Humber Estuary, Eastern Arable (includes Sunk Island)
Author(s): Jeremy Lake
The Humber Estuary is an expansive, low-lying, estuarine landscape dominated by the River Humber. The area is a predominantly reclaimed intertidal landscape with arable farming and coastal mudflats, and other wetland and coastal habitats important to biodiversity. There are urban and industrial influences especially around Hull and on the south bank. Of the area, 31% is defined as urban, 55% is cultivated and only 0.5% is woodland, with 5% designated as Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The area shares many characteristics with the much larger Humberhead Levels (Area 39) to the north and west.
- Report Number:
- 45/2020
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 12
- Keywords:
- Landscape Farmstead Historic
