Sites
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| Site name | Reason for designation | Area | Grid reference | Year in which notified | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biological interest | Geological interest | Hectares | Acres | ||||
| Aller and Beer Woods | Y | 56.9 | 140.6 | ST404305 | 1952 | ||
| Aller Hill | Y | 18.4 | 45.4 | ST408291 | 1988 | ||
| Asham Wood | Y | 141.6 | 347.5 | ST705460 | 1963 | ||
| Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill | Y | 67.1 | 160.1 | ST433555 | 1990 | ||
| Babcary Meadows | Y | 13.6 | 31.6 | ST567293 | 1988 | ||
| River Barle | Y | 104.2 | 257.5 | SS723423 | 1997 | ||
| Barle Valley | Y | 622.9 | 1,539.2 | SS850349 | 1954 | ||
| Barrington Hill Meadows | Y | 16.1 | 39.5 | ST300170 | 1987 | ||
| Ben Knowle | Y | 1.5 | 3.6 | ST513450 | 1984 | ||
| Berrow Dunes | Y | 200.0 | 494.3 | ST293520 | 1952 | ||
| Black Down and Sampford Commons | Y | 155.2 | 383.5 | ST118161 | 1952 | ||
| Blue Anchor to Lilstock Coast | Y | 742.8 | 1,835.5 | ST033435 | 1971 | ||
| Brean Down | Y | Y | 65.1 | 169.7 | ST290590 | 1952 | |
| Bridgwater Bay | Y | 3,574.1 | 8,831.6 | ST290480 | 1989 | ||
| Briggins Moor | Y | 15.3 | 37.8 | SS893250 | 1994 | ||
| Brimble Pit and Cross Swallet Basins | Y | 154.3 | 381.3 | ST512505 | 1987 | ||
| Bruton Railway Cutting | Y | 1.7 | 4.3 | ST688348 | 1971 | ||
| Catcott Edington and Chilton Moors | Y | 1,083.0 | 2,676.0 | ST390420 | 1967 | ||
| Chancellor's Farm | Y | 34.2 | 84.6 | ST525525 | 1984 | ||
| Cheddar Complex | Y | Y | 441.3 | 1,090.5 | ST465538 | 1952 | |
| Cheddar Reservoir | Y | 105.4 | 260.6 | ST441537 | 1972 | ||
| Cheddar Wood | Y | 86.9 | 214.7 | ST445552 | 1967 | ||
| Cleeve Hill | Y | 15.1 | 37.4 | ST056428 | 1989 | ||
| Cloford Quarry | Y | 38.9 | 98.6 | ST718444 | 1994 | ||
| Cogley Wood | Y | 60.7 | 150.1 | ST703345 | 1987 | ||
| Cook's Wood Quarry | Y | 1.8 | 4.4 | ST669479 | 1988 | ||
| Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill | Y | Y | 332.2 | 820.9 | ST385555 | 1952 | |
| Curry and Hay Moors | Y | 472.8 | 1,168.1 | ST323273 | 1992 | ||
| Deadman | Y | 28.8 | 71.2 | ST234156 | 1987 | ||
| Doulting Railway Cutting | Y | 2.8 | 6.9 | ST645424 | 1971 | ||
| Draycott Sleights | Y | 62.0 | 153.0 | ST483518 | 1987 | ||
| Dunster Park and Heathlands | Y | 466.6 | 1,153.0 | SS955441 | 2000 | ||
| East Polden Grasslands | Y | 124.0 | 306.4 | ST474325 | 1999 | ||
| Ebbor Gorge | Y | 41.0 | 156.8 | ST525485 | 1952 | ||
| Edford Woods and Meadows | Y | 54.3 | 134.1 | ST665485 | 1957 | ||
| Emborough Quarries | Y | 1.0 | 2.5 | ST623505 | 1971 | ||
| Exmoor Coastal Heaths | Y | 1,758.3 | 4,344.7 | SS620480 | 1994 | ||
| Fivehead Arable Fields | Y | 10.3 | 25.4 | ST337224 | 1990 | ||
| Fivehead Woods and Meadow | Y | 62.4 | 154.2 | ST331231 | 1989 | ||
| Freshmoor | Y | 11.2 | 27.7 | ST280125 | 1989 | ||
| Friar's Oven | Y | 4.0 | 9.9 | ST592431 | 1989 | ||
| Ge-mare Farm Fields | Y | 4.1 | 10.3 | ST155424 | 1988 | ||
| Glenthorne | Y | 13.3 | 32.8 | SS794499 | 1989 | ||
| Godminster Lane Quarry and Railway Cutting | Y | 0.8 | 1.9 | ST682345 | 1971 | ||
| Great Breach and Copley Woods | Y | 64.8 | 160.0 | ST500320 | 1972 | ||
| Greylake | Y | 9.3 | 22.9 | ST384336 | 1987 | ||
| Grove Farm | Y | 36.5 | 90.2 | ST513096 | 1989 | ||
| Ham Hill | Y | 11.1 | 27.6 | ST482162 | 1971 | ||
| Hardington Moor | Y | 8.7 | 21.6 | ST515130 | 1994 | ||
| Hestercombe House | Y | <0.1 | 0.2 | ST242287 | 2000 | ||
| Hobbs Quarry | Y | 0.5 | 0.1 | ST622446 | 1984 | ||
| Holme Moor & Clean Moor | Y | 10.8 | 26.7 | ST095260 | 1987 | ||
| Holwell Quarries | Y | 1.3 | 3.2 | ST726450 | 1952 | ||
| Hurcott Farm | Y | 26.3 | 65.0 | ST511295 | 1993 | ||
| Hurcott Lane Cutting | Y | 0.5 | 1.2 | ST398163 | 1997 | ||
| King's Sedgemoor | Y | 822.0 | 2,031.2 | ST400330 | 1985 | ||
| Kingdown and Middledown | Y | 5.7 | 14.1 | ST480532 | 1991 | ||
| Kingweston Meadows | Y | 11.5 | 28.4 | ST540304 | 1990 | ||
| Lamb Leer | Y | 14.6 | 36.0 | ST544550 | 1983 | ||
| Lang's Farm | Y | 7.5 | 18.5 | ST170241 | 1990 | ||
| Langford Heathfield | Y | 95.4 | 235.7 | ST100235 | 1966 | ||
| Langmead and Weston Level | Y | 168.8 | 417.1 | ST353330 | 1991 | ||
| Langport Railway Cutting | Y | 0.5 | 1.3 | ST427272 | 1992 | ||
| Laycock Railway Cutting | Y | 1.3 | 3.1 | ST678213 | 1993 | ||
| Leighton Road Cutting | Y | 0.6 | 1.4 | ST702437 | 1984 | ||
| Long Dole Wood and Meadows | Y | 9.8 | 24.3 | ST610562 | 1997 | ||
| Long Lye | Y | 11.7 | 29.0 | ST265122 | 1988 | ||
| Long Lye Meadow | Y | 3.3 | 8.2 | ST267119 | 2002 | ||
| Longleat Woods | Y | 249.9 | 617.4 | ST795435 | 1972 | ||
| Low Ham | Y | 5.0 | 12.5 | ST440290 | 1988 | ||
| Maes Down | Y | 0.2 | 0.4 | ST647406 | 1985 | ||
| Maesbury Railway Cutting | Y | 2.0 | 5.0 | ST606475 | 1995 | ||
| Miller's Hill, Milborne Wick | Y | 0.6 | 1.4 | ST663205 | 1985 | ||
| Millwater | Y | 1.4 | 3.5 | ST439100 | 1989 | ||
| Moon's Hill Quarry | Y | 3.4 | 8.5 | ST665460 | 1996 | ||
| Moorlinch | Y | 226.0 | 558.4 | ST390360 | 1985 | ||
| Nettlecombe Park | Y | 90.4 | 223.4 | ST055375 | 1990 | ||
| North Brewham Meadows | Y | 8.9 | 21.9 | ST743379 | 1987 | ||
| North Curry Meadow | Y | 1.3 | 3.1 | ST330253 | 1989 | ||
| North Exmoor | Y | 12,005.3 | 29,665.0 | SS800430 | 1954 | ||
| North Moor | Y | 676.3 | 1,671.1 | ST325305 | 1986 | ||
| Old Ironstone Works, Mells | Y | 0.3 | 0.6 | ST738488 | 1987 | ||
| The Perch | Y | 72.1 | 178.2 | ST480532 | 1990 | ||
| Porlock Ridge and Saltmarsh | Y | Y | 186.3 | 460.4 | SS880479 | 1990 | |
| Postlebury Wood | Y | 87.0 | 215.0 | ST740430 | 1987 | ||
| Priddy Caves | Y | 67.1 | 167.0 | ST540505 | 1965 | ||
| Priddy Pools | Y | Y | 52.7 | 130.2 | ST545510 | 1972 | |
| Prior's Park & Adcombe Wood | Y | 103.6 | 256.0 | ST225170 | 1952 | ||
| Quantocks | Y | 2,506.9 | 6,194.5 | ST140390 | 1970 | ||
| Quants | Y | 50.6 | 126.0 | ST185175 | 1988 | ||
| Ringdown | Y | 4.0 | 9.9 | ST178155 | 1990 | ||
| Rodney Stoke | Y | Y | 69.6 | 172.0 | ST492507 | 1957 | |
| Roebuck Meadows | Y | 3.6 | 8.9 | ST132354 | 1988 | ||
| Ruttersleigh | Y | 97.0 | 239.7 | ST250165 | 1991 | ||
| Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot | Y | 0.7 | 1.8 | ST531498 | 1987 | ||
| Seavington St. Mary | Y | 0.3 | 0.7 | ST400144 | 1971 | ||
| Severn Estuary | Y | 15,950.0 | 39,410.0 | ST480830 | 1976 | ||
| Shapwick Heath | Y | 394.0 | 973.6 | ST430403 | 1967 | ||
| Sharpham Moor Plot | Y | 0.5 | 1.3 | ST465389 | 1967 | ||
| Shepton Montague Railway Cutting | Y | 1.6 | 4.0 | ST686316 | 1992 | ||
| Snowdon Hill Quarry | Y | 0.6 | 1.6 | ST312089 | 1963 | ||
| South Exmoor | Y | 3,132.7 | 7,742.3 | SS880340 | 1992 | ||
| Southey and Gotleigh Moors | Y | 81.3 | 200.1 | ST192110 | 1988 | ||
| Southlake Moor | Y | 196.1 | 484.6 | ST370300 | 1985 | ||
| Sparkford Wood | Y | 8.4 | 20.7 | ST613275 | 1954 | ||
| St. Dunstan's Well Catchment | Y | Y | 39.8 | 98.3 | ST668475 | 1967 | |
| Stowell Meadow | Y | 2.8 | 6.9 | ST333062 | 1987 | ||
| Street Heath | Y | 12.5 | 31.0 | ST464394 | 1966 | ||
| Tealham and Tadham Moors | Y | 917.6 | 2,267.3 | ST420450 | 1985 | ||
| Thrupe Lane Swallet | Y | 0.5 | 1.2 | ST603458 | 1992 | ||
| Thurlbear Wood and Quarrylands | Y | 26.7 | 65.8 | ST270210 | 1963 | ||
| Twinhills Woods and Meadows | Y | 21.2 | 52.4 | ST558432 | 1990 | ||
| Vallis Vale | Y | Y | 23.9 | 59.1 | ST755490 | 1952 | |
| Viaduct Quarry | Y | 0.3 | 0.8 | ST621443 | 1984 | ||
| Walton and Ivythorn Hills | Y | 34.9 | 86.1 | ST475346 | 1953 | ||
| West Moor | Y | 213.0 | 526.3 | ST420220 | 1985 | ||
| West Sedgemoor | Y | 1,016.0 | 2,510.0 | ST361258 | 1983 | ||
| Westhay Heath | Y | 25.9 | 64.0 | ST415422 | 1990 | ||
| Westhay Moor | Y | 513.7 | 1,269.3 | ST455445 | 1971 | ||
| Wet Moor | Y | 491.0 | 1,214.0 | ST448244 | 1985 | ||
| Whitevine Meadows | Y | 13.0 | 32.0 | ST505085 | 1979 | ||
| Windsor Hill Marsh | Y | 0.8 | 2.0 | ST619454 | 1972 | ||
| Windsor Hill Quarry | Y | 0.8 | 1.9 | ST615451 | 1986 | ||
| Wookey Hole Caves | Y | Y | 39.4 | 97.4 | ST535485 | 1952 | |
| Wookey Station | Y | <0.1 | 0.1 | ST531464 | 1997 | ||
| Woolhayes Farm | Y | 13.2 | 32.5 | ST315109 | 1992 | ||
| Wurt Pit and Devil's Punchbowl | Y | 0.2 | 0.5 | ST543537 | 1987 | ||
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