List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cumbria
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The following is a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Cumbria, 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.[1]
As of July 2012 there were 278 SSSIs within Cumbria. Of these, 70 are listed purely for their geological interest and 170 for their biological interest. A further 38 have both geological and biological interest.[2]
The county includes the whole of the Lake District National Park, as well as three Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty: the Solway Coast, part of Arnside and Silverdale, and part of the North Pennines.
For SSSIs in other counties, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.
Sites
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.[280]
- C Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by Natural England.
See also
References
- ^ "Notification of SSSIs". Natural England. Archived from the original on 2012-05-15. Retrieved 2007-03-03.
- ^ Natural England SSSI County Level Reports and Statistics Accessed 27 August 2012
- ^ Alston Shingle Banks
- ^ Annaside
- ^ Annaside And Gutterby Banks
- ^ Appleby Fells
- ^ Argill Woods And Pastures
- ^ Armboth Fells
- ^ Arnside Knott
- ^ Ash Fell
- ^ Ash Fell Edge
- ^ Ashgill Quarry
- ^ Augill Valley Pasture
- ^ Backside Beck And Spen Gill
- ^ Barf And Thornthwaite
- ^ Barker Scar
- ^ Bassenthwaite Lake
- ^ Baysbrown Wood
- ^ Beckfoot Quarry
- ^ Beech Hill Wood
- ^ Belah Woods And Pastures
- ^ Biglands Bog
- ^ Birk Fell
- ^ Birk Fell Hawse Mine
- ^ Birkett Hill And High Out Wood
- ^ Birky Cleugh
- ^ Black Moss
- ^ Black Snib
- ^ Blackdike Bog
- ^ Blagill Mine
- ^ Blea Tarn Archived 2012-04-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Blea Water
- ^ Blelham Tarn & Bog
- ^ Bolton Fell and Walton Mosses
- ^ Borrow Beck Meadows
- ^ Bothel Craggs Quarry
- ^ Bowber Head And Piper Hole Meadows
- ^ Bowness Common
- ^ Bowness Knott
- ^ Braithwaite Moss
- ^ Bramcrag Quarry & Wanthwaite Mine
- ^ Brantrake Moss & Devoke Water
- ^ Brathay Quarries
- ^ Bretherdale Meadows
- ^ Broad Dales
- ^ Brothers Water
- ^ Browgill & Stockdale Becks
- ^ Buckbarrow Beck
- ^ Burns Beck Moss
- ^ Burrells Quarry
- ^ Butterburn Flow
- ^ Buttermere
- ^ Buttermere Fells
- ^ Butterwick Meadows
- ^ Cairnbridge Sand Pit
- ^ Castlehead Wood
- ^ Caudbeck Flow
- ^ Cautley Thwaite Meadows And Ecker Secker Beck
- ^ Chapel Bridge Meadows
- ^ Claife Tarns And Mires
- ^ Cliburn Moss
- ^ Clints Crags, Blindcrake
- ^ Clints Quarry
- ^ Clints Quarry, Moota
- ^ Comb Beck
- ^ Combe Scar
- ^ Coniston Mines And Quarries
- ^ Cotehill Pastures And Ponds
- ^ Cowraik Quarry
- ^ Cropple How Mire
- ^ Crosby Gill
- ^ Crosby Ravensworth Fell
- ^ Cumpston Hill
- ^ Cumwhitton Moss
- ^ Deepdale Meadows
- ^ Dodgson Wood
- ^ Drigg Coast
- ^ Drigg Holme
- ^ Drumburgh Moss
- ^ Duddon Estuary Archived 2012-04-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Duddon Mosses
- ^ Duddon Valley Woodlands
- ^ Dungeon Ghyll
- ^ Eden Gorge
- ^ Ellery Sike
- ^ Elliscales Quarry
- ^ Elterwater
- ^ Ennerdale Archived 2014-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Esthwaite Water
- ^ Ewefell Mire
- ^ Eycott Hill
- ^ Far Arnside
- ^ Farleton Knott
- ^ Finglandrigg Woods
- ^ Florence Mine
- ^ Force Crag Mine
- ^ Foulshaw Moss
- ^ Gelt Woods
- ^ Geltsdale & Glendue Fells
- ^ George Gill
- ^ Gill Beck
- ^ Glasson Moss
- ^ Glencoyne Wood
- ^ Gowbarrow Park
- ^ Gowk Bank
- ^ Great Asby Scar
- ^ Great Blencow Meadows And Fen
- ^ Great Wood
- ^ Greendale Mires
- ^ Gribbs Meadows
- ^ Haggs Bank
- ^ Haile Great Wood
- ^ Hale Moss
- ^ Hale Moss Caves
- ^ Hallinhag Wood
- ^ Hallsenna Moor
- ^ Harthwaite Sike
- ^ Helbeck Wood
- ^ Hell Gill
- ^ Helvellyn & Fairfield
- ^ High Leys
- ^ High Lickbarrow Mires And Pastures
- ^ Hollin Hill
- ^ Hollows Farm Section
- ^ Honister Crag
- ^ Humphrey Head
- ^ Hutton Roof Crags
- ^ Iron Pit Spring Quarry
- ^ Irthing Gorge
- ^ Janny Wood Section
- ^ Jenny Dam
- ^ Jockie'S Syke
- ^ Johnny Wood
- ^ Jumb Quarry
- ^ Keisley Quarry
- ^ Kershope Bridge
- ^ Kielder Mires
- ^ Kingwater
- ^ Kirkby Moor
- ^ Knipe Tarn
- ^ Lamonby Verges And Fields
- ^ Langdale Pikes
- ^ Langdale, Bowderdale And Carlin Gill
- ^ Lazonby Fell
- ^ Leck Beck Head Catchment Area
- ^ Little Asby Inrakes And Outrakes
- ^ Little Langdale Tarn
- ^ Little Mell Fell Quarry
- ^ Lodore - Troutdale Woods
- ^ Longsleddale Woods
- ^ Loughrigg Fell Flushes
- ^ Low Beckside Meadow
- ^ Low Church Moss
- ^ Low Wood
- ^ Low Wray Bay
- ^ Ludderburn And Candlestick Mires
- ^ Lyne Woods
- ^ Mallerstang-Swaledale Head
- ^ Marble Quarry And Hale Fell
- ^ Maryport Harbour
- ^ Meathop Moss
- ^ Meathop Woods And Quarry
- ^ Melmerby Road Section
- ^ Middlebarrow
- ^ Middlesceugh Woods And Pastures
- ^ Milkingstead Wood
- ^ Millfield Verges
- ^ Miterdale Head Wood
- ^ Mollen Woods
- ^ Moorhouse And Cross Fell
- ^ Moorthwaite Moss
- ^ Morecambe Bay
- ^ Mousegill Beck
- ^ Mungrisdale Mires
- ^ Murthwaite Park
- ^ Nab Gill Mine
- ^ Naddle Forest
- ^ Newton Reigny Moss
- ^ Nichols Moss
- ^ Oakshaw Ford
- ^ Orton Moss
- ^ Orton Pastures
- ^ Oulton Moss
- ^ Outley Mosses
- ^ Over Water
- ^ Penton Linns
- ^ Pets Quarry
- ^ Pillar And Ennerdale Fells
- ^ Pinskey Gill
- ^ Pooley Bridge Section
- ^ Pus Gill
- ^ Raisbeck Meadows
- ^ Ray And Crinkle Crags
- ^ River Calder Section
- ^ River Derwent And Tributaries
- ^ River Eden And Tributaries
- ^ River Ehen (Ennerdale Water To Keekle Confluence)
- ^ River Kent And Tributaries
- ^ River Nent At Blagill
- ^ River Rawthey, Wandale Beck And Sally Beck
- ^ River South Tyne And Tynebottom Mine
- ^ Rosthwaite Fell
- ^ Roudsea Wood & Mosses
- ^ Rusland Valley Mosses
- ^ Salta Moss
- ^ Sandybeck Meadow
- ^ Scafell Pikes
- ^ Scaleby Moss
- ^ Scales Wood
- ^ Scandal Beck And Stone Gill
- ^ Scandal Beck, Brunt Hill
- ^ Scawgill And Blaze Beck
- ^ Scout And Cunswick Scars
- ^ Sea Wood
- ^ Seathwaite Copper Mines
- ^ Seatoller Wood, Sourmilk Gill & Seathwaite Graphite Mine
- ^ Shap Fell Road Cuttings
- ^ Shap Fells
- ^ Shaw Meadow & Sea Pasture
- ^ Short Gill Cave System
- ^ Siddick Pond
- ^ Side Pike Archived 2012-04-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Silloth Dunes And Mawbray Bank
- ^ Silver Tarn, Hollas And Harnsey Mosses
- ^ Skelghyll Beck
- ^ Skelsmergh Tarn
- ^ Skelton Pasture
- ^ Skelwith Hill
- ^ Skiddaw Group
- ^ Smallcleugh Mine
- ^ Smardale Gill
- ^ South Walney And Piel Channel Flats Archived 2014-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Spadeadam Mires
- ^ St. Bees Head
- ^ Stagmire Moss
- ^ Stanley Ghyll
- ^ Stile End
- ^ Stonethwaite Woods
- ^ Subberthwaite, Blawith And Torver Low Commons
- ^ Sunbiggin Tarn & Moors And Little Asby Scar
- ^ Swindale Beck
- ^ Swindale Meadows
- ^ Swindale Wood
- ^ Tarn Hows
- ^ Tarn Moss
- ^ Tebay Road Cuttings
- ^ Temple Sowerby Moss
- ^ The Clouds
- ^ The Ings
- ^ Thirlmere Woods
- ^ Thornhill Moss & Meadows
- ^ Thornsgill Beck, Mosedale Beck And Wolf Crags
- ^ Throstle Shaw And Sandbeds Fan
- ^ Thurstonfield Lough
- ^ Tilberthwaite Gill
- ^ Town End Meadows, Little Asby
- ^ Troutbeck
- ^ Udford Low Moss
- ^ Underlaid Wood
- ^ Unity Bog
- ^ Upper Dentdale Cave System
- ^ Upper Solway Flats & Marshes
- ^ Waberthwaite Quarry
- ^ Wan Fell
- ^ Wart Barrow
- ^ Wasdale Screes
- ^ Wast Water
- ^ Water Crag
- ^ Wedholme Flow
- ^ Wet Sleddale Meadows
- ^ Whitbarrow
- ^ Whitberry Burn
- ^ White Moss, Crosbymoor
- ^ Whitesike Mine And Flinty Fell
- ^ Wilson Place Meadows
- ^ Winster Wetlands
- ^ Yeathouse Quarry
- ^ Yewbarrow Woods
- ^ Yewdale Beck
- ^ "Guide to National Grid". Ordnance Survey. Archived from the original on 2007-10-27. Retrieved 2007-03-03.