List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire, and its location within the United Kingdom

This is a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Nottinghamshire, a county in the East Midlands. Nottinghamshire is bordered by South Yorkshire to the north, and Leicestershire to the south, and has an estimated population of 1,055,400 within an area of 2,159 km2 (533,500.5 acres), therefore making it the 17th largest cermeonial county in the United Kingdom.[1] The data in this table is taken from English Nature's website in the form of citation sheets for each SSSI.[2]

As of March 2012 there are 66 SSSIs in Nottinghamshire. 63 are notable for their biological interest, 1 for its geology and 2 for both geological and biological interest.

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

Sites

Site name Reason for designation Area Location & map ref Other designations Map/Refs
Biological interest Geological interest Hectares Acres
Annesley Woodhouse Quarry Green tick 34.6 85.5 53°04′41″N 1°16′34″W / 53.078°N 1.276°W
    SK486537 		WT  Map  [3]
Ashton's Meadow Green tick 3.6 8.8 53°18′36″N 0°49′19″W / 53.31°N 0.822°W
    SK786799 		 Map  [4]
Attenborough Gravel Pits Green tick 226.6 559.9 52°53′56″N 1°13′41″W / 52.899°N 1.228°W
    SK520338 		WT  Map  [5]
Bagthorpe Meadows Green tick 6.3 15.6 53°03′43″N 1°18′07″W / 53.062°N 1.302°W
    SK469519 		 Map  [6]
Barnstone Railway Cutting Green tick 1.5 3.8 52°54′43″N 0°54′04″W / 52.912°N 0.901°W
    SK740355 		 Map  [7]
Barrow Hills Sandpit Green tick 1.9 4.6 53°25′05″N 0°58′30″W / 53.418°N 0.975°W
    SK682917 		 Map  [8]
Besthorpe Meadows Green tick 9.3 23.1 53°10′05″N 0°46′41″W / 53.168°N 0.778°W
    SK818641 		 Map  [9]
Besthorpe Warren Green tick 8.8 21.8 53°10′44″N 0°45′47″W / 53.179°N 0.763°W
    SK828654 		 Map  [10]
Bevercotes Park Green tick 8.5 21.1 53°13′52″N 0°57′11″W / 53.231°N 0.953°W
    SK700709 		 Map  [11]
Birklands And Bilhaugh Green tick 505.7 1249.7 53°12′29″N 1°04′41″W / 53.208°N 1.078°W
    SK617683 		CP, NNR, NCR, SAC  Map  [12]
Birklands West And Ollerton Corner Green tick 414.6 1024.6 53°11′56″N 1°06′18″W / 53.199°N 1.105°W
    SK599673 		LNR  Map  [13]
Bogs Farm Quarry Green tick 4.9 12 53°04′34″N 1°16′59″W / 53.076°N 1.283°W
    SK481534 		 Map  [14]
Bulwell Wood Green tick 16.8 41.5 53°00′40″N 1°13′52″W / 53.011°N 1.231°W
    SK517462 		 Map  [15]
Castle Hill Wood Green tick 30.4 75.1 53°18′54″N 0°53′42″W / 53.315°N 0.895°W
    SK737804 		 Map  [16]
Chesterfield Canal Green tick 29.8 73.7 53°22′05″N 0°54′00″W / 53.368°N 0.9°W
    SK733863 		 Map  [17]
Clarborough Tunnel Green tick 8.5 21.1 53°20′06″N 0°52′30″W / 53.335°N 0.875°W
    SK750826 		WT  Map  [18]
Clipstone Heath Green tick 4.2 10.4 53°09′22″N 1°06′47″W / 53.156°N 1.113°W
    SK594625 		 Map  [19]
Clumber Park Green tick 525.7 1298.9 53°15′29″N 1°03′43″W / 53.258°N 1.062°W
    SK627739 		NT  Map  [20]
Colwick Cutting Green tick Green tick 2.1 5.1 52°57′07″N 1°06′14″W / 52.952°N 1.104°W
    SK603398 		GCR, LNR  Map  [21]
Dovedale Wood Green tick 13.4 33.2 53°09′47″N 1°18′22″W / 53.163°N 1.306°W
    SK465631 		NT  Map  [22]
Dyscarr Wood Green tick 21.6 53.4 53°22′55″N 1°07′52″W / 53.382°N 1.131°W
    SK579876 		WT  Map  [23]
Eakring And Maplebeck Meadows Green tick 15.8 39 53°09′04″N 0°57′07″W / 53.151°N 0.952°W
    SK702621 		WT  Map  [24]
Friezeland Grassland Green tick 3.7 9.1 53°03′04″N 1°17′28″W / 53.051°N 1.291°W
    SK476506 		 Map  [25]
Gamston & Eaton Woods & Roadside Verges Green tick 57.2 141.2 53°17′10″N 0°54′43″W / 53.286°N 0.912°W
    SK726771 		WT  Map  [26]
Gotham Hill Pasture Green tick 8.4 20.8 52°52′19″N 1°12′50″W / 52.872°N 1.214°W
    SK530308 		 Map  [27]
Hills And Holes And Sookholme Brook, Warsop Green tick 30.2 74.5 53°12′14″N 1°10′16″W / 53.204°N 1.171°W
    SK555678 		WES  Map  [28]
Holme Pit Green tick 4.2 10.3 52°54′18″N 1°12′18″W / 52.905°N 1.205°W
    SK536345 		 Map  [29]
Kimberley Railway Cutting Green tick Green tick 5.4 13.3 53°00′04″N 1°15′22″W / 53.001°N 1.256°W
    SK500451 		GCR, WT  Map  [30]
Kinoulton Marsh And Canal Green tick 2.6 6.4 52°52′01″N 0°59′38″W / 52.867°N 0.994°W
    SK678304 		 Map  [31]
Kirkby Grives Green tick 22 54.4 53°05′31″N 1°15′29″W / 53.092°N 1.258°W
    SK498552 		LNR, WT  Map  [32]
Kirton Wood, Notts. Green tick 18.4 45.5 53°12′25″N 0°56′35″W / 53.207°N 0.943°W
    SK707683 		WT  Map  [33]
Laxton Sykes Green tick 14.3 35.3 53°10′55″N 0°54′22″W / 53.182°N 0.906°W
    SK732656 		 Map  [34]
Linby Quarries Green tick 38.7 95.6 53°03′50″N 1°12′18″W / 53.064°N 1.205°W
    SK534522 		 Map  [35]
Lord Stubbins Wood Green tick 24.8 61.4 53°12′54″N 1°11′46″W / 53.215°N 1.196°W
    SK538690 		 Map  [36]
Mather Wood Green tick 8 19.7 53°07′30″N 0°55′16″W / 53.125°N 0.921°W
    SK723592 		 Map  [37]
Mattersey Hill Marsh Green tick 6 14.9 53°22′41″N 0°59′35″W / 53.378°N 0.993°W
    SK671873 		 Map  [38]
Misson Line Bank Green tick 20.7 51.2 53°27′25″N 0°55′30″W / 53.457°N 0.925°W
    SK715961 		 Map  [39]
Misson Training Area Green tick 85.2 210.5 53°28′08″N 0°55′34″W / 53.469°N 0.926°W
    SK714974 		WT  Map  [40]
Mother Drain, Misterton Green tick 3.6 9 53°26′49″N 0°49′55″W / 53.447°N 0.832°W
    SK777951 		 Map  [41]
Newhall Reservoir Meadow Green tick 0.7 1.8 53°05′06″N 1°00′54″W / 53.085°N 1.015°W
    SK661546 		 Map  [42]
Normanton Pastures Green tick 16.6 40.9 52°53′31″N 1°04′19″W / 52.892°N 1.072°W
    SK625331 		 Map  [43]
Orston Plaster Pits Green tick 4.6 11.5 52°57′11″N 0°52′01″W / 52.953°N 0.867°W
    SK762401 		 Map  [44]
Pleasley Vale Railway Green tick 3.5 8.7 53°10′41″N 1°13′23″W / 53.178°N 1.223°W
    SK520648 		LNR  Map  [45]
Rainworth Heath Green tick 13.6 33.7 53°07′34″N 1°07′05″W / 53.126°N 1.118°W
    SK591591 		 Map  [46]
Rainworth Lakes Green tick 14.2 35 53°07′01″N 1°07′37″W / 53.117°N 1.127°W
    SK585581 		 Map  [47]
Redgate Woods And Mansey Common Green tick 71.3 176.1 53°07′55″N 0°59′13″W / 53.132°N 0.987°W
    SK679599 		 Map  [48]
River Idle Washlands Green tick 88.5 218.6 53°26′10″N 1°00′11″W / 53.436°N 1.003°W
    SK663937 		WT  Map  [49]
Robbinetts Green tick 6.3 15.5 52°58′23″N 1°16′08″W / 52.973°N 1.269°W
    SK492420 		 Map  [50]
Roe Wood Green tick 46.7 115.5 53°07′23″N 0°57′29″W / 53.123°N 0.958°W
    SK698589 		 Map  [51]
Rushcliffe Golf Course Green tick 19.5 48.1 52°50′53″N 1°11′42″W / 52.848°N 1.195°W
    SK543281 		 Map  [52]
Scrooby Top Quarry Green tick 3.6 8.8 53°23′42″N 1°01′26″W / 53.395°N 1.024°W
    SK650891 		 Map  [53]
Seller's Wood Green tick 13.9 34.3 53°00′11″N 1°13′26″W / 53.003°N 1.224°W
    SK522454 		LNR  Map  [54]
Sherwood Forest Golf Course Green tick 62.5 154.5 53°08′56″N 1°07′26″W / 53.149°N 1.124°W
    SK587617 		 Map  [55]
Sledder Wood Meadows Green tick 7.9 19.6 53°01′01″N 1°15′40″W / 53.017°N 1.261°W
    SK497469 		 Map  [56]
Spalford Warren Green tick 35.8 88.5 53°12′11″N 0°45′22″W / 53.203°N 0.756°W
    SK832680 		 Map  [57]
Strawberry Hill Heaths Green tick 31.5 77.9 53°08′13″N 1°08′10″W / 53.137°N 1.136°W
    SK579603 		 Map  [58]
Styrrup Quarry Green tick 0.3 0.7 53°24′18″N 1°05′28″W / 53.405°N 1.091°W
    SK605902 		GCR  Map  [59]
Sutton And Lound Gravel Pits Green tick 316.8 782.8 53°22′08″N 0°56′13″W / 53.369°N 0.937°W
    SK708863 		WT  Map  [60]
Teversal Pastures Green tick 17.9 44.3 53°09′00″N 1°16′01″W / 53.15°N 1.267°W
    SK491617 		LNR  Map  [61]
Teversal To Pleasley Railway Green tick 5 12.4 53°09′54″N 1°16′19″W / 53.165°N 1.272°W
    SK488633 		LNR, WT  Map  [62]
Thoresby Lake Green tick 58 143.3 53°13′37″N 1°03′18″W / 53.227°N 1.055°W
    SK632704 		 Map  [63]
Treswell Wood Green tick 48 118.6 53°18′22″N 0°51′32″W / 53.306°N 0.859°W
    SK761794 		WT  Map  [64]
Welbeck Lake Green tick 101.7 251.2 53°14′56″N 1°08′38″W / 53.249°N 1.144°W
    SK572728 		Wildlife refuge  Map  [65]
Wellow Park Green tick 135.5 334.8 53°11′49″N 0°58′41″W / 53.197°N 0.978°W
    SK684671 		 Map  [66]
Wilford Claypits Green tick 2.2 5.4 52°54′50″N 1°09′14″W / 52.914°N 1.154°W
    SK570355 		 Map  [67]
Wilwell Cutting Green tick 7.3 18.1 52°54′29″N 1°09′36″W / 52.908°N 1.16°W
    SK566348 		LNR, WT  Map  [68]

See also

Notes

A Data rounded to one decimal place.
B Grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system, also known as OSGB36, and is the system used by the Ordnance Survey.[69]
C Those SSSIs with more than one OS grid reference are composed of multiple sections, separated by non-SSSI land.[69]
E Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by Natural England.

References

  1. ↑ "T 08: Selected age groups for local authorities in the United Kingdom; estimated resident population; Mid-2006 Population Estimates". Office for National Statistics. August 22, 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
  2. ↑ Natural England data for Nottinghamshire SSSIs. Retrieved on 2012-03-16
  3. ↑ "Annesley Woodhouse Quarries".
  4. ↑ "Ashton'S Meadow".
  5. ↑ "Attenborough Gravel Pits".
  6. ↑ "Bagthorpe Meadows".
  7. ↑ "Barnstone Railway Cutting".
  8. ↑ "Barrow Hills Sandpit".
  9. ↑ "Besthorpe Meadows".
  10. ↑ "Besthorpe Warren".
  11. ↑ "Bevercotes Park".
  12. ↑ "Birklands And Bilhaugh".
  13. ↑ "Birklands West And Ollerton Corner".
  14. ↑ "Bogs Farm Quarry".
  15. ↑ "Bulwell Wood".
  16. ↑ "Castle Hill Wood".
  17. ↑ "Chesterfield Canal".
  18. ↑ "Clarborough Tunnel".
  19. ↑ "Clipstone Heath".
  20. ↑ "Clumber Park".
  21. ↑ "Colwick Cutting".
  22. ↑ "Dovedale Wood".
  23. ↑ "Dyscarr Wood".
  24. ↑ "Eakring And Maplebeck Meadows".
  25. ↑ "Friezeland Grassland".
  26. ↑ "Gamston & Eaton Woods & Roadside Verges".
  27. ↑ "Gotham Hill Pasture".
  28. ↑ "Hills And Holes And Sookholme Brook, Warsop".
  29. ↑ "Holme Pit".
  30. ↑ "Kimberley Railway Cutting".
  31. ↑ "Kinoulton Marsh And Canal".
  32. ↑ "Kirkby Grives".
  33. ↑ "Kirton Wood, Notts.".
  34. ↑ "Laxton Sykes".
  35. ↑ "Linby Quarries".
  36. ↑ "Lord Stubbins Wood".
  37. ↑ "Mather Wood".
  38. ↑ "Mattersey Hill Marsh".
  39. ↑ "Misson Line Bank".
  40. ↑ "Misson Training Area".
  41. ↑ "Mother Drain, Misterton".
  42. ↑ "Newhall Reservoir Meadow".
  43. ↑ "Normanton Pastures".
  44. ↑ "Orston Plaster Pits".
  45. ↑ "Pleasley Vale Railway".
  46. ↑ "Rainworth Heath".
  47. ↑ "Rainworth Lakes".
  48. ↑ "Redgate Woods And Mansey Common".
  49. ↑ "River Idle Washlands".
  50. ↑ "Robbinetts".
  51. ↑ "Roe Wood".
  52. ↑ "Rushcliffe Golf Course".
  53. ↑ "Scrooby Top Quarry".
  54. ↑ "Seller'S Wood".
  55. ↑ "Sherwood Forest Golf Course".
  56. ↑ "Sledder Wood Meadows".
  57. ↑ "Spalford Warren".
  58. ↑ "Strawberry Hill Heaths".
  59. ↑ "Styrrup Quarry".
  60. ↑ "Sutton And Lound Gravel Pits".
  61. ↑ "Teversal Pastures".
  62. ↑ "Teversal To Pleasley Railway".
  63. ↑ "Thoresby Lake".
  64. ↑ "Treswell Wood".
  65. ↑ "Welbeck Lake".
  66. ↑ "Wellow Park".
  67. ↑ "Wilford Claypits".
  68. ↑ "Wilwell Cutting".
  69. ↑ 69.0 69.1 "Guide to National Grid". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 2008-02-21.

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