List of The Largest Sites of Special Scientific Interest in England - Sites More Than 2000 Hectares in Size

Sites More Than 2000 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
Chichester Harbour Hampshire / West Sussex Y Y 3,695.0 9,130.5 SU760000 1970
Bridgwater Bay Somerset Y 3,574.1 8,831.8 ST290480 1989
Dungeness East Sussex / Kent Y Y 3,241.7 8,010.4 TR050180 1951
Ashdown Forest East Sussex Y 3,144.6 7,770.5 TQ450300 1953
South Exmoor Devon / Somerset Y 3,132.7 7,741.1 SS880340 1992
Long Mynd Shropshire Y Y 2,637.6 6,517.7 SO420950 1953
Alde-Ore estuary Suffolk Y 2,554.3 6,311.8 TM394757 1952
The Quantocks Somerset Y 2,506.9 6,194.7 ST140390 1970
Ouse Washes Cambridgeshire / Norfolk Y 2,403.0 5,937.9 TL482867 1955
Exe Estuary Devon Y Y 2,186.6 5,403.2 SX980845 1952
East Dartmoor Devon Y Y 2,088.1 5,159.8 SX695815 1976
Langstone Harbour Hampshire Y 2,069.4 5,113.6 SU700030 1958

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