Gibraltar Point (SSSI)
Location and Access Information
Grid Reference: SK 562595
Salt marsh at Gibraltar Point.
Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve (NNR) is located on the east Lincolnshire coast approximately 3km south of Skegness. A minor road, signposted from Skegness, leads to the point where car parking is available. A visitor centre at the South Car Park provides information on the Reserve, which is managed by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.
Further information can be obtained from the Gibraltar Point NNR page and on the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust website
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View the site map on Nature on the Map.
Geological Interest
A wide variety of coastal landforms and associated habitat types are present at Gibraltar Point. The location, on the north-western fringe of The Wash is relatively sheltered and coastal structures such as tidal flats, sand dunes and a spit have developed as a result of the interaction between coastal and tidal processes. The habitats present support a wide variety of plants and animals and clearly demonstrate the dynamic and complex relationships that exist between sediments, physical and biological processes over a range of timescales.
