Whin Fell, part of the Bowland Fells SSSI

The list below shows the 69 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in the Lancashire area of search. Note that English Nature, the designating body for SSSIs in England, uses the 1974-1996 county system, and this list follows the same approach. Some sites that might be expected to be here could therefore be in the Merseyside or Greater Manchester lists.

Of the 69 sites listed, 14 are listed purely for their geological interest, and 49 are listed for biological interest. A further 6 sites have both geological and biological significant features.

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

Sites

Site name Reason for designation Area[A] Grid reference[B] Year in which notified Other designations Map[C]
Biological interest Geological interest Hectares Acres
Artle Dale Green tick 25.8 63.8 54°03′36″N 2°41′53″W / 54.06°N 2.698°W / 54.06; -2.698 (Artle Dale)
    SD544629		 1990 Map [1]
Barn Gill Meadow Green tick 5.5 13.5 53°59′13″N 2°24′43″W / 53.987°N 2.412°W / 53.987; -2.412 (Barn Gill Meadow)
    SD731546		 1996 Map [2]
Beeston Brook Pasture Green tick 1.8 4.5 53°44′42″N 2°37′01″W / 53.745°N 2.617°W / 53.745; -2.617 (Beeston Brook Pasture)
    SD594278		 1999 Map [3]
Bell Sykes Meadows Green tick 13.8 34.1 53°58′05″N 2°25′59″W / 53.968°N 2.433°W / 53.968; -2.433 (Bell Sykes Meadows)
    SD717525		 1999 AONB, SAC Map [4]
Bowland Fells Green tick Green tick 16,007.6 39,555.7 53°56′42″N 2°35′13″W / 53.945°N 2.587°W / 53.945; -2.587 (Bowland Fells)
    SD616500		 1988 AONB, SPA, GCR, NCR Map [5]
Burton Wood Green tick 18.5 45.7 54°05′24″N 2°42′11″W / 54.09°N 2.703°W / 54.09; -2.703 (Burton Wood)
    SD541662		 1984 NCR Map [6]
Calf Hill And Cragg Woods Green tick 34.4 85.1 54°02′49″N 2°42′04″W / 54.047°N 2.701°W / 54.047; -2.701 (Calf Hill And Cragg Woods)
    SD542614		 2000 AONB Map [7]
Charnock Richard Pasture Green tick 1.2 2.9 53°37′55″N 2°39′43″W / 53.632°N 2.662°W / 53.632; -2.662 (Charnock Richard Pasture)
    SD563153		 1990 Map [8]
Clear Beck Meadow Green tick 0.5 1.3 54°06′11″N 2°35′20″W / 54.103°N 2.589°W / 54.103; -2.589 (Clear Beck Meadow)
    SD616676		 1988 Map [9]
Clitheroe Knoll Reefs Green tick 117.8 291.0 53°53′10″N 2°20′20″W / 53.886°N 2.339°W / 53.886; -2.339 (Clitheroe Knoll Reefs)
    SD778434		 1987 GCR Map [10]
Cock Wood Gorge Green tick 2.8 7.0 53°48′18″N 2°23′13″W / 53.805°N 2.387°W / 53.805; -2.387 (Cock Wood Gorge)
    SD746344		 1983 GCR Map [11]
Cockerham Marsh Green tick 9.8 24.3 53°57′22″N 2°50′49″W / 53.956°N 2.847°W / 53.956; -2.847 (Cockerham Marsh)
    SD445514		 1985 Map [12]
Coldwell Farm Pasture Green tick 0.8 2.0 54°11′46″N 2°48′11″W / 54.196°N 2.803°W / 54.196; -2.803 (Coldwell Farm Pasture)
    SD477781		 1992 Map [13]
Coplow Quarry Green tick 5.2 12.8 53°52′59″N 2°22′55″W / 53.883°N 2.382°W / 53.883; -2.382 (Coplow Quarry)
    SD750431		 1983 GCR Map [14]
Crag Bank Green tick 3.7 9.2 54°07′16″N 2°47′06″W / 54.121°N 2.785°W / 54.121; -2.785 (Crag Bank)
    SD488697		 1985 Map [15]
Cringlebarrow And Deepdale Green tick 50.2 123.9 54°10′16″N 2°46′26″W / 54.171°N 2.774°W / 54.171; -2.774 (Cringlebarrow And Deepdale)
    SD496753		 1983 SAC Map [16]
Darwen River Section Green tick 6.4 15.7 53°45′29″N 2°34′52″W / 53.758°N 2.581°W / 53.758; -2.581 (Darwen River Section)
    SD618292		 1984 GCR Map [17]
Downholland Moss Green tick 21.8 53.8 53°33′47″N 3°01′05″W / 53.563°N 3.018°W / 53.563; -3.018 (Downholland Moss)
    SD327079		 1990 GCR Map [18]
Eaves Wood Green tick 52.2 129.1 54°11′N 2°49′W / 54.18°N 2.82°W / 54.18; -2.82 (Eaves Wood)
    SD466763		 1984 NT, NCR Map [19]
Far Holme Meadow Green tick 1.7 4.2 54°05′02″N 2°32′35″W / 54.084°N 2.543°W / 54.084; -2.543 (Far Holme Meadow)
    SD646655		 1994 Map [20]
Field Head Meadow Green tick 3.3 8.1 53°58′01″N 2°25′16″W / 53.967°N 2.421°W / 53.967; -2.421 (Field Head Meadow)
    SD725524		 1999 AONB Map [21]
Gait Barrows Green tick Green tick 69.8 172.4 54°11′13″N 2°47′49″W / 54.187°N 2.797°W / 54.187; -2.797 (Gait Barrows)
    SD481771		 1984 GCR, NNR, NCR, SAC Map [22]
Gale Clough And Shooterslee Wood Green tick 9.4 23.2 53°37′23″N 2°27′14″W / 53.623°N 2.454°W / 53.623; -2.454 (Gale Clough And Shooterslee Wood)
    SD701141		 1984 Map [23]
Harper Clough And Smalley Delph Quarries Green tick 2.9 7.2 53°46′59″N 2°25′34″W / 53.783°N 2.426°W / 53.783; -2.426 (Harper Clough And Smalley Delph Quarries)
    SD720319		 1984 GCR Map [24]
Hawes Water Green tick 89.4 220.9 54°10′52″N 2°48′22″W / 54.181°N 2.806°W / 54.181; -2.806 (Hawes Water)
    SD475764		 1986 NNR, NCR, SAC, LNR Map [25]
Heysham Moss Green tick 12.4 30.6 54°02′20″N 2°53′02″W / 54.039°N 2.884°W / 54.039; -2.884 (Heysham Moss)
    SD422607		 1992 Map [26]
Hodder River Section Green tick 7.0 17.3 53°51′14″N 2°27′18″W / 53.854°N 2.455°W / 53.854; -2.455 (Hodder River Section)
    SD702399		 1986 GCR Map [27]
Hodge Clough Green tick 2.8 6.8 53°40′12″N 2°19′30″W / 53.67°N 2.325°W / 53.67; -2.325 (Hodge Clough)
    SD786193		 1984 GCR Map [28]
Jack Scout Green tick 6.7 16.7 54°09′22″N 2°49′48″W / 54.156°N 2.83°W / 54.156; -2.83 (Jack Scout)
    SD459737		 1991 NCR Map [29]
Langcliff Cross Meadow Green tick 5.3 13.0 53°57′40″N 2°25′08″W / 53.961°N 2.419°W / 53.961; -2.419 (Langcliff Cross Meadow)
    SD726517		 1989 AONB, SAC Map [30]
Leck Beck Head Catchment Area Green tick 691.9 1,709.6 54°12′29″N 2°30′32″W / 54.208°N 2.509°W / 54.208; -2.509 (Leck Beck Head Catchment Area)
    SD669793		 1986 GCR Map [31]
Lee Quarry Green tick 49.1 121.4 53°41′02″N 2°12′32″W / 53.684°N 2.209°W / 53.684; -2.209 (Lee Quarry)
    SD863209		 1997 GCR Map [32]
Leighton Moss Green tick 131.6 325.2 54°09′58″N 2°47′42″W / 54.166°N 2.795°W / 54.166; -2.795 (Leighton Moss)
    SD482748		 1984 SPA, NCR, Ramsar site, RSPB Map [33]
Light Clough Green tick 0.5 1.2 53°49′59″N 2°22′48″W / 53.833°N 2.38°W / 53.833; -2.38 (Light Clough)
    SD751375		 1984 GCR Map [34]
Little Mearley Clough Green tick 5.9 14.5 53°52′01″N 2°19′52″W / 53.867°N 2.331°W / 53.867; -2.331 (Little Mearley Clough)
    SD783412		 1986 GCR Map [35]
Longworth Clough Green tick 24.6 60.7 53°37′52″N 2°27′40″W / 53.631°N 2.461°W / 53.631; -2.461 (Longworth Clough)
    SD696150		 1994 Map [36]
Lower Red Lees Pasture Green tick 4.0 9.9 53°39′25″N 2°19′26″W / 53.657°N 2.324°W / 53.657; -2.324 (Lower Red Lees Pasture)
    SD787179		 1994 Map [37]
Lune Estuary Green tick 7,633.2 18,862.1 53°59′13″N 2°55′34″W / 53.987°N 2.926°W / 53.987; -2.926 (Lune Estuary)
    SD394549		 1990 SPA, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC Map [38]
Lytham Coastal Changes Green tick 24.9 61.5 53°44′56″N 2°56′42″W / 53.749°N 2.945°W / 53.749; -2.945 (Lytham Coastal Changes)
    SD378285		 1999 GCR Map [39]
Lytham St. Anne's Dunes Green tick 24.7 60.9 53°46′01″N 3°02′49″W / 53.767°N 3.047°W / 53.767; -3.047 (Lytham St. Anne'S Dunes)
    SD311306		 1991 LNR Map [40]
Martin Mere, Burscough Green tick 119.8 295.9 53°37′26″N 2°52′41″W / 53.624°N 2.878°W / 53.624; -2.878 (Martin Mere, Burscough)
    SD420145		 1984 SPA, NCR, Ramsar site, WWT Map [41]
Marton Mere, Blackpool Green tick 39.5 97.6 53°48′36″N 2°59′56″W / 53.81°N 2.999°W / 53.81; -2.999 (Marton Mere, Blackpool)
    SD343353		 1984 LNR Map [42]
Mere Sands Wood Green tick Green tick 41.9 103.6 53°38′06″N 2°50′17″W / 53.635°N 2.838°W / 53.635; -2.838 (Mere Sands Wood)
    SD447157		 1985 GCR, WT Map [43]
Morecambe Bay Green tick 25,665.2 63,420.2 54°06′22″N 2°58′34″W / 54.106°N 2.976°W / 54.106; -2.976 (Morecambe Bay)
    SD363682		 1990 AONB, SPA, NP, NCR, Ramsar site, RSPB, SAC Map [44]
Myttons Meadows Green tick 10.1 25.0 53°58′26″N 2°27′32″W / 53.974°N 2.459°W / 53.974; -2.459 (Myttons Meadows)
    SD700532		 1985 AONB, SAC Map [45]
New Ing Meadow Green tick 2.1 5.2 53°57′00″N 2°19′30″W / 53.95°N 2.325°W / 53.95; -2.325 (New Ing Meadow)
    SD788505		 1992 Map [46]
Newton Marsh Green tick 66.0 163.1 53°45′18″N 2°50′10″W / 53.755°N 2.836°W / 53.755; -2.836 (Newton Marsh)
    SD450291		 1986 Map [47]
Oak Field Green tick 21.1 52.1 53°37′59″N 2°27′47″W / 53.633°N 2.463°W / 53.633; -2.463 (Oak Field)
    SD695153		 1985 Map [48]
Ravenhead Brickworks Green tick 22.1 54.6 53°32′13″N 2°44′10″W / 53.537°N 2.736°W / 53.537; -2.736 (Ravenhead Brickworks)
    SD513047		 2002 GCR Map [49]
Red Scar And Tun Brook Woods Green tick 63.6 157.2 53°47′02″N 2°37′48″W / 53.784°N 2.63°W / 53.784; -2.63 (Red Scar And Tun Brook Woods)
    SD586321		 1986 WT Map [50]
Ribble Estuary Green tick 9,348.5 23,100.5 53°42′50″N 2°59′28″W / 53.714°N 2.991°W / 53.714; -2.991 (Ribble Estuary)
    SD347246		 1984 SPA, NNR, NCR, Ramsar site Map [51]
Robert Hall Moor Green tick 19.7 48.8 54°06′47″N 2°33′58″W / 54.113°N 2.566°W / 54.113; -2.566 (Robert Hall Moor)
    SD631687		 1985 Map [52]
Roeburndale Woods Green tick 41.7 103.0 54°05′02″N 2°36′04″W / 54.084°N 2.601°W / 54.084; -2.601 (Roeburndale Woods)
    SD608655		 1984 NCR Map [53]
Rough Hey Wood Green tick 6.2 15.2 53°52′44″N 2°43′48″W / 53.879°N 2.73°W / 53.879; -2.73 (Rough Hey Wood)
    SD521428		 1984 Map [54]
Salthill And Bellmanpark Quarries Green tick Green tick 17.6 43.6 53°52′44″N 2°22′12″W / 53.879°N 2.37°W / 53.879; -2.37 (Salthill And Bellmanpark Quarries)
    SD758426		 1987 GCR, LNR Map [55]
Silverdale Golf Course Green tick 0.6 1.5 54°10′23″N 2°48′36″W / 54.173°N 2.81°W / 54.173; -2.81 (Silverdale Golf Course)
    SD472755		 1998 AONB Map [56]
South Pennine Moors Green tick Green tick 20,944.5 51,755.0 53°48′40″N 2°03′43″W / 53.811°N 2.062°W / 53.811; -2.062 (South Pennine Moors)
    SD960350		 1994 SPA, SAM, ESA, GCR, NT, SAC Map [57]
Standridge Farm Pasture Green tick 4.5 11.1 53°58′34″N 2°24′32″W / 53.976°N 2.409°W / 53.976; -2.409 (Standridge Farm Pasture)
    SD733534		 1998 AONB Map [58]
Tarnbrook Meadows Green tick 11.9 29.3 53°59′38″N 2°38′02″W / 53.994°N 2.634°W / 53.994; -2.634 (Tarnbrook Meadows)
    SD585555		 1989 Map [59]
Thrang End And Yealand Hall Allotment Green tick 51.5 127.2 54°10′52″N 2°47′02″W / 54.181°N 2.784°W / 54.181; -2.784 (Thrang End And Yealand Hall Allotment)
    SD489764		 1987 SAC Map [60]
Thrang Wood Green tick 4.8 11.8 54°11′10″N 2°47′38″W / 54.186°N 2.794°W / 54.186; -2.794 (Thrang Wood)
    SD483770		 1999 AONB, SAC Map [61]
Thwaite House Moss Green tick 7.3 17.9 54°06′47″N 2°46′19″W / 54.113°N 2.772°W / 54.113; -2.772 (Thwaite House Moss)
    SD496689		 2004 Map [62]
Trowbarrow Quarry Green tick Green tick 7.5 18.4 54°10′41″N 2°47′53″W / 54.178°N 2.798°W / 54.178; -2.798 (Trowbarrow Quarry)
    SD480761		 1990 GCR, LNR Map [63]
Warton Crag Green tick 72.7 179.6 54°08′53″N 2°46′41″W / 54.148°N 2.778°W / 54.148; -2.778 (Warton Crag)
    SD493727		 1986 NCR, LNR Map [64]
White Coppice Flush Green tick 0.5 1.3 53°40′19″N 2°34′30″W / 53.672°N 2.575°W / 53.672; -2.575 (White Coppice Flush)
    SD621197		 1985 Map [65]
White Moss Green tick 12.3 30.4 53°59′13″N 2°19′08″W / 53.987°N 2.319°W / 53.987; -2.319 (White Moss)
    SD792546		 1985 Map [66]
Winmarleigh Moss Green tick 89.3 220.6 53°55′26″N 2°50′49″W / 53.924°N 2.847°W / 53.924; -2.847 (Winmarleigh Moss)
    SD445479		 1991 Map [67]
Wrightington Bar Pasture Green tick 1.3 3.3 53°36′50″N 2°41′53″W / 53.614°N 2.698°W / 53.614; -2.698 (Wrightington Bar Pasture)
    SD539133		 1992 Map [68]
Wyre Estuary Green tick 1,481.8 3,661.6 53°51′43″N 2°58′34″W / 53.862°N 2.976°W / 53.862; -2.976 (Wyre Estuary)
    SD359411		 1995 SPA, WT, Ramsar site, SAC Map [69]

Notes

A Reason for designation; either for the site's biological interest, or its geological interest.
B Data rounded to one decimal place.
C Grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system, also known as OSGB36, and is the system used by the Ordnance Survey.[70]
D Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by Natural England.

References

  1. ↑ "Artle Dale" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "Barn Gill Meadow" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Beeston Brook Pasture" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "Bell Sykes Meadows" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Bowland Fells" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "Burton Wood" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "Calf Hill And Cragg Woods" (PDF).
  8. ↑ "Charnock Richard Pasture" (PDF).
  9. ↑ "Clear Beck Meadow" (PDF).
  10. ↑ "Clitheroe Knoll Reefs" (PDF).
  11. ↑ "Cock Wood Gorge" (PDF).
  12. ↑ "Cockerham Marsh" (PDF).
  13. ↑ "Coldwell Farm Pasture" (PDF).
  14. ↑ "Coplow Quarry" (PDF).
  15. ↑ "Crag Bank" (PDF).
  16. ↑ "Cringlebarrow And Deepdale" (PDF).
  17. ↑ "Darwen River Section" (PDF).
  18. ↑ "Downholland Moss" (PDF).
  19. ↑ "Eaves Wood" (PDF).
  20. ↑ "Far Holme Meadow" (PDF).
  21. ↑ "Field Head Meadow" (PDF).
  22. ↑ "Gait Barrows" (PDF).
  23. ↑ "Gale Clough And Shooterslee Wood" (PDF).
  24. ↑ "Harper Clough And Smalley Delph Quarries" (PDF).
  25. ↑ "Hawes Water" (PDF).
  26. ↑ "Heysham Moss" (PDF).
  27. ↑ "Hodder River Section" (PDF).
  28. ↑ "Hodge Clough" (PDF).
  29. ↑ "Jack Scout" (PDF).
  30. ↑ "Langcliff Cross Meadow" (PDF).
  31. ↑ "Leck Beck Head Catchment Area" (PDF).
  32. ↑ "Lee Quarry" (PDF).
  33. ↑ "Leighton Moss" (PDF).
  34. ↑ "Light Clough" (PDF).
  35. ↑ "Little Mearley Clough" (PDF).
  36. ↑ "Longworth Clough" (PDF).
  37. ↑ "Lower Red Lees Pasture" (PDF).
  38. ↑ "Lune Estuary" (PDF).
  39. ↑ "Lytham Coastal Changes" (PDF).
  40. ↑ "Lytham St. Anne'S Dunes" (PDF).
  41. ↑ "Martin Mere, Burscough" (PDF).
  42. ↑ "Marton Mere, Blackpool" (PDF).
  43. ↑ "Mere Sands Wood" (PDF).
  44. ↑ "Morecambe Bay" (PDF).
  45. ↑ "Myttons Meadows" (PDF).
  46. ↑ "New Ing Meadow" (PDF).
  47. ↑ "Newton Marsh" (PDF).
  48. ↑ "Oak Field" (PDF).
  49. ↑ "Ravenhead Brickworks" (PDF).
  50. ↑ "Red Scar And Tun Brook Woods" (PDF).
  51. ↑ "Ribble Estuary" (PDF).
  52. ↑ "Robert Hall Moor" (PDF).
  53. ↑ "Roeburndale Woods" (PDF).
  54. ↑ "Rough Hey Wood" (PDF).
  55. ↑ "Salthill And Bellmanpark Quarries" (PDF).
  56. ↑ "Silverdale Golf Course" (PDF).
  57. ↑ "South Pennine Moors" (PDF).
  58. ↑ "Standridge Farm Pasture" (PDF).
  59. ↑ "Tarnbrook Meadows" (PDF).
  60. ↑ "Thrang End And Yealand Hall Allotment" (PDF).
  61. ↑ "Thrang Wood" (PDF).
  62. ↑ "Thwaite House Moss" (PDF).
  63. ↑ "Trowbarrow Quarry" (PDF).
  64. ↑ "Warton Crag" (PDF).
  65. ↑ "White Coppice Flush" (PDF).
  66. ↑ "White Moss" (PDF).
  67. ↑ "Winmarleigh Moss" (PDF).
  68. ↑ "Wrightington Bar Pasture" (PDF).
  69. ↑ "Wyre Estuary" (PDF).
  70. ↑ "Guide to National Grid". Ordnance Survey. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2007.
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