Sites More Than 100 Hectares in Size
| Site name | Area of Search | Reason for designation | Area | Grid reference | Year in which notified | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biological interest | Geological interest | Hectares | Acres | |||||
| Attenborough Nature Reserve | Nottinghamshire | Y | 226.6 | 559.9 | SK514338 | 1982 | ||
| Asham Wood | Somerset | Y | 141.6 | 349.9 | ST705460 | 1963 | ||
| Burrington Combe | Avon / ? | Y | Y | 139.1 | 343.7 | ST478583 | 1952 | |
| Wenlock Edge | Shropshire | Y | Y | 136.8 | 338.0 | SO606995 | 1954 | |
| Tickenham, Nailsea and Kenn Moors | Avon | Y | 129.4 | 319.8 | ST440700 | 1995 | ||
| Bowerchalke Downs | Wiltshire | Y | 128.6 | 317.8 | SU004218 | 1971 | ||
| Calstone And Cherhill Downs | Wiltshire | Y | 128.6 | 317.8 | SU047692 | 1971 | ||
| King's Wood and Urchin Wood | Avon | Y | 128.1 | 316.5 | ST454645 | 1990 | ||
| East Polden Grasslands | Somerset | Y | 124.0 | 306.4 | ST474325 | 1999 | ||
| Upper Fowey Valley | Cornwall | Y | 124.0 | 306.4 | SX215730 | 1989 | ||
| Potteric Carr | South Yorkshire | Y | 119.6 | 295.5 | SE599003 | 1977 | ||
| Cowpen Marsh | Cleveland | Y | 116.8 | 288.6 | NZ500529 | 1966 | ||
| River Kennet | Berkshire / Wiltshire | Y | 112.7 | 278.5 | SU203692 | 1995 | ||
| Cheddar Reservoir | Somerset | Y | 105.4 | 260.4 | ST441537 | 1972 | ||
| River Barle | Somerset | Y | 104.2 | 257.5 | SS723423 | 1997 | ||
| Dozmary Pool | Cornwall | Y | Y | 104.2 | 257.5 | SX195745 | 1986 | |
| Prior's Park & Adcombe Wood | Somerset | Y | 103.6 | 256.0 | ST225170 | 1952 | ||
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