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Canyards Hills

Coordinates: 53°27′05″N 1°37′22″W / 53.451358°N 1.622751°W / 53.451358; -1.622751
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Canyards Hills
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationSouth Yorkshire
Grid referenceSK250950
InterestBiological and geological
Area64.1 hectares
Notification1990
Location mapNature on the map
Millstone Grit blocks at Canyards Hill forming a large landslip.
Canyards Hill landslip

Canyards Hills (grid reference SK250950) is a 64.1 hectare (158.4 acre) biological and geological site of Special Scientific Interest in South Yorkshire. The site was notified in 1990. This site possesses the most impressive examples in England and Wales of 'ridge-and-trough' or 'tumbled ground.' Beneath a 10 m high cliff, the north-facing valley side above Broomhead Reservoir and the hamlet of Wigtwizzle is a chaotic mass of sub-parallel ridges, separated by intervening narrow areas of marshy ground. The site is formed in Upper Carboniferous Millstone Grit and shows the most extreme form and best example of 'tumbled ground', with innumerable small Millstone Grit blocks (controlled by jointing) taking up a large landslip.

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53°27′05″N 1°37′22″W / 53.451358°N 1.622751°W / 53.451358; -1.622751