List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cleveland

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. , 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. The English counties were revised under the 1974 reorganisation of local government. Until the 2010s, Natural England, which maintains the database of English SSSIs, kept the listing of counties as it was in 1974, but by 2015 it had updated the lists to reflect some later changes. However, even though Cleveland was abolished in 1996 it is still used as an area of search by Natural England, rather than being divided between the County Durham and North Yorkshire lists.

The data in the table is taken from Natural England's website in the form of citation sheets for each SSSI.Natural England citation sheets for each SSSI (PDF files). Retrieved on 17 June 2011.

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 Quarries40.399.61989 Briarcroft Pasture1.84.32004 Cowpen Marsh116.8288.61966 Durham Coast765.41,891.4 – 1960 Hart Bog1.84.41968 Hartlepool Submerged Forest19.748.61988 Langbaurgh Ridge7.017.51986 Lovell Hill Pools9.222.71999 North York Moors44,087.7108,940.71998 Pinkney and Gerrick Woods62.7154.91954 Redcar Rocks31.176.81984 Roseberry Topping10.926.81954 Saltburn Gill18.946.71986 Seal Sands294.4727.41966 Seaton Dunes and Common312.1771.21966 South Gare and Coatham Sands381.2941.91971 Tees and Hartlepool Foreshore and Wetlands255.6631.7 & 1997 Whitton Bridge Pasture3.27.92004

Notes Data rounded to one decimal place. Grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system, also known as OSGB36, and is the system used by the Ordnance Survey. Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by Natural England. The Durham Coast site extends into two other counties and so can be found on lists of SSSIs in County Durham and Tyne and Wear. 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.

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