inshore sublittoral sediment (of local significance)   Soft sediments (e.g. sands, muds, gravels) below the low water mark and which are permanently submerged below seawater. Includes sediments rock within six nautical miles of the shoreline.)     Copyright    Privacy    Freedom of information    Directgov