Boundary Map and available GIS data
This site is a Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designated under the Marine and Coastal Access Act (2010) on the 31st May 2019. The designation is intended to protect populations of Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Further details of these interest features can be found in the Conservation Advice package for this site.
Map of Interest Features
The boundary map for this site can be downloaded from HERE
Boundary maps of all English marine protected areas can be downloaded as Shapefiles at this link
Sensitivities of Interest Features
Information about site pressures and sensitivities can be found in the conservation advice package produced by Natural England and in the accompanying supplementary guidance
Overlap with other sites
This site partially overlaps with the following MPAs:
- Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast SAC
- Tweed Estuary SAC
- Northumberland Marine SPA
- Northumbria Coast SPA
- Coquet Island SPA
- Coquet to St Mary’s MCZ
The following SSSIs overlap partially with this MPA
- Alnmouth Saltmarsh and Dunes SSSI
- Bamburgh Coast and Hills SSSI
- Castle Point to Cullernose Point SSSI
- Coquet Island SSSI
- Cresswell and Newbiggin Shores SSSI
- Cresswell Ponds SSSI
- Hadston Links SSSI
- Howick to Seaton Point SSSI
- Lindisfarne SSSI
- Low Hauxley Shore SSSI
- Newton Links SSSI
- Northumberland Shore SSSI
- Tynemouth to Seaton Sluice SSSI
- Warkworth Dunes and Saltmarsh SSSI