Sites More Than 500 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 | |||||
| Blue Anchor to Lilstock Coast | Somerset | Y | 742.8 | 1,835.5 | ST033435 | 1971 | ||
| Abberton Reservoir | Essex | Y | 716.3 | 1,770.0 | TL970180 | 1955 | ||
| Lynher Estuary | Cornwall | Y | 687.3 | 1,698.4 | SX375565 | 1951 | ||
| North Moor | Somerset | Y | 676.3 | 1,671.2 | ST325305 | 1986 | ||
| Cotswold Commons And Beechwoods | Gloucestershire | Y | 665.5 | 1,644.5 | SP900130 | 1954 | ||
| Bentley Wood | Wiltshire / Hampshire | Y | 665.0 | 1,643.3 | SU250295 | 1985 | ||
| Barle Valley | Somerset | Y | 622.9 | 1,539.2 | SS850349 | 1954 | ||
| Pagham Harbour | Avon | Y | Y | 615.9 | 1,521.9 | SZ875970 | 1954 | |
| Upper Fal estuary and woodlands | Cornwall | Y | 603.5 | 1,491.3 | SW850410 | 1968 | ||
| Chew Valley Lake | Avon | Y | 565.2 | 1,396.6 | ST570600 | 1971 | ||
| Arne | Dorset | Y | Y | 563.4 | 1,392.2 | ST966880 | 1952 | |
| Westhay Moor | Somerset | Y | 513.7 | 1,269.4 | ST455445 | 1971 | ||
| Breydon Water | Norfolk | Y | 506.5 | 1,251.6 | TG500075 | 1987 | ||
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