List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in West Yorkshire

__NOTOC__ This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in West Yorkshire. English Nature, the designating body for SSSIs in England, uses the 1974–1996 county system, and the same approach is followed here, rather than, for example, merging all Yorkshire sites into a single list.

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 Citation Biological interest Geological interest Hectares Acres Bingley South Bog4.09.9 1990 Breary Marsh9.523.51983 Broadhead Clough63.8157.61983/84 Crimsworth Dean13.834.1, 1984 Dark Peak31,852.978,708.41993 Denby Grange Colliery Ponds19.147.21997 Eccup Reservoir114.5282.91987 Elland Bypass Cutting1.12.71989 Fairburn And Newton Ings168.1415.41984 Great Dib Wood1.12.71984 Hetchell Wood14.235.31983 Honley Station Cutting0.41.01989 Hook Moor1.74.21989 Leeds and Liverpool Canal19.548.21984 Linton Common0.71.71984 Madbanks And Ledsham Banks6.215.2, 1984 Micklefield Quarry0.61.51990 Mickletown Ings38.394.61983 Norwood Bottoms11.027.21986 Nostell Brickyard Quarry12.531.0 Park Clough0.51.21984 Rake Dike4.711.6, 1986 Roach Lime Hills5.413.41983 Seckar Wood46.4114.61984 South Elmsall Quarry0.30.71990 South Pennine Moors20,938.051,740.01994 Standedge Road Cutting3.58.5 – 1984 Townclose Hills12.130.01984 Trench Meadows4.711.61999 Wentbridge Ings1.94.81987 Withens Clough3.07.41984 Yeadon Brickworks And Railway Cutting3.38.21984

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 English Nature. English Nature citation sheets for each SSSI. Retrieved on 27 August 2012.

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