List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire
The following is a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Leicestershire. As of August 2017, there are 76 SSSIs in the county,[1] 57 of which are designated for their biology, 12 for their geology and 7 for both criteria.
SSSIs in Rutland are listed separately.
Key
Interest
Public access
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Other classifications
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Sites
See also
Notes
- 1 2 The area and grid reference are taken from the "Details" page for each site on the Natural England database.[1]
- ↑ The maps are provided by Natural England on the Magic Map website.
- ↑ Citations are provided for each site by Natural England.
- ↑ Dimminsdale is partly in Derbyshire.
- ↑ Eye Brook Reservoir is partly in Rutland.
- ↑ King Lud's Entrenchments and The Drift is partly in Lincolnshire.
- ↑ River Mease is partly in Staffordshire.
References
- 1 2 "Designated Sites View: Leicestershire". Natural England. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- 1 2 "Designated Sites View: Allexton Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ↑ "Allexton Wood citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ↑ "Bardon Hill (Precambrian of England & Wales)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Bardon Hill (Mineralogy of Peak District, Leicestershire, Cheshire & Shropshire)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Beacon Hill (Precambrian of England & Wales)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Bradgate Park (Precambrian of England & Wales)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Bradgate Park (Quaternary of Midlands - Avon)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Bradgate Park". Historic England. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Breedon Cloud Quarry (Dinantian of Northern England & North Wales)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Cloud Wood". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ↑ "Buddon Hill (Caledonian igneous)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Burbage Common and Woods". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Charnwood Lodge (Precambrian of England & Wales)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Charnwood Lodge & Warren Hills (Precambrian of England & Wales)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Charnwood Lodge". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- 1 2 3 "Leicestershire's National Nature Reserves". Natural England. 31 October 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Cliffe Hill Quarry (Precambrian of England & Wales)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Cribb's Meadow". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ Ratcliffe, A Nature Conservation Review, p. 158
- ↑ "Croft Quarry (Mineralogy of Peak District, Leicestershire, Cheshire & Shropshire)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Croft Pasture". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Dimminsdale". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Warren Quarry (Mineralogy of Peak District, Leicestershire, Cheshire & Shropshire)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Great Merrible Wood". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Gypsy [sic] Lane Brick Pit (Mineralogy of Peak District, Leicestershire, Cheshire & Shropshire)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Grace Dieu (Dinantian of Northern England & North Wales)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Ives Head (Precambrian Palaeontology)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "King Lud's Intrenchments and adjacent barrow". Historic England. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Launde Woods". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ Ratcliffe, A Nature Conservation Review, p. 85
- ↑ "Loughborough Big Meadow". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Castle Hill Quarry (Mineralogy of Peak District, Leicestershire, Cheshire & Shropshire)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Narborough Bog". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Newhurst Quarry (Mineralogy of Peak District, Leicestershire, Cheshire & Shropshire)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Blackbrook Reservoir (Precambrian of England & Wales)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Designated Sites View: River Mease". Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Sproxton Quarry (Aalenian - Bajocian)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Stonesby Quarry". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "The Brand (Precambrian of England & Wales)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ Ratcliffe, A Nature Conservation Review, p.304
- ↑ "Tilton Railway Cutting (Hettangian, Sinemurian and Pliensbachian)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Tilton Railway Cutting". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Ulverscroft". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Wymondham Rough". Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
Sources
- Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-21403-3.
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