This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in West Yorkshire. English Nature, the designating body for SSSIs in England, uses the 1974–1996 county system, and the same approach is followed here, rather than, for example, merging all Yorkshire sites into a single list.

For other counties, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.

Sites

Site name Reason for designation Area[A] Grid reference[B] Year in which notified Map[C] Citation[D]
Biological interest Geological interest Hectares Acres
Bingley South Bog Green tickY 4.0 9.9 SE115386 1990 Map [1]
Breary Marsh Green tickY 9.5 23.5 SE264416 1983 Map [2]
Broadhead Clough Green tickY 63.8 157.6 SE996250 1983/84 Map [3]
Crimsworth Dean Green tickY 13.8 34.1 SD988293, SD994325 1984 Map [4]
Dark Peak Green tickY Green tickY 31,852.9 78,708.4 SK110960 1993 Map [5]
Denby Grange Colliery Ponds Green tickY 19.1 47.2 SE271152 1997 Map [6]
Eccup Reservoir Green tickY 114.5 282.9 SE300417 1987 Map [7]
Elland Bypass Cutting Green tickY 1.1 2.7 SE119202 1989 Map [8]
Fairburn And Newton Ings Green tickY 168.1 415.4 SE453275 1984 Map [9]
Great Dib Wood Green tickY 1.1 2.7 SE199443 1984 Map [10]
Hetchell Wood Green tickY 14.2 35.3 SE376424 1983 Map [11]
Honley Station Cutting Green tickY 0.4 1.0 SE145126 1989 Map [12]
Hook Moor Green tickY 1.7 4.2 SE434355 1989 Map [13]
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Green tickY 19.5 48.2 SE213374 1984 Map [14]
Linton Common Green tickY 0.7 1.7 SE384465 1984 Map [15]
Madbanks And Ledsham Banks Green tickY 6.2 15.2 SE452290, SE461301 1984 Map [16]
Micklefield Quarry Green tickY 0.6 1.5 SE446325 1990 Map [17]
Mickletown Ings Green tickY 38.3 94.6 SE403275 1983 Map [18]
Norwood Bottoms Green tickY 11.0 27.2 SE387416 1986 Map [19]
Nostell Brickyard Quarry Green tickY 12.5 31.0 SE403170 Map [20]
Park Clough Green tickY 0.5 1.2 SE030125 1984 Map [21]
Rake Dike Green tickY 4.7 11.6 SE094048, SE112058 1986 Map [22]
Roach Lime Hills Green tickY 5.4 13.4 SE418315 1983 Map [23]
Seckar Wood Green tickY 46.4 114.6 SE326143 1984 Map [24]
South Elmsall Quarry Green tickY 0.3 0.7 SE484116 1990 Map [25]
South Pennine Moors Green tickY Green tickY 20,938.0 51,740.0 SD920300 1994 Map [26]
Standedge Road Cutting Green tickY 3.5 8.5 SE018095 – SE023098 1984 Map [27]
Townclose Hills Green tickY 12.1 30.0 SE407304 1984 Map [28]
Trench Meadows Green tickY 4.7 11.6 SE131387 1999 Map [29]
Wentbridge Ings Green tickY 1.9 4.8 SE477181 1987 Map [30]
Withens Clough Green tickY 3.0 7.4 SD989234 1984 Map [31]
Yeadon Brickworks And Railway Cutting Green tickY 3.3 8.2 SE193408 1984 Map [32]

Notes

A Data rounded to one decimal place.
B Grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system, also known as OSGB36, and is the system used by the Ordnance Survey.[1]
C Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by English Nature.
D English Nature citation sheets for each SSSI. Retrieved on 27 August 2012.

References

  1. ^ "Guide to National Grid". Ordnance Survey. Archived from the original on 20 July 2006. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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