List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Derbyshire explained

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.[1] 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.[2] 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[3] 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.[4]

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

Sites

Site nameReason for designationAreaCoordinates & Grid refYear in which notifiedOther designationsMap & Citation
Biological interestGeological interestHectaresAcres
Abney & Bretton Cloughs147.8365.31972NP [5]
Ambergate and Ridgeway Quarries1.02.51963GCR [6]
Attenborough Gravel Pits226.6559.91982WT [7]
Bage Mine0.10.31985GCR [8]
Baileycroft Quarry0.92.11985GCR [9]
Ballidon Dale50.8125.61996NP, SAC [10]
Bee's Nest and Green Clay Pits15.037.01990GCR, SAC [11]
21.152.02012 [12]
Bonsall Leys15.438.21993 [13]
Boulton Moor3.99.71992GCR [14]
Bradbourne Mill Meadows6.917.02011 [15]
Bradwell Dale and Bagshaw Cavern95.2235.21964GCR [16]
Bradwell Meadows0.92.31990 [17]
Breadsall Railway Cutting4.912.01986GCR, LNR, WT [18]
Calke Park71.1175.81992 [19]
Calton Hill5.212.71951GCR [20]
Carver's Rocks16.741.21963 [21]
Castleton837.32,069.11954GCR, NP, NT [22]
Cawdor Quarry4.711.71963GCR [23]
Chatsworth Old Park72.5179.21998NP [24]
Chrome and Parkhouse Hills30.775.91951NP, RIGS [25]
Clough Woods109.4270.41964SM, NP [26]
Colehill Quarries11.327.91985GCR [27]
Combs Reservoir32.079.11986 [28]
Coombs Dale86.0212.41954NP, NCR, SAC [29]
Crabtree Wood3.58.71981 [30]
Cressbrook Dale120.4297.61954GCR, NNR, NP, NCR, SAC [31]
Creswell Crags19.548.11981SM, GCR [32]
Cromford Canal10.225.11981LNR, WT [33]
Dale Quarry2.04.91998GCR [34]
Dark Peak31,852.978,708.41951SPA, GCR, NP, NT, NCR, SAC [35]
Dimminsdale37.091.41981WT [36]
Dirtlow Rake and Pindale23.257.41990GCR [37]
Doe Lea Stream Section0.10.31988GCR, LNR [38]
Dove Valley and Biggin Dale691.51,708.81954GCR, NNR, NCR, SAC [39]
Dovedale Wood13.433.21982NT [40]
Duchy Quarry2.45.81985GCR [41]
Duckmanton Railway Cutting3.89.41974GCR [42]
Eastern Peak District Moors8,193.420,246.21964SM, SPA, ESA, GCR, WT, NP, NT, SAC [43]
Edale15.037.01966GCR, National Trust [44]
Fall Hill Quarry4.110.21990GCR [45]
Fox Hole Cave0.20.41986GCR [46]
Gang Mine8.320.51988NCR, SAC [47]
Ginny Spring, Whitwell Wood4.09.91963 [48]
Goyt Valley1,332.63,292.91951SPA, SAC [49]
Green Lane Pits6.616.21986GCR [50]
Hallam Barn Grasslands5.112.72011 [51]
Harewood Grange Stream Section5.914.51963GCR, NP [52]
Hilton Gravel Pits31.277.01981GCR, WT [53]
Hipley Hill22.154.61963 [54]
Hollinhill and Markland Grips19.949.11963 [55]
Hulland Moss2.86.81981 [56]
Hurdlow Meadows11.327.92005 [57]
Jumble Coppice0.71.81985GCR [58]
Kedleston Park93.5231.11996 [59]
Kirkham's Silica Sandpit30.475.01992GCR [60]
Lathkill Dale273.7676.31954GCR, NNR, NP, NCR, SAC [61]
Lee Farm Meadow, Tideswell1.53.71986NP [62]
Leek Moors3,970.89,812.21954SPA, ESA, GCR, NP, SAC [63]
Long Dale & Gratton Dale80.6199.21965NNR, NP, NCR, SAC [64]
Long Dale, Hartington53.5132.11997SAC [65]
Longstone Moor106.8264.01990SM, NP [66]
Lower Hollins5.413.22011 [67]
Lower Peaslows Farm Meadow0.71.72005 [68]
Ludworth Intake5.313.01998GCR [69]
Masson Hill76.1188.01989GCR [70]
Matley Moor Meadows3.38.02011 [71]
Matlock Woods19.046.91981SAC [72]
Mercaston Marsh and Muggington Bottoms14.335.41990 [73]
Monk's Dale105.5260.81955NNR, NP, NCR, SAC [74]
Morley Brick Pits1.84.41963 [75]
Moss Valley26.164.51951 [76]
Moss Valley Meadows17.944.21990 [77]
Moss Valley Woods17.944.21993 [78]
Mount Pleasant3.07.32011 [79]
Ogston Reservoir95.9237.01963 [80]
Oxlow Rake6.014.91992 [81]
Parwich Moor15.838.91965NP [82]
Pleasley Vale Railway3.58.71981LNR [83]
Poole's Cavern and Grin Low Wood41.5102.61963GCR [84]
Portway Mine4.210.51990GCR [85]
River Derwent at Hathersage7.919.41992 [86]
River Mease22.956.52000SAC [87]
Rose End Meadows48.4119.71996 [88]
Rowlee Bridge1.02.41986GCR [89]
Shining Cliff Woods119.3294.91954 [90]
South Lee Meadows2.25.32011 [91]
Stoney Middleton Dale71.3176.21972GCR [92]
Teversal To Pleasley Railway5.012.41982LNR, WT [93]
The Wye Valley595.01,470.31954GCR, WT, NP, NCR, SAC [94]
Ticknall Quarries29.573.01963GCR, NT [95]
Tideslow Rake9.724.01990SM, NP [96]
Toddbrook Reservoir19.448.01963 [97]
Topley Pike and Deepdale65.2161.01965NP, NCR, SAC [98]
Upper Lathkill26.866.31989GCR, NP [99]
Via Gellia Woodlands219.2541.61954GCR, SAC [100]
Wall Lands8.922.12011 [101]
Waterswallows Quarry0.71.71993GCR [102]
Wyns Tor3.17.71972GCR [103]
Yarncliff Wood, Padley25.863.91972NT [104]

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.[105] 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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Notification of SSSIs . English Nature . 2012-09-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120515062100/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/special/sssi/notification.cfm . 2012-05-15 .
  2. Web site: SSSIs in Essex. English Nature. 2012-08-09.
  3. Web site: County search of SSSIs . English Nature . 2006-08-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100819192309/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/sssi/search.cfm . 2010-08-19 .
  4. http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/sssi/reportAction.cfm?Report=sdrt07&Category=CF&Reference=1010 Natural England County Background datasheet for Derbyshire SSSIs
  5. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001834}} Abney & Bretton Cloughs].
  6. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001179}} Ambergate and Ridgeway Quarries].
  7. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003408}} Attenborough Gravel Pits].
  8. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003323}} Bage Mine].
  9. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000250}} Baileycroft Quarry].
  10. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000054}} Ballidon Dale].
  11. Web site: [{{sssi link|1004504}} Bee's Nest and Green Clay Pits].
  12. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000750}} Benty Grange].
  13. Web site: [{{sssi link|1005517}} Bonsall Leys].
  14. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003083}} Boulton Moor].
  15. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000715}} Bradbourne Mill Meadows].
  16. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001953}} Bradwell Dale and Bagshaw Cavern].
  17. Web site: [{{sssi link|1004459}} Bradwell Meadows].
  18. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000193}} Breadsall Railway Cutting].
  19. Web site: [{{sssi link|1005792}} Calke Park ]. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150226190719/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1005792.pdf . 2015-02-26 .
  20. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002606}} Calton Hill].
  21. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000278}} Carver's Rocks].
  22. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002643}} Castleton].
  23. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000309}} Cawdor Quarry ]. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042100/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000309.pdf . 2016-03-04 .
  24. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000325}} Chatsworth Old Park].
  25. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002685}} Chrome and Parkhouse Hills].
  26. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002696}} Clough Woods].
  27. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003923}} Colehill Quarries].
  28. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000334}} Combs Reservoir].
  29. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002717}} Coombs Dale].
  30. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000343}} Crabtree Wood].
  31. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002731}} Cressbrook Dale].
  32. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003950}} Creswell Crags ]. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051728/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003950.pdf . 2016-03-04 .
  33. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000209}} Cromford Canal ]. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230759/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000209.pdf . 2016-03-03 .
  34. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000202}} Dale Quarry].
  35. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003028}} Dark Peak].
  36. Web site: [{{sssi link|1005587}} Dimminsdale].
  37. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003894}} Dirtlow Rake and Pindale].
  38. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002792}} Doe Lea Stream Section].
  39. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002787}} Dove Valley and Biggin Dale].
  40. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003972}} Dovedale Wood].
  41. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003889}} Duchy Quarry].
  42. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000362}} Duckmanton Railway Cutting].
  43. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000354}} Eastern Peak District Moors].
  44. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002805}} Edale ]. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120427052331/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002805.pdf . 2012-04-27 .
  45. Web site: [{{sssi link|1005980}} Fall Hill Quarry].
  46. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000553}} Fox Hole Cave].
  47. Web site: [{{sssi link|1005477}} Gang Mine].
  48. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000403}} Ginny Spring, Whitwell Wood].
  49. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002841}} Goyt Valley].
  50. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001550}} Green Lane Pits].
  51. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000721}} Hallam Barn Grasslands].
  52. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002930}} Harewood Grange Stream Section].
  53. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000431}} Hilton Gravel Pits].
  54. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000447}} Hipley Hill].
  55. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000466}} Hollinhill and Markland Grips].
  56. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000495}} Hulland Moss].
  57. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000504}} Hurdlow Meadows].
  58. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003941}} Jumble Coppice].
  59. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000180}} Kedleston Park].
  60. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003295}} Kirkham's Silica Sandpit].
  61. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003711}} Lathkill Dale].
  62. Web site: [{{sssi link|1004529}} Lee Farm Meadow, Tideswell].
  63. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003770}} Leek Moors].
  64. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003783}} Long Dale & Gratton Dale].
  65. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000144}} Long Dale, Hartington].
  66. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001029}} Longstone Moor].
  67. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000714}} Lower Hollins].
  68. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000505}} Lower Peaslows Farm Meadow].
  69. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000211}} Ludworth Intake].
  70. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003309}} Masson Hill].
  71. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000720}} Matley Moor Meadows].
  72. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000510}} Matlock Woods].
  73. Web site: [{{sssi link|1005567}} Mercaston Marsh and Muggington Bottoms].
  74. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003861}} Monk's Dale].
  75. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000522}} Morley Brick Pits].
  76. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000381}} Moss Valley].
  77. Web site: [{{sssi link|1004522}} Moss Valley Meadows].
  78. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007006}} Moss Valley Woods].
  79. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000717}} Mount Pleasant, Idridgehay].
  80. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000538}} Ogston Reservoir].
  81. Web site: [{{sssi link|1005457}} Oxlow Rake].
  82. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003966}} Parwich Moor].
  83. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001674}} Pleasley Vale Railway].
  84. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001269}} Poole's Cavern and Grin Low Wood].
  85. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003737}} Portway Mine].
  86. Web site: [{{sssi link|1005545}} River Derwent At Hathersage].
  87. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000416}} River Mease].
  88. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000181}} Rose End Meadows].
  89. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003478}} Rowlee Bridge].
  90. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001215}} Shining Cliff Woods].
  91. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000716}} South Lee Meadows].
  92. Web site: [{{sssi link|1004059}} Stoney Middleton Dale].
  93. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001840}} Teversal To Pleasley Railway].
  94. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000186}} The Wye Valley].
  95. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001240}} Ticknall Quarries].
  96. Web site: [{{sssi link|1005757}} Tideslow Rake].
  97. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001257}} Toddbrook Reservoir].
  98. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000145}} Topley Pike and Deepdale].
  99. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003846}} Upper Lathkill].
  100. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003009}} Via Gellia Woodlands].
  101. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000718}} Wall Lands].
  102. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001725}} Waterswallow's Quarry].
  103. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000174}} Wyns Tor].
  104. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003953}} Yarncliff Wood, Padley].
  105. Web site: Guide to National Grid . Ordnance Survey . 2008-02-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071027134518/http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/help.html#gridref . 2007-10-27 .

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