List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Lancashire - Sites

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Site name Reason for designation Area Grid reference Year in which notified Other designations Map
Biological interest Geological interest Hectares Acres
Artle Dale Y 25.8 63.8
SD544629
1990
Barn Gill Meadow Y 5.5 13.5
SD731546
1996
Beeston Brook Pasture Y 1.8 4.5
SD594278
1999
Bell Sykes Meadows Y 13.8 34.1
SD717525
1999 AONB, SAC
Bowland Fells Y Y 16,007.6 39,555.7
SD616500
1988 AONB, SPA, GCR, NCR
Burton Wood Y 18.5 45.7
SD541662
1984 NCR
Calf Hill And Cragg Woods Y 34.4 85.1
SD542614
2000 AONB
Charnock Richard Pasture Y 1.2 2.9
SD563153
1990
Clear Beck Meadow Y 0.5 1.3
SD616676
1988
Clitheroe Knoll Reefs Y 117.8 291.0
SD778434
1987 GCR
Cock Wood Gorge Y 2.8 7.0
SD746344
1983 GCR
Cockerham Marsh Y 9.8 24.3
SD445514
1985
Coldwell Farm Pasture Y 0.8 2.0
SD477781
1992
Coplow Quarry Y 5.2 12.8
SD750431
1983 GCR
Crag Bank Y 3.7 9.2
SD488697
1985
Cringlebarrow And Deepdale Y 50.2 123.9
SD496753
1983 SAC
Darwen River Section Y 6.4 15.7
SD618292
1984 GCR
Downholland Moss Y 21.8 53.8
SD327079
1990 GCR
Eaves Wood Y 52.2 129.1
SD466763
1984 NT, NCR
Far Holme Meadow Y 1.7 4.2
SD646655
1994
Field Head Meadow Y 3.3 8.1
SD725524
1999 AONB
Gait Barrows Y Y 69.8 172.4
SD481771
1984 GCR, NNR, NCR, SAC
Gale Clough And Shooterslee Wood Y 9.4 23.2
SD701141
1984
Harper Clough And Smalley Delph Quarries Y 2.9 7.2
SD720319
1984 GCR
Haweswater Reservoir Y 89.4 220.9
SD475764
1986 NNR, NCR, SAC, LNR
Heysham Moss Y 12.4 30.6
SD422607
1992
Hodder River Section Y 7.0 17.3
SD702399
1986 GCR
Hodge Clough Y 2.8 6.8
SD786193
1984 GCR
Jack Scout Y 6.7 16.7
SD459737
1991 NCR
Langcliff Cross Meadow Y 5.3 13.0
SD726517
1989 AONB, SAC
Leck Beck Head Catchment Area Y 691.9 1,709.6
SD669793
1986 GCR
Lee Quarry Y 49.1 121.4
SD863209
1997 GCR
Leighton Moss Y 131.6 325.2
SD482748
1984 SPA, NCR, Ramsar site, RSPB
Light Clough Y 0.5 1.2
SD751375
1984 GCR
Little Mearley Clough Y 5.9 14.5
SD783412
1986 GCR
Longworth Clough Y 24.6 60.7
SD696150
1994
Lower Red Lees Pasture Y 4.0 9.9
SD787179
1994
Lune Estuary Y 7,633.2 18,862.1
SD394549
1990 SPA, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC
Lytham Coastal Changes Y 24.9 61.5
SD378285
1999 GCR
Lytham St. Anne's Dunes Y 24.7 60.9
SD311306
1991 LNR
Martin Mere, Burscough Y 119.8 295.9
SD420145
1984 SPA, NCR, Ramsar site, WWT
Marton Mere, Blackpool Y 39.5 97.6
SD343353
1984 LNR
Mere Sands Wood Y Y 41.9 103.6
SD447157
1985 GCR, WT
Morecambe Bay Y 25,665.2 63,420.2
SD363682
1990 AONB, SPA, NP, NCR, Ramsar site, RSPB, SAC
Myttons Meadows Y 10.1 25.0
SD700532
1985 AONB, SAC
New Ing Meadow Y 2.1 5.2
SD788505
1992
Newton Marsh Y 66.0 163.1
SD450291
1986
Oak Field Y 21.1 52.1
SD695153
1985
Ravenhead Brickworks Y 22.1 54.6
SD513047
2002 GCR
Red Scar And Tun Brook Woods Y 63.6 157.2
SD586321
1986 WT
Ribble Estuary Y 9,348.5 23,100.5
SD347246
1984 SPA, NNR, NCR, Ramsar site
Robert Hall Moor Y 19.7 48.8
SD631687
1985
Roeburndale Woods Y 41.7 103.0
SD608655
1984 NCR
Rough Hey Wood Y 6.2 15.2
SD521428
1984
Salthill And Bellmanpark Quarries Y Y 17.6 43.6
SD758426
1987 GCR, LNR
Silverdale Golf Course Y 0.6 1.5
SD472755
1998 AONB
South Pennine Moors Y Y 20,944.5 51,755.0
SD960350
1994 SPA, SAM, ESA, GCR, NT, SAC
Standridge Farm Pasture Y 4.5 11.1
SD733534
1998 AONB
Tarnbrook Meadows Y 11.9 29.3
SD585555
1989
Thrang End And Yealand Hall Allotment Y 51.5 127.2
SD489764
1987 SAC
Thrang Wood Y 4.8 11.8
SD483770
1999 AONB, SAC
Thwaite House Moss Y 7.3 17.9
SD496689
2004
Trowbarrow Quarry Y Y 7.5 18.4
SD480761
1990 GCR, LNR
Warton Crag Y 72.7 179.6
SD493727
1986 NCR, LNR
White Coppice Flush Y 0.5 1.3
SD621197
1985
White Moss Y 12.3 30.4
SD792546
1985
Winmarleigh Moss Y 89.3 220.6
SD445479
1991
Wrightington Bar Pasture Y 1.3 3.3
SD539133
1992
Wyre Estuary Y 1,481.8 3,661.6
SD359411
1995 SPA, WT, Ramsar site, SAC

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