List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Derbyshire

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This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Derbyshire, 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. Natural England uses the borders of Derbyshire to mark one of its Areas of Search. , there are 99 sites designated in this Area of Search. There are 28 sites with a purely geological interest, and 54 listed for biological interest. A further 17 sites are designated for both reasons.

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. Natural England, like its predecessor, uses the 1974–1996 county system and as such the same approach is followed here. The data in the table is taken from Natural England in the form of citation sheets for each SSSI, and the County Background Datasheet for Derbyshire.Natural England County Background datasheet for Derbyshire SSSIs Accessed 9 Aug 2012

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

Sites

Site nameReason for designationAreaCoordinates & Grid refYear in which notifiedOther designationsMap & CitationBiological interestGeological interestHectaresAcres Abney & Bretton Cloughs147.8365.3 1972NP Ambergate and Ridgeway Quarries1.02.5 1963GCR Attenborough Gravel Pits226.6559.9 1982WT Bage Mine0.10.3 1985GCR Baileycroft Quarry0.92.1 1985GCR Ballidon Dale50.8125.6 1996NP, SAC Bee's Nest and Green Clay Pits15.037.0 1990GCR, SAC Benty Grange 21.152.0 2012 Bonsall Leys15.438.2 1993 Boulton Moor3.99.7 1992GCR Bradbourne Mill Meadows6.917.02011 Bradwell Dale and Bagshaw Cavern95.2235.2 1964GCR Bradwell Meadows0.92.3 1990 Breadsall Railway Cutting4.912.0 1986GCR, LNR, WT Calke Park71.1175.8 1992 Calton Hill5.212.7 1951GCR Carver's Rocks16.741.2 1963 Castleton837.32,069.1 1954GCR, NP, NT Cawdor Quarry4.711.7 1963GCR Chatsworth Old Park72.5179.2 1998NP Chrome and Parkhouse Hills30.775.9 1951NP, RIGS Clough Woods109.4270.4 1964SM, NP Colehill Quarries11.327.9 1985GCR Combs Reservoir32.079.1 1986 Coombs Dale86.0212.4 1954NP, NCR, SAC Crabtree Wood3.58.7 1981 Cressbrook Dale120.4297.6 1954GCR, NNR, NP, NCR, SAC Creswell Crags19.548.1 1981SM, GCR Cromford Canal10.225.1 1981LNR, WT Dale Quarry2.04.9 1998GCR Dark Peak31,852.978,708.4 1951SPA, GCR, NP, NT, NCR, SAC Dimminsdale37.091.4 1981WT Dirtlow Rake and Pindale23.257.4 1990GCR Doe Lea Stream Section0.10.3 1988GCR, LNR Dove Valley and Biggin Dale691.51,708.8 1954GCR, NNR, NCR, SAC Dovedale Wood13.433.2 1982NT Duchy Quarry2.45.8 1985GCR Duckmanton Railway Cutting3.89.4 1974GCR Eastern Peak District Moors8,193.420,246.2 1964SM, SPA, ESA, GCR, WT, NP, NT, SAC Edale15.037.0 1966GCR, National Trust Fall Hill Quarry4.110.2 1990GCR Fox Hole Cave0.20.4 1986GCR Gang Mine8.320.5 1988NCR, SAC Ginny Spring, Whitwell Wood4.09.9 1963 Goyt Valley1,332.63,292.9 1951SPA, SAC Green Lane Pits6.616.2 1986GCR Hallam Barn Grasslands5.112.7 2011 Harewood Grange Stream Section5.914.5 1963GCR, NP Hilton Gravel Pits31.277.0 1981GCR, WT Hipley Hill22.154.6 1963 Hollinhill and Markland Grips19.949.1 1963 Hulland Moss2.86.8 1981 Hurdlow Meadows11.327.9 2005 Jumble Coppice0.71.8 1985GCR Kedleston Park93.5231.1 1996 Kirkham's Silica Sandpit30.475.0 1992GCR Lathkill Dale273.7676.3 1954GCR, NNR, NP, NCR, SAC Lee Farm Meadow, Tideswell1.53.7 1986NP Leek Moors3,970.89,812.2 1954SPA, ESA, GCR, NP, SAC Long Dale & Gratton Dale80.6199.2 1965NNR, NP, NCR, SAC Long Dale, Hartington53.5132.1 1997SAC Longstone Moor106.8264.0 1990SM, NP Lower Hollins5.413.2 2011 Lower Peaslows Farm Meadow0.71.7 2005 Ludworth Intake5.313.0 1998GCR Masson Hill76.1188.0 1989GCR Matley Moor Meadows3.38.0 2011 Matlock Woods19.046.9 1981SAC Mercaston Marsh and Muggington Bottoms14.335.4 1990 Monk's Dale105.5260.8 1955NNR, NP, NCR, SAC Morley Brick Pits1.84.4 1963 Moss Valley26.164.5 1951 Moss Valley Meadows17.944.2 1990 Moss Valley Woods17.944.2 1993 Mount Pleasant3.07.3 2011 Ogston Reservoir95.9237.0 1963 Oxlow Rake6.014.9 1992 Parwich Moor15.838.9 1965NP Pleasley Vale Railway3.58.7 1981LNR Poole's Cavern and Grin Low Wood41.5102.6 1963GCR Portway Mine4.210.5 1990GCR River Derwent at Hathersage7.919.4 1992 River Mease22.956.5 2000SAC Rose End Meadows48.4119.7 1996 Rowlee Bridge1.02.4 1986GCR Shining Cliff Woods119.3294.9 1954 South Lee Meadows2.25.3 2011 Stoney Middleton Dale71.3176.2 1972GCR Teversal To Pleasley Railway5.012.4 1982LNR, WT The Wye Valley595.01,470.3 1954GCR, WT, NP, NCR, SAC Ticknall Quarries29.573.0 1963GCR, NT Tideslow Rake9.724.0 1990SM, NP Toddbrook Reservoir19.448.0 1963 Topley Pike and Deepdale65.2161.0 1965NP, NCR, SAC Upper Lathkill26.866.3 1989GCR, NP Via Gellia Woodlands219.2541.6 1954GCR, SAC Wall Lands8.922.1 2011 Waterswallows Quarry0.71.7 1993GCR Wyns Tor3.17.7 1972GCR Yarncliff Wood, Padley25.863.9 1972NT

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. Where an SSSI consists of multiple, non-contiguous sections, each section is assigned its own OS grid reference. Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by Natural England.

See also List of SSSIs by Area of Search List of ancient woods in England Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Peak District

References

External links CF Natural England County Level Reports and Statistics Natural England SSSI Introduction and search link