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This is a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Lincolnshire. This list includes sites within the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, covering the two unitary authorities North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire as well as the rest of the county administered by Lincolnshire County Council.
This list features 98 SSSIs notable for their biology, 23 notable for their geology and three notable for both. Six of the SSSIs include national nature reserves, four are Ramsar Wetland sites, and five are EU Special Protection Areas.SSSI Background Data Report for Lincolnshire Natural England, compiled 1 March 2012
For other counties, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.
Sites
Site nameReason for designationAreaLocation & map refYear in which notifiedOther designationsMap/RefsBiological interestGeological interestHectaresAcres Allington Meadows3.89.3 1987 Ancaster Valley10.325.4 1951 WT, NCR Bardney Limewoods539.81,333.9 1959 NNR, NCR, Baston And Thurlby Fens54.6134.9 1968 WT, NCR, SAC Belshaw0.20.5 1988 Benniworth Haven Cuttings2.45.9 1966 GCR Bratoft Meadows2.35.6 1968 WT, NCR Broughton Alder Wood0.82 1986 Broughton Far Wood17.844 1957 Calceby Marsh8.821.8 1970 WT, NCR Candlesby Hill Quarry1.84.5 1966 WT Castle Bytham Quarry5.513.6 1981 GCR Castlethorpe Tufas0.51.3 1989GCR Chapel Point-wolla Bank39.798.0 2002 GCR Claxby Chalk Pit2.25.5 1968 GCR, WT Cleatham Quarry5.814.2 1986 Cliff Farm Pit1.12.8 1985GCR Cliff House4.811.7 1966 Copper Hill6.616.4 1950 GCR Conesby (Yorkshire East) Quarry0.92.2 1995GCR Cowbit Wash9.122.4 1999 GCR Cross Drain5.714.2 1991 Crowle Borrow Pits4.912.2 1986 Dalby Hill0.20.5 1986 GCR Deeping Gravel Pits57.6142.3 1968 Wildlife refuge Doddington Clay Woods23.959.0 1987 Dole Wood4.09.8 1968 WT Dunsby Wood54.6134.8 1968 Eastoft Meadow0.82.1 1985 Epworth Turbary32.981.3 1951WT Fulsby Wood109.3270.0 1986 Gibraltar Point598.21,478.3 1951 Bird sanctuary, SPA, GCR, LNR, WT, NNR, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC Gosling's Corner10.225.1 1988 Great Casterton Road Banks0.41 1959 WT Greetwell Hollow Quarry59.3146.6 1951 GCR Grimsthorpe Park116.4287.7 1969 SAC, Hainton Sheepwalk2.56.3 1989 Harrington Hall Sand Pit0.10.2 1986 GCR Hatfield Chase Ditches44.2109.2 1999 Haxey Grange Fen13.332.8 1988 Haxey Turbary14.435.6 1951WT Hewson's Field0.51.2 1991 High Barn, Oxcombe8.320.4 1966 High Dyke6.816.7 1951 Holywell Banks6.115.1 1951 Honington Camp1.43.5 1968 SAM Hoplands Wood14.235.0 1966 WT Horbling Fen15.137.3 1999 GCR Humber Estuary37,000.691,430.5 2004 SPA, GCR, MOD, NNR, Ramsar site, SAC Hundleby Clay Pit0.81.9 1986 GCR, Jenkins Carr3.79.1 1966 Keal Carr9.423.1 1968 WT Kingerby Beck Meadows5.513.6 1988 Kirkby Moor73.6181.9 1966 WT, Kirmington Pits9.122.5 1951GCR Kirton Wood, Lincolnshire30.374.9 1968 NCR Langtoft Gravel Pits28.470.3 1968 Laughton Common54.7135.2 1999 Lea Marsh27.668.1 1998 Linwood Warren25.763.5 1966 WT Little Scrubbs Meadow2.04.9 1988 WT Manton and Twigmoor88.9219.6 1951 Manton Stone Quarry17.543.2 1986GCR Math And Elsea Wood44.2109.3 1988 Mavis Enderby Valley15.738.8 1988 Messingham Heath17.843.9 1965 Messingham Sand Quarry51.8128 1987WT Metheringham Heath Quarry12.831.5 1981 GCR Moor Closes6.816.8 1968 WT, NCR, Moor Farm47.0116.1 1981 WT Muckton Wood16.741.3 1953 WT Nettleton Chalk Pit8.120.0 1968 GCR New England Valley6.315.7 1966 Normanby Meadow4.210.3 2002 North Killingholme Haven Pits21.653.4 1996WT, SPA Porter's Lodge Meadows9.623.8 1988 Potterhanworth Wood33.181.7 1968 Forest nature reserve, NCR Red Hill3.07.5 1951 LNR, WT, Robert's Field3.07.5 LNR, WT, Risby Warren157.1388.2 1966GCR, NCR, Rush Furlong0.51.2 1985WT Ryhall Pasture and Little Warren Verges6.215.4 1983 Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes National Nature Reserve971.92,401.5 1951 NNR, NCR, SAC Sapperton & Pickworth Woods28.169.3 1968 Scotton And Laughton Forest Ponds48.3119.4 1959 Scotton Beck Fields16.841.4 1987 Scotton Common15.137.3 1951 WT, Sea Bank Clay Pits16.640.9 1959 WT, Silverines Meadows6.215.3 1959 WT Skendleby Psalter Banks0.92.2 1966 WT Sotby Meadows7.217.8 1981 WT South Ferriby Chalk Pit85209.9 1987GCR Surfleet Lows3.48.5 1968 WT Swaby Valley3.48.4 1966 WT Swallow Wold4.310.6 1966 Swanholme Lakes53.1131.3 1985 LNR, NCR Swinstead Valley8.922.0 1989 Tattershall Carrs26.665.7 1968 Tattershall Old Gravel Pits14.535.9 1951 Tetford Wood5.413.3 1951 Tetney Blow Wells14.736.4 1968 WT The Hermitage4.410.9 1968 SAM The Wash62,045.8153,318.5 1972 SPA, WT, NNR, NCR, Ramsar site, RSPB Thorne Crowle and Goole Moors19194742.1 1970SPA, WT, NNR, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC Tortoiseshell Wood9.322.9 1987 WT, NCR Troy Wood91.1225.1 1951 Tuetoes Hills12.530.8 1999 Welton-le-wold Old Gravel Pits3.48.4 1986 GCR Wickenby Wood43.6107.6 1976 Forest nature reserve, NCR Willoughby Meadow0.51.3 1968 WT Willoughby Wood23.257.4 1951 Wilsford & Rauceby Warrens57.4141.9 1968 WT Wilsford Heath Quarry16.240.0 1968 Winceby Rectory Pit<0.10.1 1987 GCR Withcall And South Willingham Tunnels3.89.4 2002 Woodhall Spa Golf Course55.0135.8 1969 Woodnook Valley9.723.8 1968 Wrawby Moor18.545.6 1966
See also
List of SSSIs by Area of Search List of ancient woods in England Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
References
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