UNITED KINGDOM · ENGLAND · DESIGNATIONS · MARINE
Highly Protected Marine Areas
What this layer shows
England's three Highly Protected Marine Areas: the strictest marine designation there is: no fishing, no extraction, recovery only. Free for everyone.
Publisher and licence
Marine Management Organisation · OGL v3.0
© Marine Management Organisation, OGL v3.0
Where the data comes from
ARCGIS · services.arcgis.com
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Facts shown for each feature
Status · Area (km²)
In these presets
Coastal
The intertidal and soft-cliff suite: saltmarsh, sand dunes, vegetated shingle, maritime cliff and slope, mudflats and saline lagoons: plus Heritage Coast, Marine Conservation Zones, Scottish MPAs, and the SPA and Ramsar designations that nearly always sit over an estuary. The Coast Path is included because access and designation overlap constantly on this kind of site.