Situated in the mouth of the River Tees next to Greatham Creek and Seaton-on-Tees Channel, the site is accessible from the A178 road running between Seaton Carew and Port Clarence.
seal, sands, grid, reference, nz529260, hectare, biological, site, special, scientific, interest, county, durham, england, notified, 1966, locationcounty, durham, englandcoordinates54, 62667, 17972, 62667, 17972, coordinates, 62667, 17972, 62667, 17972area294,. Seal Sands grid reference NZ529260 is a 294 37 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham England notified in 1966 Seal SandsLocationCounty Durham EnglandCoordinates54 37 36 N 1 10 47 W 54 62667 N 1 17972 W 54 62667 1 17972 Coordinates 54 37 36 N 1 10 47 W 54 62667 N 1 17972 W 54 62667 1 17972Area294 4 ha 727 acres Established1966Governing bodyNatural EnglandWebsiteMap of siteSituated in the mouth of the River Tees next to Greatham Creek and Seaton on Tees Channel the site is accessible from the A178 road running between Seaton Carew and Port Clarence SSSIs are designated by Natural England formerly English Nature which uses the 1974 1996 county system This means there is no grouping of SSSIs by Stockton on Tees unitary authority or County Durham which is the relevant ceremonial county As such Seal Sands is one of 18 SSSIs in the Cleveland area of search 1 An area of reclaimed land is given over to chemical industries Contents 1 Chemical industries site 2 See also 3 References 4 Sources 5 External linksChemical industries site EditOn land recovered from the sea an area of Seal Sands is used as an industrial park for the chemical industry Members of the Northeast of England Process Industry Cluster NEPIC using the site include Ineos Fine Organics Central Area Transmission System BP Group SABIC Vertellus ConocoPhillips Vopak Simon Storage Intertek Caleb Brett Harvest Operations Both Greenergy and Air Products abandoned their plans to each operate a plasma gasification waste to energy facility at Seal Sands 2 See also EditNearbySeaton Dunes and Common SSSI Tees and Hartlepool Foreshore and Wetlands SSSI River Tees Hartlepool nuclear power station Able UK Northeast of England Process Industry Cluster Seal Sands Power StationReferences Edit SSSIs in Cleveland area of search English Nature Retrieved 31 January 2007 Messenger Ben 12 April 2013 Second Plasma Gasification Plant for Teesside Following Government Deal Waste Management News Sources EditEnglish Nature citation sheet for the site accessed 5 August 2006 External links EditEnglish Nature SSSI information Site boundary map at English Nature s Nature on the Map website This article about a Site of Special Scientific Interest in England is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This Stockton on Tees location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This Hartlepool location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Seal Sands amp oldid 1047300808, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
