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Tendring Geodiversity Characterisation Report

Essex County Council 2009

A pioneering report characterising the contribution of geodiversity to landscape character in Tendring District, north-east Essex.

'Tendring Geodiversity Characterisation map © Essex County Council'

The Tendring Geodiversity Characterisation Report defines a range of 18 Geodiversity Characterisation Areas and component Zones in Tendring.

It offers a new GIS-based methodology. The result is detailed baseline information to inform planning decisions that respect local distinctiveness in Earth heritage.

	Cover and Chapter 1 - Introduction (0.66 Mb)
	Chapter 2 - Tendring's Geodiversity (4.62 Mb)
	Chapter 3 - Characterisation of the Resource
		GCA 1 - Tendring Plateau (1.55 Mb)
		GCA 2 - Oakley Ridge (0.74 Mb)
		GCA 3 - Colne Estuary and Marsh, Brightlingsea and St Osyth marshes (0.88 Mb)
		GCA 4 - Alresford Valley System (0.75 Mb)
		GCA 5 - St Osyth & Holland Gravels (0.86 Mb)
		GCA 6 - Ardleigh Gravels (1.01 Mb)
		GCA 7 - Wivenhoe Gravels & Cooks Green Gravels (1.22 Mb)
		GCA 8 - Wigborough & Mersea Island Gravels (0.56 Mb)
		GCA 9 - Waldringfield Gravel (0.69 Mb)
		GCA 10 - Ardleigh Valley system (0.56 Mb)
		GCA 11 - Stour Estuary (0.56 Mb)
		GCA 12 - Hamford Water (0.82 Mb)
		GCA 13 - London Clay plateau and coastal slopes around Hamford Water and Brightlingsea (1.96 Mb)
		GCA 14 - Stour Valley system (0.72 Mb)
		GCA 15 - Ramsey Valley system (0.77 Mb)
		GCA 16 - Holland Brook valley (1.19 Mb)
		GCA 17 - Clacton Channel deposits along coast between Jaywick and Clacton (0.52 Mb)
		GCA 18 - Exposures of Red Crag and sediments from Cromerian Complex (0.96 Mb)
	Chapters 4 & 5 - Geological Conservation & Gazeteer (0.77 Mb)
	Bibliography and Appendix (0.57 Mb)