List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Worcestershire explained

This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Worcestershire, 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.^[1], there are 106 sites designated in this Area of Search.^[2] There are 15 sites with a geological interest, and 106 listed for biological interest. Five 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.

For other counties, see List of SSSIs 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	Acres
Aileshurst Coppice			2.1	5.2		1971		^[3]
Areley Wood			64.4	159.2		1955	NCR	^[4]
Ashmoor Common			30.2	74.6		1975		^[5]
Avenue Meadow			0.5	1.2		1994		^[6]
Barn Meadow			1.7	4.3		1986		^[7]
Baynhall Meadow			1.1	2.6		1993		^[8]
Beckford Gravel Pit			0.3	0.6		1993		^[9]
Berry Mound Pastures			11.8	29.2		1994		^[10]
Bittell Reservoirs			65.8	162.5		1956		^[11]
Bliss Gate Pastures			2	5		1995		^[12]
Bredon Hill			384.1	949.1		1955	NNR, NCR, SAC	^[13]
Broad Green			1.1	2.7		1979		^[14]
Broadway Hill			15.2	37.5		1984	NT	^[15]
Brotheridge Green Disused Railway Line			2.2	5.5		1971	WT	^[16]
Brotheridge Green Meadows			4.1	10		1971	WT	^[17]
Brown's Close Meadow			2.7	6.6		1995		^[18]
Buckeridge Meadow			2.6	6.4		1995		^[19]
Burcot Lane Cutting			0.4	0.9		1991		^[20]
Burley Dene Meadows			17	42.1		1994		^[21]
Castlemorton Common			79.4	196.2		1955		^[22]
Cooksholme Meadows			8.4	20.7		1989		^[23]
Coombhill Meadows			3	7.4		1975		^[24]
Crews Hill Wood			7.1	17.4		1975		^[25]
Cropthorne New Inn Section			0.1	0.3		1991	GCR	^[26]
Dagnell End Meadow			2.2	5.3		1975		^[27]
Dean Brook Valley Pastures			4.4	10.7		1994		^[28]
Devil's Spittleful			99.3	245.3		1955	WT	^[29]
Dormston Church Meadow			1.3	3.3		1994		^[30]
Duke of York Meadow			2.1	5.1		1979	WT	^[31]
Dumbleton Dingle			50	123.5		1961	WT	^[32]
Earl's Croome Meadow			1.2	3		1971		^[33]
Eastnor Park			153.3	378.8		1990	AONB	^[34]
Eckington Railway Cutting			1.1	2.7		1990	GCR	^[35]
Eymore Railway Cutting			0.2	0.5		1991	GCR	^[36]
Feckenham Forest			229.7	567.5		1955	WT, NNR, NCR	^[37]
Foster's Green Meadows			12.3	30.3		1971	WT, NNR, NCR	^[38]
Frog End Meadow			1.7	4.3		1989		^[39]
Grafton Wood			49.5	122.2		1971		^[40]
Grange Meadow			1.5	3.8		1998		^[41]
Great Blaythorn Meadow			2.1	5.2		1994		^[42]
Grimley Brick Pits			18.8	46.5		1955		^[43]
Hanley Dingle			29.9	74		1977	NCR	^[44]
Hartlebury Common And Hillditch Coppice			90.3	223.2		1955	GCR, LNR	^[45]
Hay Wood And Tinkers' Coppice			30.4	75.1		1991		^[46]
Hewell Park Lake			21.1	52.1		1971	WT	^[47]
Highclere			1	2.6		1994		^[48]
Hillend Meadow & Orchard			0.8	1.9		1994		^[49]
Hopwood Dingle			7.1	17.6		1955	NT, WT	^[50]
Hurcott And Podmore Pools			21.7	53.5		1986		^[51]
Hurcott Pasture			4.7	11.6		1995		^[52]
Hurst Farm Pasture			2.2	5.4		1994		^[53]
Ipsley Alders Marsh			15.1	37.3		1971	WT	^[54]
Kinver Edge			124.2	306.9		1968	GCR, NT	^[55]
Leigh Brook Valley			46.8	115.7		1971	WT	^[56]
Little Royal Farm Pastures			3.3	8.1		1994		^[57]
Long Meadow, Thorn			5.2	12.9		1971	WT	^[58]
Lord's Wood Meadows			6.7	16.6		1995		^[59]
Lower Saleway Farm Meadows			4.5	11		1998		^[60]
Lyppard Grange Ponds			1.1	2.7		2000	SAC	^[61]
Madeley Heath Pit			2.7	6.8		1991	GCR	^[62]
Mains Wood			8.6	21.2		1969		^[63]
Malthouse Farm Meadows			5	12.4		1985		^[64]
Merries Farm Meadows			1	2.3		1994		^[65]
Micklefield Meadow			1.3	3.1		1988		^[66]
Monk Wood			62.8	155.2		1971	WT. BC	^[67]
Monkwood Green			7.8	19.3		1975	WT. BC	^[68]
Mutlow's Orchard			0.9	2.2		1975		^[69]
Napleton Meadow			1.1	2.7		1994		^[70]
Naunton Court Meadows			5	12.4		1994		^[71]
Nine Holes Meadows			3.9	9.5		1994		^[72]
Northwick Marsh			5.1	12.5		1988		^[73]
Oakland Pasture			1.1	2.6		1994		^[74]
Oakley Pool			5.5	13.5		1972		^[75]
Osebury Rock			3.2	7.9		1955	GCR	^[76]
Penny Hill Bank			0.8	1.9		1975	WT	^[77]
Penorchard & Spring Farm Pastures			15.4	38.2		1994		^[78]
Pipershill Common			15.9	39.4		1956		^[79]
Poolhay Meadows			2.9	7.1		1975		^[80]
Portway Farm Meadows			2.5	6.2		1993		^[81]
Puxton Marshes			12.9	32		1985		^[82]
Quarry Farm Meadow			1	2.5		1994		^[83]
Rabbit Wood			16.1	39.7		1971		^[84]
Ranters Bank Pastures			2.2	5.4		1995		^[85]
Rectory Farm Meadows			16.1	39.8		1994		^[86]
River Stour Flood Plain			17.6	43.6		1990		^[87]
River Teme			441	1089.6		1996	AONB, SAC	^[88]
Romsley Hill			13.6	33.7		1994		^[89]
Romsley Manor Farm			9.1	22.4		1993		^[90]
Rookery Cottage Meadows			5.8	14.4		1994		^[91]
Rough Hill & Wirehill Woods			52	128.6		1990	WT	^[92]
Rye Street Meadows			5.5	13.5		1975		^[93]
Salt Meadow, Earl's Common			2.8	6.9		1975		^[94]
Showground Meadow, Callow Hill			0.8	2.1		1995		^[95]
Shrawley Wood			102.3	252.7		1955	NCR	^[96]
Sling Gravel Pits			1.1	2.6		1959	GCR, NT	^[97]
Starling Bank			2.2	5.3		1994		^[98]
Stock Wood Meadows			1.8	4.4		1994		^[99]
Stourvale Marsh			9.3	22.9		1971		^[100]
Teddon Farm			4	9.8		1995		^[101]
The Malvern Hills			746.2	1844		1954	SAM, AONB, GCR, MHC	^[102]
Tiddesley Wood			80.9	199.8		1986	WT	^[103]
Trench Wood			62.3	153.9		1989	WT	^[104]
Trickses Hole			2.9	7		1994		^[105]
Tudor Cottage Meadow			0.5	1.3		1994		^[106]
Tunnel Hill Meadow			0.8	1.9		1975	WT	^[107]
Upper Welson Marsh			1.7	4.3		1969	WT	^[108]
Upton Ham			59.3	146.6		1989		^[109]
Upton Warren Pools			42.8	105.7		1972		^[110]
Westwood Great Pool			29.4	72.5		1955		^[111]
Wilden Marsh And Meadows			40.5	100.1		1971	WT	^[112]
Windmill Hill			6.3	15.5		1975	WT	^[113]
Windmill Tump			0.3	0.8		1991	GCR	^[114]
Woodbury Quarry			5.1	12.5		1961	GCR	^[115]
Wylde Moor, Feckenham			11.3	28		1981	WT	^[116]
Wyre Forest			1755.8	4338.6		1955	NNR, NCR, WT	^[117]
Yellow House Meadow			1.8	4.3		1993		^[118]

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.^[119]

Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by Natural England.

References

• Natural England Reports and Statistics data for Hereford and Worcester

Notes and References

1. Web site: Notification of SSSIs . English Nature . 6 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120515062100/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/special/sssi/notification.cfm . 15 May 2012 .
2. Web site: SSSIs in Hereford and Worcester. English Nature. 14 October 2012.
3. Web site: [{{sssi link|1005535}} Aileshurst Coppice NE citation].
4. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000212}} Areley Wood NE citation].
5. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001315}} Ashmoor Common NE citation].
6. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007247}} Avenue Meadow NE citation].
7. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003724}} Barn Meadow NE citation].
8. Web site: [{{sssi link|1006626}} Baynhall Meadow NE citation].
9. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001600}} Beckford Gravel Pit NE citation].
10. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007264}} Berry Mound Pastures NE citation ]. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120510071203/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1007264.pdf . 10 May 2012 .
11. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000942}} Bittell Reservoirs NE citation].
12. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007237}} Bliss Gate Pastures NE citation].
13. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001495}} Bredon Hill NE citation].
14. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001507}} Broad Green NE citation].
15. Web site: [{{sssi link|1004245}} Broadway Hill NE citation].
16. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003289}} Brotheridge Green Disused Railway Line NE citation].
17. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003303}} Brotheridge Green Meadows NE citation].
18. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007238}} Brown's Close Meadow NE citation].
19. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007235}} Buckeridge Meadow NE citation].
20. Web site: [{{sssi link|1004380}} Burcot Lane Cutting NE citation].
21. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000253}} Burley Dene Meadows NE citation].
22. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003434}} Castlemorton Common NE citation].
23. Web site: [{{sssi link|1005946}} Cooksholme Meadows NE citation].
24. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003591}} Coombhill Meadows NE citation].
25. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003616}} Crews Hill Wood NE citation].
26. Web site: [{{sssi link|1005982}} Cropthorne New Inn Section NE citation ]. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150108165440/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1005982.pdf . 8 January 2015 .
27. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003656}} Dagnell End Meadow NE citation].
28. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007251}} Dean Brook Valley Pastures NE citation].
29. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003693}} Devil's Spittleful NE citation].
30. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007253}} Dormston Church Meadow NE citation].
31. Web site: [{{sssi link|1004354}} Duke of York Meadow NE citation].
32. Web site: [{{sssi link|1004366}} Dumbleton Dingle NE citation].
33. Web site: [{{sssi link|1004370}} Earl's Croome Meadow NE citation].
34. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000829}} Eastnor Park NE citation].
35. Web site: [{{sssi link|1005769}} Eckington Railway Cutting NE citation].
36. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002390}} Eymore Railway Cutting NE citation].
37. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001994}} Feckenham Forest NE citation].
38. Web site: [{{sssi link|1004455}} Foster's Green Meadows NE citation].
39. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003740}} Frog End Meadow NE citation].
40. Web site: [{{sssi link|1004480}} Grafton Wood NE citation].
41. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000256}} Grange Meadow NE citation].
42. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007249}} Great Blaythorn Meadow NE citation].
43. Web site: [{{sssi link|1004509}} Grimley Brick Pits NE citation].
44. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000027}} Hanley Dingle NE citation].
45. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000046}} Hartlebury Common And Hillditch Coppice NE citation ]. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075631/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000046.pdf . 4 March 2016 .
46. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003544}} Hay Wood And Tinkers' Coppice NE citation].
47. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000092}} Hewell Park Lake NE citation].
48. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007257}} Highclere NE citation].
49. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007241}} Hillend Meadow & Orchard NE citation].
50. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000127}} Hopwood Dingle NE citation].
51. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000702}} Hurcott And Podmore Pools NE citation].
52. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000016}} Hurcott Pasture NE citation].
53. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007259}} Hurst Farm Pasture NE citation].
54. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000148}} Ipsley Alders Marsh NE citation].
55. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000202}} Kinver Edge NE citation].
56. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000821}} Leigh Brook Valley NE citation].
57. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007260}} Little Royal Farm Pastures NE citation].
58. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000925}} Long Meadow, Thorn NE citation].
59. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007240}} Lord's Wood Meadows NE citation].
60. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000258}} Lower Saleway Farm Meadows NE citation].
61. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000428}} Lyppard Grange Ponds NE citation].
62. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000195}} Madeley Heath Pit NE citation].
63. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000994}} Mains Wood NE citation].
64. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001214}} Malthouse Farm Meadows NE citation].
65. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007245}} Merries Farm Meadows NE citation].
66. Web site: [{{sssi link|1005774}} Micklefield Meadow NE citation].
67. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001125}} Monk Wood NE citation].
68. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001146}} Monkwood Green NE citation].
69. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001180}} Mutlow's Orchard NE citation].
70. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007248}} Napleton Meadow NE citation].
71. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007252}} Naunton Court Meadows NE citation].
72. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007258}} Nine Holes Meadows NE citation].
73. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002655}} Northwick Marsh NE citation].
74. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007261}} Oakland Pasture NE citation].
75. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001802}} Oakley Pool NE citation].
76. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001849}} Osebury Rock NE citation].
77. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001895}} Penny Hill Bank NE citation].
78. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007262}} Penorchard & Spring Farm Pastures NE citation].
79. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001952}} Pipershill Common NE citation].
80. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001966}} Poolhay Meadows NE citation].
81. Web site: [{{sssi link|1006624}} Portway Farm Meadows NE citation].
82. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002234}} Puxton Marshes NE citation].
83. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007242}} Quarry Farm Meadow NE citation].
84. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001984}} Rabbit Wood NE citation].
85. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007234}} Ranters Bank Pastures NE citation].
86. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007250}} Rectory Farm Meadows NE citation].
87. Web site: [{{sssi link|1005983}} River Stour Flood Plain NE citation].
88. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000102}} River Teme NE citation].
89. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007263}} Romsley Hill NE citation].
90. Web site: [{{sssi link|1006623}} Romsley Manor Farm NE citation].
91. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007254}} Rookery Cottage Meadows NE citation].
92. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002487}} Rough Hill & Wirehill Woods NE citation].
93. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002192}} Rye Street Meadows NE citation].
94. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002202}} Salt Meadow, Earl's Common NE citation].
95. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007236}} Showground Meadow, Callow Hill NE citation].
96. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002918}} Shrawley Wood NE citation].
97. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002956}} Sling Gravel Pits NE citation].
98. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007243}} Starling Bank NE citation].
99. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007255}} Stock Wood Meadows NE citation].
100. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003010}} Stourvale Marsh NE citation].
101. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007232}} Teddon Farm NE citation].
102. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001017}} The Malvern Hills NE citation].
103. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003066}} Tiddesley Wood NE citation].
104. Web site: [{{sssi link|1004181}} Trench Wood NE citation].
105. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007256}} Trickses Hole NE citation].
106. Web site: [{{sssi link|1007244}} Tudor Cottage Meadow NE citation].
107. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003092}} Tunnel Hill Meadow NE citation].
108. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003105}} Upper Welson Marsh NE citation].
109. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001604}} Upton Ham NE citation].
110. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003130}} Upton Warren Pools NE citation].
111. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003218}} Westwood Great Pool NE citation].
112. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003227}} Wilden Marsh And Meadows NE citation].
113. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003250}} Windmill Hill NE citation].
114. Web site: [{{sssi link|1005483}} Windmill Tump NE citation].
115. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000398}} Woodbury Quarry NE citation].
116. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000459}} Wylde Moor, Feckenham NE citation].
117. Web site: [{{sssi link|1004198}} Wyre Forest NE citation].
118. Web site: [{{sssi link|1006625}} Yellow House Meadow NE citation].
119. Web site: Guide to National Grid . Ordnance Survey . 3 March 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071027134518/http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/help.html#gridref . 27 October 2007 . dmy-all .