List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cleveland

Roseberry Topping, a site in Cleveland designated as a geological SSSI

This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Cleveland, England, United Kingdom. In England the body responsible for designating SSSIs is Natural England, which chooses a site because of its fauna, flora, geological or physiographical features. As of 2006, there are 18 sites designated within this Area of Search, of which 12 have been designated due to their biological interest, 4 due to their geological interest, and 2 (Durham Coast and Redcar Rocks) for both.

Natural England took over the role of designating and managing SSSIs from English Nature in October 2006 when it was formed from the amalgamation of English Nature, parts of the Countryside Agency and the Rural Development Service. Natural England, like its predecessor, uses the 1974–1996 county system and as such the same approach is followed here, rather than splitting these sites between the County Durham and North Yorkshire lists. The data in the table is taken from English Nature's website in the form of citation sheets for each SSSI.

For other counties, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.

Sites

Site name	Reason for Designation		Area		Grid reference	Year in which notified	Map
	Biological Interest	Geological Interest	Hectares	Acres
Boulby Quarries		Y	40.3	99.6	NZ745200	1989	[1]
Briarcroft Pasture	Y		1.8	4.3	NZ394193	2004	[2]
Cowpen Marsh	Y		116.8	288.6	NZ500529	1966	[3]
Durham Coast	Y	Y	765.4	1,891.4	NZ381685–NZ495362	1960	[4]
Hart Bog	Y		1.8	4.4	NZ452354	1968	[5]
Hartlepool Submerged Forest		Y	19.7	48.6	NZ520315	1988	[6]
Langbaurgh Ridge		Y	7.0	17.5	NZ560121	1986	[7]
Lovell Hill Pools	Y		9.2	22.7	NZ596189	1999	[8]
North York Moors	Y		44,087.7	108,940.7	NZ680000	1998	[9]
Pinkney and Gerrick Woods	Y		62.7	154.9	NZ708138	1954	[10]
Redcar Rocks	Y	Y	31.1	76.8	NZ612203	1984	[11]
Roseberry Topping		Y	10.9	26.8	NZ579126	1954	[12]
Saltburn Gill	Y		18.9	46.7	NZ676205	1986	[13]
Seal Sands	Y		294.4	727.4	NZ529260	1966	[14]
Seaton Dunes and Common	Y		312.1	771.2	NZ535285	1966	[15]
South Gare and Coatham Sands	Y		381.2	941.9	NZ582263	1971	[16]
Tees and Hartlepool Foreshore and Wetlands	Y		255.6	631.7	NZ516348 & NZ505224	1997	[17]
Whitton Bridge Pasture	Y		3.2	7.9	NZ385222	2004	[18]

Notes

^A Data rounded to one decimal place.

^B Grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system, also known as OSGB36, and is the system used by the Ordnance Survey.

^C Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by English Nature.

^D The Durham Coast site extends into two other counties and so can be found on lists of SSSIs in County Durham and Tyne and Weir.

^E The North York Moors site extends into the county of North Yorkshire and so can be found on the list of SSSIs in North Yorkshire.