List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Lancashire

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The list below shows the 69 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in the Lancashire area of search. Note that English Nature, the designating body for SSSIs in England, uses the 1974-1996 county system, and this list follows the same approach. Some sites that might be expected to be here could therefore be in the Merseyside or Greater Manchester lists.

Whin Fell, part of the Bowland Fells SSSI

Of the 69 sites listed, 14 are listed purely for their geological interest, and 49 are listed for biological interest. A further 6 sites have both geological and biological significant features.

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

Sites edit

Site name Reason for designation Area[A] Grid reference[B] Year in which notified Other designations Map[C]
Biological interest Geological interest Hectares Acres
Artle Dale  Y 25.8 63.8 54°03′36″N 2°41′53″W / 54.06°N 2.698°W / 54.06; -2.698 (Artle Dale)
    SD544629
1990 Map [1]
Barn Gill Meadow  Y 5.5 13.5 53°59′13″N 2°24′43″W / 53.987°N 2.412°W / 53.987; -2.412 (Barn Gill Meadow)
    SD731546
1996 Map [2]
Beeston Brook Pasture  Y 1.8 4.5 53°44′42″N 2°37′01″W / 53.745°N 2.617°W / 53.745; -2.617 (Beeston Brook Pasture)
    SD594278
1999 Map [3]
Bell Sykes Meadows  Y 13.8 34.1 53°58′05″N 2°25′59″W / 53.968°N 2.433°W / 53.968; -2.433 (Bell Sykes Meadows)
    SD717525
1999 AONB, SAC Map [4]
Bowland Fells  Y  Y 16,007.6 39,555.7 53°56′42″N 2°35′13″W / 53.945°N 2.587°W / 53.945; -2.587 (Bowland Fells)
    SD616500
1988 AONB, SPA, GCR, NCR Map [5]
Burton Wood  Y 18.5 45.7 54°05′24″N 2°42′11″W / 54.09°N 2.703°W / 54.09; -2.703 (Burton Wood)
    SD541662
1984 NCR Map [6]
Calf Hill And Cragg Woods  Y 34.4 85.1 54°02′49″N 2°42′04″W / 54.047°N 2.701°W / 54.047; -2.701 (Calf Hill And Cragg Woods)
    SD542614
2000 AONB Map [7]
Charnock Richard Pasture  Y 1.2 2.9 53°37′55″N 2°39′43″W / 53.632°N 2.662°W / 53.632; -2.662 (Charnock Richard Pasture)
    SD563153
1990 Map [8]
Clear Beck Meadow  Y 0.5 1.3 54°06′11″N 2°35′20″W / 54.103°N 2.589°W / 54.103; -2.589 (Clear Beck Meadow)
    SD616676
1988 Map [9]
Clitheroe Knoll Reefs  Y 117.8 291.0 53°53′10″N 2°20′20″W / 53.886°N 2.339°W / 53.886; -2.339 (Clitheroe Knoll Reefs)
    SD778434
1987 GCR Map [10]
Cock Wood Gorge  Y 2.8 7.0 53°48′18″N 2°23′13″W / 53.805°N 2.387°W / 53.805; -2.387 (Cock Wood Gorge)
    SD746344
1983 GCR Map [11]
Cockerham Marsh  Y 9.8 24.3 53°57′22″N 2°50′49″W / 53.956°N 2.847°W / 53.956; -2.847 (Cockerham Marsh)
    SD445514
1985 Map [12]
Coldwell Farm Pasture  Y 0.8 2.0 54°11′46″N 2°48′11″W / 54.196°N 2.803°W / 54.196; -2.803 (Coldwell Farm Pasture)
    SD477781
1992 Map [13]
Coplow Quarry  Y 5.2 12.8 53°52′59″N 2°22′55″W / 53.883°N 2.382°W / 53.883; -2.382 (Coplow Quarry)
    SD750431
1983 GCR Map [14]
Crag Bank  Y 3.7 9.2 54°07′16″N 2°47′06″W / 54.121°N 2.785°W / 54.121; -2.785 (Crag Bank)
    SD488697
1985 Map [15]
Cringlebarrow And Deepdale  Y 50.2 123.9 54°10′16″N 2°46′26″W / 54.171°N 2.774°W / 54.171; -2.774 (Cringlebarrow And Deepdale)
    SD496753
1983 SAC Map [16]
Darwen River Section  Y 6.4 15.7 53°45′29″N 2°34′52″W / 53.758°N 2.581°W / 53.758; -2.581 (Darwen River Section)
    SD618292
1984 GCR Map [17]
Downholland Moss  Y 21.8 53.8 53°33′47″N 3°01′05″W / 53.563°N 3.018°W / 53.563; -3.018 (Downholland Moss)
    SD327079
1990 GCR Map [18]
Eaves Wood  Y 52.2 129.1 54°11′N 2°49′W / 54.18°N 2.82°W / 54.18; -2.82 (Eaves Wood)
    SD466763
1984 NT, NCR Map [19]
Far Holme Meadow  Y 1.7 4.2 54°05′02″N 2°32′35″W / 54.084°N 2.543°W / 54.084; -2.543 (Far Holme Meadow)
    SD646655
1994 Map [20]
Field Head Meadow  Y 3.3 8.1 53°58′01″N 2°25′16″W / 53.967°N 2.421°W / 53.967; -2.421 (Field Head Meadow)
    SD725524
1999 AONB Map [21]
Gait Barrows  Y  Y 69.8 172.4 54°11′13″N 2°47′49″W / 54.187°N 2.797°W / 54.187; -2.797 (Gait Barrows)
    SD481771
1984 GCR, NNR, NCR, SAC Map [22]
Gale Clough And Shooterslee Wood  Y 9.4 23.2 53°37′23″N 2°27′14″W / 53.623°N 2.454°W / 53.623; -2.454 (Gale Clough And Shooterslee Wood)
    SD701141
1984 Map [23]
Harper Clough And Smalley Delph Quarries  Y 2.9 7.2 53°46′59″N 2°25′34″W / 53.783°N 2.426°W / 53.783; -2.426 (Harper Clough And Smalley Delph Quarries)
    SD720319
1984 GCR Map [24]
Hawes Water  Y 89.4 220.9 54°10′52″N 2°48′22″W / 54.181°N 2.806°W / 54.181; -2.806 (Hawes Water)
    SD475764
1986 NNR, NCR, SAC, LNR Map [25]
Heysham Moss  Y 12.4 30.6 54°02′20″N 2°53′02″W / 54.039°N 2.884°W / 54.039; -2.884 (Heysham Moss)
    SD422607
1992 Map [26]
Hodder River Section  Y 7.0 17.3 53°51′14″N 2°27′18″W / 53.854°N 2.455°W / 53.854; -2.455 (Hodder River Section)
    SD702399
1986 GCR Map [27]
Hodge Clough  Y 2.8 6.8 53°40′12″N 2°19′30″W / 53.67°N 2.325°W / 53.67; -2.325 (Hodge Clough)
    SD786193
1984 GCR Map [28]
Jack Scout  Y 6.7 16.7 54°09′22″N 2°49′48″W / 54.156°N 2.83°W / 54.156; -2.83 (Jack Scout)
    SD459737
1991 NCR Map [29]
Langcliff Cross Meadow  Y 5.3 13.0 53°57′40″N 2°25′08″W / 53.961°N 2.419°W / 53.961; -2.419 (Langcliff Cross Meadow)
    SD726517
1989 AONB, SAC Map [30]
Leck Beck Head Catchment Area  Y 691.9 1,709.6 54°12′29″N 2°30′32″W / 54.208°N 2.509°W / 54.208; -2.509 (Leck Beck Head Catchment Area)
    SD669793
1986 GCR Map [31]
Lee Quarry  Y 49.1 121.4 53°41′02″N 2°12′32″W / 53.684°N 2.209°W / 53.684; -2.209 (Lee Quarry)
    SD863209
1997 GCR Map [32]
Leighton Moss  Y 131.6 325.2 54°09′58″N 2°47′42″W / 54.166°N 2.795°W / 54.166; -2.795 (Leighton Moss)
    SD482748
1984 SPA, NCR, Ramsar site, RSPB Map [33]
Light Clough  Y 0.5 1.2 53°49′59″N 2°22′48″W / 53.833°N 2.38°W / 53.833; -2.38 (Light Clough)
    SD751375
1984 GCR Map [34]
Little Mearley Clough  Y 5.9 14.5 53°52′01″N 2°19′52″W / 53.867°N 2.331°W / 53.867; -2.331 (Little Mearley Clough)
    SD783412
1986 GCR Map [35]
Longworth Clough  Y 24.6 60.7 53°37′52″N 2°27′40″W / 53.631°N 2.461°W / 53.631; -2.461 (Longworth Clough)
    SD696150
1994 Map [36]
Lower Red Lees Pasture  Y 4.0 9.9 53°39′25″N 2°19′26″W / 53.657°N 2.324°W / 53.657; -2.324 (Lower Red Lees Pasture)
    SD787179
1994 Map [37]
Lune Estuary  Y 7,633.2 18,862.1 53°59′13″N 2°55′34″W / 53.987°N 2.926°W / 53.987; -2.926 (Lune Estuary)
    SD394549
1990 SPA, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC Map [38]
Lytham Coastal Changes  Y 24.9 61.5 53°44′56″N 2°56′42″W / 53.749°N 2.945°W / 53.749; -2.945 (Lytham Coastal Changes)
    SD378285
1999 GCR Map [39]
Lytham St. Anne's Dunes  Y 24.7 60.9 53°46′01″N 3°02′49″W / 53.767°N 3.047°W / 53.767; -3.047 (Lytham St. Anne'S Dunes)
    SD311306
1991 LNR Map [40]
Martin Mere, Burscough  Y 119.8 295.9 53°37′26″N 2°52′41″W / 53.624°N 2.878°W / 53.624; -2.878 (Martin Mere, Burscough)
    SD420145
1984 SPA, NCR, Ramsar site, WWT Map [41]
Marton Mere, Blackpool  Y 39.5 97.6 53°48′36″N 2°59′56″W / 53.81°N 2.999°W / 53.81; -2.999 (Marton Mere, Blackpool)
    SD343353
1984 LNR Map [42]
Mere Sands Wood  Y  Y 41.9 103.6 53°38′06″N 2°50′17″W / 53.635°N 2.838°W / 53.635; -2.838 (Mere Sands Wood)
    SD447157
1985 GCR, WT Map [43]
Morecambe Bay  Y 25,665.2 63,420.2 54°06′22″N 2°58′34″W / 54.106°N 2.976°W / 54.106; -2.976 (Morecambe Bay)
    SD363682
1990 AONB, SPA, NP, NCR, Ramsar site, RSPB, SAC Map [44]
Myttons Meadows  Y 10.1 25.0 53°58′26″N 2°27′32″W / 53.974°N 2.459°W / 53.974; -2.459 (Myttons Meadows)
    SD700532
1985 AONB, SAC Map [45]
New Ing Meadow  Y 2.1 5.2 53°57′00″N 2°19′30″W / 53.95°N 2.325°W / 53.95; -2.325 (New Ing Meadow)
    SD788505
1992 Map [46]
Newton Marsh  Y 66.0 163.1 53°45′18″N 2°50′10″W / 53.755°N 2.836°W / 53.755; -2.836 (Newton Marsh)
    SD450291
1986 Map [47]
Oak Field  Y 21.1 52.1 53°37′59″N 2°27′47″W / 53.633°N 2.463°W / 53.633; -2.463 (Oak Field)
    SD695153
1985 Map [48]
Ravenhead Brickworks  Y 22.1 54.6 53°32′13″N 2°44′10″W / 53.537°N 2.736°W / 53.537; -2.736 (Ravenhead Brickworks)
    SD513047
2002 GCR Map [49]
Red Scar And Tun Brook Woods  Y 63.6 157.2 53°47′02″N 2°37′48″W / 53.784°N 2.63°W / 53.784; -2.63 (Red Scar And Tun Brook Woods)
    SD586321
1986 WT Map [50]
Ribble Estuary  Y 9,348.5 23,100.5 53°42′50″N 2°59′28″W / 53.714°N 2.991°W / 53.714; -2.991 (Ribble Estuary)
    SD347246
1984 SPA, NNR, NCR, Ramsar site Map [51]
Robert Hall Moor  Y 19.7 48.8 54°06′47″N 2°33′58″W / 54.113°N 2.566°W / 54.113; -2.566 (Robert Hall Moor)
    SD631687
1985 Map [52]
Roeburndale Woods  Y 41.7 103.0 54°05′02″N 2°36′04″W / 54.084°N 2.601°W / 54.084; -2.601 (Roeburndale Woods)
    SD608655
1984 NCR Map [53]
Rough Hey Wood  Y 6.2 15.2 53°52′44″N 2°43′48″W / 53.879°N 2.73°W / 53.879; -2.73 (Rough Hey Wood)
    SD521428
1984 Map [54]
Salthill And Bellmanpark Quarries  Y  Y 17.6 43.6 53°52′44″N 2°22′12″W / 53.879°N 2.37°W / 53.879; -2.37 (Salthill And Bellmanpark Quarries)
    SD758426
1987 GCR, LNR Map [55]
Silverdale Golf Course  Y 0.6 1.5 54°10′23″N 2°48′36″W / 54.173°N 2.81°W / 54.173; -2.81 (Silverdale Golf Course)
    SD472755
1998 AONB Map [56]
South Pennine Moors  Y  Y 20,944.5 51,755.0 53°48′40″N 2°03′43″W / 53.811°N 2.062°W / 53.811; -2.062 (South Pennine Moors)
    SD960350
1994 SPA, SAM, ESA, GCR, NT, SAC Map [57]
Standridge Farm Pasture  Y 4.5 11.1 53°58′34″N 2°24′32″W / 53.976°N 2.409°W / 53.976; -2.409 (Standridge Farm Pasture)
    SD733534
1998 AONB Map [58]
Tarnbrook Meadows  Y 11.9 29.3 53°59′38″N 2°38′02″W / 53.994°N 2.634°W / 53.994; -2.634 (Tarnbrook Meadows)
    SD585555
1989 Map [59]
Thrang End And Yealand Hall Allotment  Y 51.5 127.2 54°10′52″N 2°47′02″W / 54.181°N 2.784°W / 54.181; -2.784 (Thrang End And Yealand Hall Allotment)
    SD489764
1987 SAC Map [60]
Thrang Wood  Y 4.8 11.8 54°11′10″N 2°47′38″W / 54.186°N 2.794°W / 54.186; -2.794 (Thrang Wood)
    SD483770
1999 AONB, SAC Map [61]
Thwaite House Moss  Y 7.3 17.9 54°06′47″N 2°46′19″W / 54.113°N 2.772°W / 54.113; -2.772 (Thwaite House Moss)
    SD496689
2004 Map [62]
Trowbarrow Quarry  Y  Y 7.5 18.4 54°10′41″N 2°47′53″W / 54.178°N 2.798°W / 54.178; -2.798 (Trowbarrow Quarry)
    SD480761
1990 GCR, LNR Map [63]
Warton Crag  Y 72.7 179.6 54°08′53″N 2°46′41″W / 54.148°N 2.778°W / 54.148; -2.778 (Warton Crag)
    SD493727
1986 NCR, LNR Map [64]
White Coppice Flush  Y 0.5 1.3 53°40′19″N 2°34′30″W / 53.672°N 2.575°W / 53.672; -2.575 (White Coppice Flush)
    SD621197
1985 Map [65]
White Moss  Y 12.3 30.4 53°59′13″N 2°19′08″W / 53.987°N 2.319°W / 53.987; -2.319 (White Moss)
    SD792546
1985 Map [66]
Winmarleigh Moss  Y 89.3 220.6 53°55′26″N 2°50′49″W / 53.924°N 2.847°W / 53.924; -2.847 (Winmarleigh Moss)
    SD445479
1991 Map [67]
Wrightington Bar Pasture  Y 1.3 3.3 53°36′50″N 2°41′53″W / 53.614°N 2.698°W / 53.614; -2.698 (Wrightington Bar Pasture)
    SD539133
1992 Map [68]
Wyre Estuary  Y 1,481.8 3,661.6 53°51′43″N 2°58′34″W / 53.862°N 2.976°W / 53.862; -2.976 (Wyre Estuary)
    SD359411
1995 SPA, WT, Ramsar site, SAC Map [69]

Notes edit

A Reason for designation; either for the site's biological interest, or its geological interest.
B Data rounded to one decimal place.
C Grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system, also known as OSGB36, and is the system used by the Ordnance Survey.[70]
D Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by Natural England.

References edit

  1. ^ "Artle Dale" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Barn Gill Meadow" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Beeston Brook Pasture" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Bell Sykes Meadows" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Bowland Fells" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Burton Wood" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Calf Hill And Cragg Woods" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Charnock Richard Pasture" (PDF).
  9. ^ "Clear Beck Meadow" (PDF).
  10. ^ "Clitheroe Knoll Reefs" (PDF).
  11. ^ "Cock Wood Gorge" (PDF).
  12. ^ "Cockerham Marsh" (PDF).
  13. ^ "Coldwell Farm Pasture" (PDF).
  14. ^ "Coplow Quarry" (PDF).
  15. ^ "Crag Bank" (PDF).
  16. ^ "Cringlebarrow And Deepdale" (PDF).
  17. ^ "Darwen River Section" (PDF).
  18. ^ "Downholland Moss" (PDF).
  19. ^ "Eaves Wood" (PDF).
  20. ^ "Far Holme Meadow" (PDF).
  21. ^ "Field Head Meadow" (PDF).
  22. ^ "Gait Barrows" (PDF).
  23. ^ "Gale Clough And Shooterslee Wood" (PDF).
  24. ^ "Harper Clough And Smalley Delph Quarries" (PDF).
  25. ^ "Hawes Water" (PDF).
  26. ^ "Heysham Moss" (PDF).
  27. ^ "Hodder River Section" (PDF).
  28. ^ "Hodge Clough" (PDF).
  29. ^ "Jack Scout" (PDF).
  30. ^ "Langcliff Cross Meadow" (PDF).
  31. ^ "Leck Beck Head Catchment Area" (PDF).
  32. ^ "Lee Quarry" (PDF).
  33. ^ "Leighton Moss" (PDF).
  34. ^ "Light Clough" (PDF).
  35. ^ "Little Mearley Clough" (PDF).
  36. ^ "Longworth Clough" (PDF).
  37. ^ "Lower Red Lees Pasture" (PDF).
  38. ^ "Lune Estuary" (PDF).
  39. ^ "Lytham Coastal Changes" (PDF).
  40. ^ "Lytham St. Anne'S Dunes" (PDF).
  41. ^ "Martin Mere, Burscough" (PDF).
  42. ^ "Marton Mere, Blackpool" (PDF).
  43. ^ "Mere Sands Wood" (PDF).
  44. ^ "Morecambe Bay" (PDF).
  45. ^ "Myttons Meadows" (PDF).
  46. ^ "New Ing Meadow" (PDF).
  47. ^ "Newton Marsh" (PDF).
  48. ^ "Oak Field" (PDF).
  49. ^ "Ravenhead Brickworks" (PDF).
  50. ^ "Red Scar And Tun Brook Woods" (PDF).
  51. ^ "Ribble Estuary" (PDF).
  52. ^ "Robert Hall Moor" (PDF).
  53. ^ "Roeburndale Woods" (PDF).
  54. ^ "Rough Hey Wood" (PDF).
  55. ^ "Salthill And Bellmanpark Quarries" (PDF).
  56. ^ "Silverdale Golf Course" (PDF).
  57. ^ "South Pennine Moors" (PDF).
  58. ^ "Standridge Farm Pasture" (PDF).
  59. ^ "Tarnbrook Meadows" (PDF).
  60. ^ "Thrang End And Yealand Hall Allotment" (PDF).
  61. ^ "Thrang Wood" (PDF).
  62. ^ "Thwaite House Moss" (PDF).
  63. ^ "Trowbarrow Quarry" (PDF).
  64. ^ "Warton Crag" (PDF).
  65. ^ "White Coppice Flush" (PDF).
  66. ^ "White Moss" (PDF).
  67. ^ "Winmarleigh Moss" (PDF).
  68. ^ "Wrightington Bar Pasture" (PDF).
  69. ^ "Wyre Estuary" (PDF).
  70. ^ "Guide to National Grid". Ordnance Survey. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2007.

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