Sites More Than 400 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 | |||||
| Wet Moor | Somerset | Y | 491.0 | 1,213.3 | ST448244 | 1985 | ||
| Curry and Hay Moors | Somerset | Y | 472.8 | 1,168.3 | ST323273 | 1992 | ||
| Dunster Park and Heathlands | Somerset | Y | 466.6 | 1,153.0 | SS955441 | 2000 | ||
| Cranborne Chase | Dorset / Wiltshire | Y | 451.4 | 1,115.4 | ST970180 | 1975 | ||
| Cheddar Complex | Somerset | Y | Y | 441.3 | 1,090.5 | ST465538 | 1952 | |
| Blithfield Reservoir | Staffordshire | Y | 435.6 | 1,076.4 | SK057242 | 1968 | ||
| Winterton to Horsey Dunes | Norfolk | Y | Y | 427.2 | 1,055.6 | ST490210 | 1954 | |
| Wytham Woods | Oxfordshire | Y | 426.5 | 1,053.9 | SP462083 | 1950 | ||
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