Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Area of Search | Isle of Wight |
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Grid reference | SZ657872 |
Interest | Biological and Geological |
Area | 131.6 hectare |
Notification | 1955 |
Location map | Natural England |
Coordinates: 50°40′26″N 1°06′18″W / 50.674°N 1.105°W
Whitecliff Bay And Bembridge Ledges is a 131.6 hectare Site of special scientific interest which lies around the coastline of the easternmost part of the Isle of Wight from Bembridge harbour entrance, in the north, around Foreland and stretching to Whitecliff Bay to the south. The site was notified in 1955 for both its biological and geological features.