Site of Special Scientific Interest |
Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a conservation designation denoting the lowest level of protected area in the United Kingdom.
Legal status
SSSIs are defined as any land of special interest because of its fauna, flora, geological or physiographical features.
The designation can be made by English Nature, Scottish Natural Heritage, the Countryside Council for Wales or the Environment and Heritage Service (Northern Ireland).
The legal framework for SSSIs was provided by the Wildlife and Countryside Acts of 1981
and 1985, and the protection of SSSIs was enhanced by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act
of 2000.
List of SSSIs
SSSIs in England
- SSSIs in the Somerset Levels:
- Brean Down
- Bridgwater Bay
- Catcott, Edington and Chilton Moors
- Cheddar
Reservoir
- Curry and Hay
Moors
- King's
Sedgemoor
- Langmead and Weston Level
- Moorlinch
- North Moor
- Shapwick Heath
- Southlake Moor
- Street Heath
- Tealham and
Tadham Moor
- West Moor
- West Sedgemoor
- Westhay Heath
- Westhay Moor
- Wet Moor
- SSSIs in Sheffield:
- Ladies Spring
Wood
- Loxley and
Wadsey
- Middlewood
Hospital
- Rivelin Valley
- SSSIs in Derbyshire:
- Abney
& Bretton Cloughs
- Ambergate And Ridgeway Quarries
- Bage Mine
- Baileycroft
Quarry
- Ballidon Dale
- Bee's Nest And Green Clay Pits
- Bonsall Leys
- Boulton Moor
- Bradwell Dale And Bagshaw Cavern
- Bradwell Meadows
- Breadsall Railway Cutting
- Calke Park
- Calton Hill
- Carver's Rocks
- Castleton
- Cawdor Quarry
- Chatsworth Old
Park
- Chrome And Parkhouse Hills
- Clough Woods
- Colehill
Quarries
- Combs Reservoir
- Coombs Dale
- Crabtree Wood
- Cressbrook Dale
- Creswell Crags
- Cromford Canal
- Dale Quarry
- Dark Peak
- Dirtlow
Rake And Pindale
- Doe Lea
Stream Section
- Dove Valley And Biggin Dale
- Duchy Quarry
- Duckmanton Railway Cutting
- Eastern Peak District Moors
- Edale
- Fall Hill Quarry
- Fox Hole Cave
- Gang Mine
- Ginny Spring,whitwell Wood
- Goyt Valley
- Green Lane Pits
- Harewood Grange Stream Section
- Hilton Gravel
Pits
- Hipley Hill
- Hollinhill And Markland Grips
- Hulland Moss
- Jumble Coppice
- Kedleston Park
- Kirkham's Silica Sandpit
- Lathkill Dale
- Lee
Farm Meadow, Tideswell
- Leek Moors
- Long Dale & Gratton Dale
- Long Dale,
Hartington
- Longstone Moor
- Ludworth Intake
- Masson Hill
- Matlock Woods
- Mercaston Marsh And Muggington Bottoms
- Monk's Dale
- Morley Brick
Pits
- Moss Valley
- Moss Valley
Meadows
- Moss Valley
Woods
- Ogston Reservoir
- Oxlow Rake
- Parwich Moor
- Poole's Cavern And Grin Low Wood
- Portway Mine
- River Derwent At Hathersage
- River Mease
- Rose End Meadows
- Rowlee Bridge
- Shining Cliff
Woods
- Stoney
Middleton Dale
- The Wye Valley
- Ticknall
Quarries
- Tideslow Rake
- Toddbrook
Reservoir
- Topley
Pike And Deepdale
- Upper Lathkill
- Via Gellia
Woodlands
- Waterswallow's Quarry
- Wyns Tor
- Yarncliff
Wood, Padley
SSSIs in Scotland
SSSIs in Wales
SSSIs in Northern Ireland
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