List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset
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This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in the county of Dorset, 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 Dorset's borders to mark one of its Areas of Search. As of 2012[update], there are 139 sites designated in this Area of Search.[2] There are 20 sites with a purely geological interest, and 103 listed for biological interest. A further 16 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 Dorset.[4]
For other counties, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.
Sites
[edit]Notes
[edit]- 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.[145]
- C Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by English Nature.
References
[edit]- ^ "Notification of SSSIs". English Nature. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
- ^ "SSSIs in Dorset". English Nature. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ^ "County search of SSSIs". English Nature. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2006.
- ^ Natural England County Background datasheet for Dorset SSSIs Accessed 6 Sept 2012
- ^ "Abbotsbury Blind Lane" (PDF).
- ^ "Abbotsbury Castle" (PDF).
- ^ "Arne" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Alder Hills nature reserve". BCP Council. 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Aunt Mary's Bottom" (PDF).
- ^ "River Avon System" (PDF).
- ^ "Avon Valley (Bickton To Christchurch)" (PDF).
- ^ "River Axe" (PDF).
- ^ "Babylon Hill" (PDF).
- ^ "Batcombe Down" (PDF).
- ^ "Belle Vue Quarry" (PDF).
- ^ "Bere Stream" (PDF).
- ^ "Black Hill Down" (PDF).
- ^ "Black Hill Heath" (PDF).
- ^ "Blackdown (Hardy Monument)" (PDF).
- ^ "Blackmore Vale Commons and Moors" (PDF).
- ^ "Blandford Camp" (PDF).
- ^ "Blashenwell Farm Pit" (PDF).
- ^ "Blue Pool And Norden Heaths" (PDF).
- ^ "Boulsbury Wood" (PDF).
- ^ "Bourne Valley" (PDF).
- ^ "Bracket's Coppice And Ryewater Farm" (PDF).
- ^ "Bradford Abbas Railway Cutting" (PDF).
- ^ "Breach Fields" (PDF).
- ^ "Brenscombe Heath" (PDF).
- ^ "Bryanston" (PDF).
- ^ "Bugden's Copse And Meadows" (PDF).
- ^ "Burton Bradstock" (PDF).
- ^ "Canford Heath" (PDF).
- ^ "Chalbury Hill And Quarry" (PDF).
- ^ "Chesil & The Fleet" (PDF).
- ^ "Christchurch Harbour" (PDF).
- ^ "Conegar Road Cutting" (PDF).
- ^ "Corfe & Barrow Hills" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Corfe Common" (PDF).
- ^ "Corfe Meadows" (PDF).
- ^ "Corfe Mullen Pastures" (PDF).
- ^ "Corton Cutting" (PDF).
- ^ "Court Farm, Sydling" (PDF).
- ^ "Cranborne Common" (PDF).
- ^ "Creech Grange" (PDF).
- ^ "Crookhill Brick Pit" (PDF).
- ^ "Cull-Peppers Dish" (PDF).
- ^ "Drakenorth" (PDF).
- ^ "East Coppice" (PDF).
- ^ "Ebblake Bog" (PDF).
- ^ "Eggardon Hill & Luccas Farm" (PDF).
- ^ "Ferndown Common" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Fontmell And Melbury Downs" (PDF).
- ^ "Frogden Quarry" (PDF).
- ^ "River Frome" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Frome St. Quintin" (PDF).
- ^ "Giant Hill" (PDF).
- ^ "Goathill Quarry" (PDF).
- ^ "Halfway House Quarry" (PDF).
- ^ "Ham Common" (PDF).
- ^ "Handcocks Bottom" (PDF).
- ^ "Hartland Moor" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Haydon And Askerswell Downs" (PDF).
- ^ "Highcliffe To Milford Cliffs" (PDF).
- ^ "Higher Houghton" (PDF).
- ^ "Hod And Hambledon Hills" (PDF).
- ^ "Hog Cliff" (PDF).
- ^ "Holnest" (PDF).
- ^ "Holt And West Moors Heaths" (PDF).
- ^ "Holton And Sandford Heaths" (PDF).
- ^ "Holway Hill Quarry" (PDF).
- ^ "Horn Park Quarry" (PDF).
- ^ "Horton Common" (PDF).
- ^ "Hurn Common" (PDF).
- ^ "Lambert's Castle" (PDF).
- ^ "Langford Meadow" (PDF).
- ^ "Lions Hill" (PDF).
- ^ "Lodmoor" (PDF).
- ^ "Lorton" (PDF).
- ^ "Low's Hill Quarry" (PDF).
- ^ "Lulworth Park & Lake" (PDF).
- ^ "Luscombe Valley" (PDF).
- ^ "Lyscombe And Highdon" (PDF).
- ^ "Mapperton And Poorton Vales" (PDF).
- ^ "Martin And Tidpit Downs" (PDF).
- ^ "Melbury Park" (PDF).
- ^ "The Moors" (PDF).
- ^ "Moors River System" (PDF).
- ^ "Morcombelake" (PDF).
- ^ "Morden Bog And Hyde Heath" (PDF).
- ^ "Nicodemus Heights" (PDF).
- ^ "Oakers Bog" (PDF).
- ^ "Oakers Wood" (PDF).
- ^ "Oakhills Coppice" (PDF).
- ^ "Parley Common" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2014.
- ^ "Peashill Quarry" (PDF).
- ^ "Pentridge Down" (PDF).
- ^ "Piddles Wood" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Pitcombe Down" (PDF).
- ^ "Poole Bay Cliffs" (PDF).
- ^ "Poole Harbour" (PDF).
- ^ "Isle Of Portland" (PDF).
- ^ "Portland Harbour Shore" (PDF).
- ^ "Povington And Grange Heaths" (PDF).
- ^ "Powerstock Common And Wytherston Farm" (PDF).
- ^ "Poxwell" (PDF).
- ^ "Purbeck Ridge (East)" (PDF).
- ^ "Purbeck Ridge (West)" (PDF).
- ^ "Purewell Meadows" (PDF).
- ^ "Radipole Lake" (PDF).
- ^ "Rempstone Heaths" (PDF).
- ^ "Sandford Lane Quarry" (PDF).
- ^ "Shillingstone Quarry" (PDF).
- ^ "Slop Bog And Uddens Heath" (PDF).
- ^ "South Dorset Coast" (PDF).
- ^ "St Leonards And St Ives Heaths" (PDF).
- ^ "Stoborough & Creech Heaths" (PDF).
- ^ "Stokeford Heaths" (PDF).
- ^ "Studland & Godlingston Heaths" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Studland Cliffs" (PDF).
- ^ "Sutton Combe" (PDF).
- ^ "Sutton Meadows" (PDF).
- ^ "Sydling Valley Downs" (PDF).
- ^ "Thrasher's Heath" (PDF).
- ^ "Toller Porcorum" (PDF).
- ^ "Town Common" (PDF).
- ^ "Townsend" (PDF).
- ^ "Trill Quarry" (PDF).
- ^ "Turbary And Kinson Commons" (PDF).
- ^ "Turners Puddle Heath" (PDF).
- ^ "Upton Heath" (PDF).
- ^ "Upwey Quarries And Bincombe Down" (PDF).
- ^ "Valley Of Stones" (PDF).
- ^ "Verwood Heaths" (PDF).
- ^ "Wareham Common" (PDF).
- ^ "Wareham Meadows" (PDF).
- ^ "Warmwell Heath" (PDF).
- ^ "West Dorset Coast" (PDF).
- ^ "Whetley Meadows" (PDF).
- ^ "White Horse Hill" (PDF).
- ^ "Winfrith Heath" (PDF).
- ^ "Woolcombe" (PDF).
- ^ "Wootton Fitzpaine" (PDF).
- ^ "Worgret Heath" (PDF).
- ^ "Guide to National Grid". Ordnance Survey. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2009.