List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the East Riding of Yorkshire

This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. In England the body responsible for designating SSSIs is Natural England, which chooses a site because of its fauna, flora, geological or physiographical features. As of 2020, there are 50 sites designated in this Area of Search, of which 39 have been designated due to their biological interest, 14 due to their geological interest, and 3 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. There are two unitary authorities in the Area of Search: Kingston upon Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire.

For other counties, see List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest by Area of Search.

Sites

Site name Reason for designation Area Coordinates & Grid ref Year in which notified Other designations Map & Citation Biological interest Geological interest Hectares AcresAllerthorpe Common12.831.7 1951WT Barn Hill Meadows8.621.3 1987 Beckhead Plantation3.79.1 1968WT Bishop Wilton Deep Dale43.4107.3 1954 Bishop Wilton Poor Land2.15.1 1988 Breighton Meadows37.490.61986Boynton Willow Garth5.112.7 1984GCR Brantingham Dale15.839 1986 Bryan Mills Field1.33.2 1986 Burton Bushes11.428.1 1968 Cinquefoil Brow and Wood Dale11.528.5 1989 Cottam Well Dale23.959 1985 Derwent Ings667.71650 1975SPA, WT, NNR, NP, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC Dimlington Cliff34.284.4 1990GCR Drewton Lane Pits5.212.8 1988GCR Enthorpe Railway Cutting3.48.4 1981GCR Everthorpe Quarry3.79.1 1959GCR Flamborough Head326.9807.8 1952SPA, GCR, LNR, NCR, RSPB, SAC Flamborough Railway Cutting1.64 1986 Fordon Chalk Grasslands55.7137.6 1975WT, NCR Hoddy Cows Spring24.9 1984 Hornsea Mere232.3573.9 1951SPA, NCR, RSPB Horse Dale and Holm Dale43.8108.2 1985 Hotham Meadow1.84.4 1989 Humber Estuary37000.691430.5 2004SPA, GCR, MOD, NNR, Ramsar site, SAC Keasey Dale3.69 1989 Kelsey Hill Gravel Pits10.626.1 1952GCR Kiplingcotes Chalk Pit410 1968LNR, WT Lambwath Meadows29.673.1 1989 Leven Canal21.352.6 1962 Melbourne and Thornton Ings200494.3 1985SPA, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC Melton Bottom Chalk Pit87.2215.5 1968GCR Millington Wood and Pastures343.5848.9 1954GCR Newbald Becksies1.94.8 1990 Newton Mask17.643.5 1986SPA, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC Pocklington Canal21.453 1987 Pulfin Bog17.142.1 1954WT Rifle Butts Quarry0.30.8 1952GCR, WT River Derwent408.31008.8 1986SPA, NCR, SAC River Hull Headwaters122301.4 1962NCR Roos Bog1.94.8 1990GCR Skipsea Bail Mere43.9108.4 1998SAM, GCR South Cliffe Common61.4151.7 1988 The Lagoons70.2173.4 1968SPA Thixen Dale and Longdale89.7221.5, & 1954 Thorne Crowle and Goole Moors19194742.1 1970SPA, WT, NNR, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC Tophill Low34.685.5 1989 White Carr Meadow1.12.7 1990 Withow Gap, Skipsea8.420.7 1987GCR Wyedale12.530.8 1986

Notes 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 River Derwent site extends into the county of North Yorkshire and so can be found on the list of SSSIs in North Yorkshire. Recorded as in length, where the River Derwent forms the then district boundaries the length is included in both directions.

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