Grays Thurrock Chalk Pit Explained

Grays Thurrock Chalk Pit
Aos:Essex
Interest:Biological
Area:17.3 hectares
Notifydate:1985
Map:Magic Map

Grays Thurrock Chalk Pit is a 17.3hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest in Grays in Essex.[1] [2] It is part of Chafford Gorges Nature Park, which is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.[3] [4]

Extraction of chalk finished in the 1920s, and since then colonisation of the site has created a range of woodland, grassland and scrub habitats which are important for invertebrates. There is also an area of open water. Beetles include two Red Book species, Mordellistena humeralis and Mordellistena neuwaldeggiana.[1]

There is access to the site from Devonshire Road[2] and Hogg Lane.

References

51.486°N 0.316°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grays Thurrock Chalk Pit citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 15 March 2016. 16 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131016051942/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003111.pdf. dead.
  2. Web site: Map of Grays Thurrock Chalk Pit. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 15 March 2016.
  3. Web site: Chafford Gorges Nature Park . Essex Wildlife Trust. 15 March 2016.
  4. Web site: Map of Chafford Gorges Nature Park. Healthy Life Essex. 15 March 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170114165108/http://www.healthylifeessex.co.uk/pages/outdoor-life/images/Chafford_Gorges.pdf. 14 January 2017.

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