List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in West Yorkshire

This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in West Yorkshire. Note that English Nature, the designating body for SSSIs in England, uses the 1974–1996 county system, and the same approach is followed here, rather than, for example, merging all Yorkshire sites into a single list.

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	Citation
	Biological interest	Geological interest	Hectares	Acres
Bingley South Bog	Y		4.0	9.9	SE115386	1990	[1]	[2]
Breary Marsh	Y		9.5	23.5	SE264416	1983	[3]	[4]
Broadhead Clough	Y		63.8	157.6	SE996250	1983/84	[5]	[6]
Crimsworth Dean		Y	13.8	34.1	SD988293, SD994325	1984	[7]	[8]
Dark Peak	Y	Y	31,852.9	78,708.4	SK110960	1993	[9]	[10]
Denby Grange Colliery Ponds	Y		19.1	47.2	SE271152	1997	[11]	[12]
Eccup Reservoir	Y		114.5	282.9	SE300417	1987	[13]	[14]
Elland Bypass Cutting	Y		1.1	2.7	SE119202	1989	[15]	[16]
Fairburn And Newton Ings	Y		168.1	415.4	SE453275	1984	[17]	[18]
Great Dib Wood		Y	1.1	2.7	SE199443	1984	[19]	[20]
Hetchell Wood	Y		14.2	35.3	SE376424	1983	[21]	[22]
Honley Station Cutting		Y	0.4	1.0	SE145126	1989	[23]	[24]
Hook Moor	Y		1.7	4.2	SE434355	1989	[25]	[26]
Leeds and Liverpool Canal	Y		19.5	48.2	SE213374	1984	[27]	[28]
Linton Common	Y		0.7	1.7	SE384465	1984	[29]	[30]
Madbanks And Ledsham Banks	Y		6.2	15.2	SE452290, SE461301	1984	[31]	[32]
Micklefield Quarry		Y	0.6	1.5	SE446325	1990	[33]	[34]
Mickletown Ings	Y		38.3	94.6	SE403275	1983	[35]	[36]
Norwood Bottoms	Y		11.0	27.2	SE387416	1986	[37]	[38]
Nostell Brickyard Quarry	Y		12.5	31.0	SE403170		[39]	[40]
Park Clough		Y	0.5	1.2	SE030125	1984	[41]	[42]
Rake Dike		Y	4.7	11.6	SE094048, SE112058	1986	[43]	[44]
Roach Lime Hills	Y		5.4	13.4	SE418315	1983	[45]	[46]
Seckar Wood	Y		46.4	114.6	SE326143	1984	[47]	[48]
South Elmsall Quarry		Y	0.3	0.7	SE484116	1990	[49]	[50]
South Pennine Moors	Y	Y	20,938.0	51,740.0	SD920300	1994	[51]	[52]
Standedge Road Cutting		Y	3.5	8.5	SE018095 – SE023098	1984	[53]	[54]
Townclose Hills	Y		12.1	30.0	SE407304	1984	[55]	[56]
Trench Meadows	Y		4.7	11.6	SE131387	1999	[57]	[58]
Wentbridge Ings	Y		1.9	4.8	SE477181	1987	[59]	[60]
Withens Clough	Y		3.0	7.4	SD989234	1984	[61]	[62]
Yeadon Brickworks And Railway Cutting		Y	3.3	8.2	SE193408	1984	[63]	[64]

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 English Nature citation sheets for each SSSI. Retrieved on 27 August 2012.