Designated and Proposed Ramsar sites in England

 

Details of new Ramsar sites for designation are submitted to the Ramsar Secretariat on Ramsar Information Sheets (RIS), in accordance with the Explanatory notes and guidelines for completing the Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands. The hyperlinks within each Ramsar site code in the table below link to a PDF file (size < 170kb) of the relevant RIS, as submitted to the Ramsar Secretariat. RIS are not available for proposed sites.

 

The RIS were updated during 2004, and revised data was submitted ahead of the 9th Ramsar Conference of Parties (CoP) held in November 2005. 

 

Ramsar sites 29 November 2011

Name	New Site Code	Old Site Code	Country & Territories	Area (ha)	Latitude	Longitude	Status
Abberton Reservoir	UK11001	7UK018	England	726.2	51 49 37 N	00 52 22 E	Designated
Alde-Ore Estuary	UK11002	7UK103	England	2546.99	52 04 58 N	01 33 03 E	Designated
Arun Valley	UK11004	7UK139	England	528.62	50 55 05 N	00 31 40 W	Designated
Avon Valley	UK11005	7UK116	England	1385.1	50 47 02 N	01 47 46 W	Designated
Benfleet and Southend Marshes	UK11006	7UK071	England	2251.31	51 31 42 N	00 41 00 E	Designated
Blackwater Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 4)	UK11007	7UK087	England	4395.15	51 45 13 N	00 51 59 E	Designated
Breydon Water	UK11008	7UK100	England	1202.94	52 35 03 N	01 37 18 E	Designated
Broadland	UK11010	7UK081	England	5488.61	52 43 56 N	01 36 00 E	Designated
Chesil Beach and The Fleet	UK11012	7UK022	England	748.11	50 36 40 N	02 31 10 W	Designated
Chichester and Langstone Harbours	UK11013	7UK032	England	5810.03	50 48 23 N	00 55 12 W	Designated
Chippenham Fen	UK11014	7UK053	England	112.13	52 17 52 N	00 24 57 E	Designated
Colne Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 2)	UK11015	7UK079	England	2701.43	51 48 57 N	00 57 36 E	Designated
Crouch and Roach Estuaries (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 3)	UK11058	7UK085	England	1735.58	51 38 16 N	00 40 10 E	Designated
Deben Estuary	UK11017	7UK097	England	978.93	52 02 31 N	01 20 44 E	Designated
Dengie (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 1)	UK11018	7UK073	England	3127.23	51 41 26 N	00 57 34 E	Designated
Dersingham Bog	UK11019	7UK090	England	157.75	52 49 49 N	00 29 06 E	Designated
Dorset Heathlands	UK11021	7UK124	England	6730.15	50 39 00N	02 09 33W	Designated
Duddon Estuary	UK11022	7UK121	England	6806.3	54 10 39 N	03 15 24 W	Designated
Dungeness to Pett Level	UK11023		England		50 55 50 N	00 44 59 E	Proposed
Esthwaite Water	UK11024	7UK049	England	137.4	54 21 37 N	02 59 06 W	Designated
Exe Estuary	UK11025	7UK051	England	2345.71	50 38 50 N	03 26 32 W	Designated
Foulness (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 5)	UK11026	7UK102	England	10932.95	51 34 25 N	00 55 17 E	Designated
Gibraltar Point	UK11027	7UK061	England	414.09	53 06 00 N	00 20 16 E	Designated
Hamford Water	UK11028	7UK063	England	2187.21	51 52 46 N	01 14 29 E	Designated
Holburn Lake and Moss	UK11030	7UK024	England	28.03	55 37 20 N	01 55 09 W	Designated
Humber Estuary	UK11031	7UK077	England	37987.8	053 32 59 N	000 00 03 E	Designated
Irthinghead Mires	UK11032	7UK025	England	792.08	55 04 46 N	02 30 43 W	Designated
Isles of Scilly	UK11033	7UK152	England	401.64	49 57 46 N	06 20 42 W	Designated
Lee Valley	UK11034	7UK147	England	447.87	51 34 51 N	00 02 58 W	Designated
Leighton Moss	UK11035	7UK026	England	128.61	54 10 03 N	02 47 31 W	Designated
Lindisfarne	UK11036	7UK005	England	3679.22	55 40 22 N	01 50 17 W	Designated
Lower Derwent Valley	UK11037	7UK065	England	915.45	53 53 04 N	00 55 34 W	Designated
Malham Tarn	UK11038	7UK067	England	286.26	54 05 46 N	02 09 44 W	Designated
Martin Mere	UK11039	7UK027	England	119.89	53 37 24 N	02 52 37 W	Designated
Medway Estuary and Marshes	UK11040	7UK068	England	4696.74	51 24 02 N	00 40 38 E	Designated
Mersey Estuary	UK11041	7UK096	England	5023.35	053 18 51 N	002 49 25 W	Designated
Mersey Narrows and North Wirral Foreshore	UK11042		England	2089.41	053 29 53 N	007 03 43 W	Proposed
Midland Meres and Mosses Phase 1	UK11043	7UK075	England	510.88	52 54 11 N	02 50 25 W	Designated
Midland Meres and Mosses Phase 2	UK11080	7UK108	England/Wales	1588.24	52 55 20 N	02 45 43 W	Designated
Minsmere?Walberswick	UK11044	7UK010	England	2018.92	52 18 55 N	01 38 02 E	Designated
Morecambe Bay	UK11045	7UK104	England	37404.6	54 07 19 N	02 57 21 W	Designated
Nene Washes	UK11046	7UK059	England	1517.49	52 34 41 N	00 04 33 W	Designated
North Norfolk Coast	UK11048	7UK011	England	7862.39	52 58 13 N	00 35 55 E	Designated
Northumbria Coast	UK11049	7UK140	England	1107.98	55 27 58 N	01 35 18 W	Designated
Ouse Washes	UK11051	7UK012	England	2469.08	52 28 34 N	00 12 19 E	Designated
Pagham Harbour	UK11052	7UK035	England	636.68	50 45 48 N	00 45 38 W	Designated
Pevensey Levels	UK11053	7UK132	England	3577.71	50 50 30 N	00 20 32 E	Designated
Poole Harbour	UK11054	7UK138	England	2439.2	50 40 52 N	02 01 34 W	Designated
Portsmouth Harbour	UK11055	7UK084	England	1248.77	50 49 41 N	01 07 32 W	Designated
Redgrave and South Lopham Fens	UK11056	7UK045	England	127.09	52 22 34 N	01 00 42 E	Designated
Ribble and Alt Estuaries	UK11057	7UK083	England	13464.1	53 42 41 N	02 58 44 W	Designated
Rostherne Mere	UK11060	7UK019	England	79.76	53 21 14 N	02 23 05 W	Designated
Roydon Common	UK11061	7UK060	England	194.1	52 46 24 N	00 30 02 E	Designated
Rutland Water	UK11062	7UK046	England	1360.34	52 38 52 N	00 39 54 W	Designated
Severn Estuary	UK11081	7UK088	England/Wales	24662.98	51 13 29 N	03 02 57 W	Designated
Solent and Southampton Water	UK11063	7UK125	England	5346.44	50 44 25 N	01 31 32 W	Designated
Somerset Levels and Moors	UK11064	7UK112	England	6388.49	51 10 14 N	02 52 00 W	Designated
South West London Waterbodies	UK11065	7UK148	England	828.14	51 23 59 N	00 23 26 E	Designated
Stodmarsh	UK11066	7UK069	England	481.33	51 18 18 N	01 10 19 E	Designated
Stour and Orwell Estuaries	UK11067	7UK076	England	3676.92	051 57 16 N	001 09 38 E	Designated
Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast	UK11068	7UK089	England	1247.31	54 37 50 N	01 07 07 W	Designated
Thames Estuary and Marshes	UK11069	7UK141	England	5588.59	51 29 08 N	00 35 47 E	Designated
Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay	UK11070	7UK078	England	2169.23	51 18 18 N	01 22 47 E	Designated
The Dee Estuary	UK11082	7UK020	England/Wales	14302.02	53 18 08 N	03 12 56 W	Designated
The New Forest	UK11047	7UK066	England	28002.81	50 49 32 N	01 39 22 W	Designated
The Swale	UK11071	7UK021	England	6514.71	51 21 39 N	00 50 21 E	Designated
The Wash	UK11072	7UK034	England	62211.66	52 56 16 N	00 17 12 E	Designated
Thursley and Ockley Bog	UK11074	7UK070	England	265.24	51 09 52 N	00 42 01 W	Designated
Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits	UK11083		England	1357.67	052 20 04 N	000 34 56 W	Designated
Upper Solway Flats and Marshes	UK11079	7UK058	England/Scotland	43636.73	54 54 20 N	03 25 27 W	Designated
Walmore Common	UK11076	7UK050	England	52.85	51 49 58 N	02 22 14 W	Designated
Wicken Fen	UK11077	7UK091	England	254.39	52 18 27 N	00 16 42 E	Designated
Woodwalton Fen	UK11078	7UK092	England	208.13	52 26 36 N	00 11 25 W	Designated