The following is a list of British conservation sites'' listed in

Derek Ratcliffe Derek Almey Ratcliffe (9 July 1929 – 23 May 2005) was one of the most significant British nature conservationists of the 20th century. He was Chief Scientist for the Nature Conservancy Council at the Monks Wood Experimental Station, Abbots Ript ...

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A Nature Conservation Review ''A Nature Conservation Review'' is a two-volume work by Derek Ratcliffe, published by Cambridge University Press in 1977. It set out to identify the most important places for nature conservation in Great Britain. It is often known by the initial ...

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nature conservation Nature conservation is the moral philosophy and conservation movement focused on protecting species from extinction, maintaining and restoring habitats, enhancing ecosystem services, and protecting biological diversity. A range of values unde ...

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is ...

. The following headings, subheadings, site codes and site names are the same as those used in the original work.

Coastlands

Southeast England

South England

East Anglia

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Foulness Foulness Island () is a closed island on the east coast of Essex in England, which is separated from the mainland by narrow creeks. In the 2001 census, the usually resident population of the civil parish was 212, living in the settlements of C ...

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Maplin Sands The Maplin Sands are mudflats on the northern bank of the Thames The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in ...

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...

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Dengie Peninsula __NOTOC__ Dengie is a peninsula in Essex, England, that once formed a hundred (subdivision), hundred of the same name (sometimes spelled Dengy). The peninsula is formed by the River Crouch to the south, the River Blackwater, Essex, Blackwater to ...

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Blackwater Estuary The Blackwater Estuary is the estuary of the River Blackwater between Maldon and West Mersea in Essex. It is a 5,538 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). An area of 4,395 hectares is also designated a Ramsar Wetland o ...

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Colne Estuary Colne Estuary is a 2915 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Brightlingsea in Essex. It is also a Nature Conservation Review site, a National Nature Reserve, a Ramsar wetland site of international importanc ...

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Orfordness Orford Ness is a cuspate foreland shingle spit on the Suffolk coast in Great Britain, linked to the mainland at Aldeburgh and stretching along the coast to Orford and down to North Weir Point, opposite Shingle Street. It is divided from the m ...

Havergate Island Havergate Island is the only island in the county of Suffolk, England. It is found at the confluence of the River Ore and the Butley River near the village of Orford. It is a marshy nature reserve run by the Royal Society for the Protection ...

Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...

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Winterton Dunes Winterton Dunes is an extensive dune system on the east coast of Norfolk, England, which has been designated as a National Nature Reserve of 109 ha. Winterton Dunes is within the Norfolk Coast AONB. The site is unusual in that it shows greater ...

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

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Brancaster Brancaster is a village and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish of Brancaster comprises Brancaster itself, together with Brancaster Staithe and Burnham Deepdale. The three villages form a more or l ...

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Scolt Head Island Scolt Head Island is an offshore barrier island between Brancaster and Wells-next-the-Sea in north Norfolk. It is in the parish of Burnham Norton and is accessed by a seasonal ferry from the village of Burnham Overy, Overy Staithe. The shingle be ...

Holkham Holkham is a small village and civil parish in north Norfolk, England, which includes a stately home and estate, Holkham Hall, and a beach, Holkham Gap, at the centre of Holkham National Nature Reserve. Geography The parish has an area of and ...

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Wells Wells most commonly refers to: * Wells, Somerset, a cathedral city in Somerset, England * Well, an excavation or structure created in the ground * Wells (name) Wells may also refer to: Places Canada *Wells, British Columbia England * Wells ...

Morston Morston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 86 in 42 households at the 2001 census. The population remained less than 100 at the 2011 Census and was included in the civ ...

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Blakeney Point Blakeney Point (designated as Blakeney National Nature Reserve) is a national nature reserve situated near to the villages of Blakeney, Morston and Cley next the Sea on the north coast of Norfolk, England. Its main feature is a 6.4 km (4& ...

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Cley Cley next the Sea (, , is a village and civil parish on the River Glaven in English county of Norfolk, north-west of Holt and east of Blakeney. The main A149 coast road runs through the centre of the village, causing congestion in the su ...

Salthouse Salthouse is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the salt marshes of North Norfolk. It is north of Holt, west of Sheringham and north of Norwich. The village is on the A149 coast road between ...

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The Wash The Wash is a rectangular bay and multiple estuary at the north-west corner of East Anglia on the East coast of England, where Norfolk, England, Norfolk meets Lincolnshire and both border the North Sea. One of Britain's broadest estuaries, it i ...

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Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...

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Gibraltar Point Gibraltar Point may refer to: * Gibraltar Point, Lincolnshire Gibraltar Point national nature reserve is an area of about on the coast of Lincolnshire, England. The reserve is owned by Lincolnshire County Council and East Lindsey District C ...

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Welland Welland is a city in the Regional Municipality of Niagara in Southern Ontario, Canada. As of 2021, it had a population of 55,750. The city is in the centre of Niagara and located within a half-hour driving distance to Niagara Falls, Niagara-o ...

Ouse Ouse may refer to: Places Rivers in England * River Ouse, Yorkshire * River Ouse, Sussex * River Great Ouse, Northamptonshire and East Anglia ** River Little Ouse, a tributary of the River Great Ouse Other places * Ouse, Tasmania, a town in Au ...

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Hunstanton Hunstanton () is a seaside town in Norfolk, England, which had a population of 4,229 at the 2011 Census. It faces west across The Wash, making it one of the few places on the east coast of Great Britain where the sun sets over the sea. Hunstant ...

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South-west England

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Poole Harbour Poole Harbour is a large natural harbour in Dorset, southern England, with the town of Poole on its shores. The harbour is a drowned valley (ria) formed at the end of the last ice age and is the estuary of several rivers, the largest being th ...

, Dorset * C.24 Durlston Head – Ringstead Bay, Dorset * C.25

Chesil Beach Chesil Beach (also known as Chesil Bank) in Dorset, England is one of three major shingle beach structures in Britain.A. P. Carr and M. W. L. Blackley, "Investigations Bearing on the Age and Development of Chesil Beach, Dorset, and the Associat ...

/ The Fleet, Dorset * C.26 Axmouth – Lyme Regis Undercliffs, Devon * C.27

The Lizard The Lizard ( kw, An Lysardh) is a peninsula in southern Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The most southerly point of the British mainland is near Lizard Point at SW 701115; Lizard village, also known as The Lizard, is the most southerl ...

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Isles of Scilly The Isles of Scilly (; kw, Syllan, ', or ) is an archipelago off the southwestern tip of Cornwall, England. One of the islands, St Agnes, is the most southerly point in Britain, being over further south than the most southerly point of the ...

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Cape Cornwall Cape Cornwall ( kw, Kilgoodh Ust, meaning "goose back of St Just") is a small headland in West Cornwall, UK. It is four miles north of Land's End near the town of St Just.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' Until the first O ...

– Clodgy Point, Cornwall * C.30 Godrevy Point – St. Agnes, Cornwall * C.31 Boscastle to Widemouth, Cornwall * C.32 Steeple Point – Blackchurch Rock, Cornwall – Devon * C.33

Braunton Burrows Braunton Burrows is a sand dune system on the North Devon coast. It is privately owned and forms part of the Christie Devon Estates Trust (see Tapeley Park). Braunton Burrows is a prime British sand dune site, the largest sand dune system (psam ...

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Bridgwater Bay Bridgwater Bay is on the Bristol Channel, north of Bridgwater in Somerset, England at the mouth of the River Parrett and the end of the River Parrett Trail. It stretches from Minehead at the southwestern end of the bay to Brean Down in the nor ...

, Somerset * C.35 New Grounds, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire * C.36

Exe Estuary The Exe estuary is an estuary on the south coast of Devon, England. The estuary starts just to the south () of the city of Exeter, and extends south for approximately eight miles to meet the English Channel (). The estuary is a ria and so is l ...

, Devon * C.37 Lynher Estuary and St. John's Lake, Cornwall * C.38 Fal-Ruan Estuary, Cornwall * C.39 Porthgwarra – Pordenack Point, Cornwall * C.40 Severn Estuary: Aber Hafren, Somerset – Gloucestershire – Monmouthshire

South Wales

* C.41 South Gower Coast ::(a) Worms Head - Porteynon Point ::(b) Oxwich Point - Crawley Cliff ::(c) Pwll-du Head - Bishopston Valley * C.42 Burry Inlet, Glamorgan * C.43 Stackpole Head - Castlemartin Cliffs: Stacpol - Clogwyni Castell Martyn, Pembrokeshire * C.44 Strumble Head: Pen Caer-Llechdafad, Pembrokeshire * C.45 Ynysoedd Preseli, Pembrokeshire ::(a) Skokholm ::(b) Skomer ::(c) Grassholm ::(d) Ramsey: Ynys Dewi * C.46 Dyfi, Cardiganshire - Merioneth - Montgomeryshire * C.47 Kenfig Dunes: Tywyn Cynffig, Glamorgan * C.48 Tywyn Gwendraeth: Towyn Burrows, Carmarthenshire * C.49 St David's Head: Penmaendewi, Pembrokeshire

North Wales

* C.50 Glannau Harlech, Merioneth ::(a) Morfa Harlech and Traeth Bach ::(b) Morfa Dyffryn * C.51 Newborough Warren - Ynys Llanddwyn, Anglesey * C.52 Glannau Ynys Gybi: Holy Island Coast, Anglesey * C.53 Ynys Enlli & Glannau Aberdaron: Bardsey Island and Aberdaron Coast, Caernarvonshire * C.54 Tywyn Aberffraw, Anglesey

Midlands

* C.55 Dee Estuary: Aber Dyfrdwy, Cheshire - Flintshire * C.56 Mersey Estuary, Cheshire - Lancashire

North England

* C.57 Ainsdale Dunes, Lancashire * C.58 Ribble Estuary, Lancashire * C.59 Morecambe Bay (including Wyre-Lune), Lancashire * C.60 Walney and Sandscale Dunes, Lancashire * C.61 Upper Solway Flats and Marshes, Cumberland, Dunfries-shire, Kirdcudbrightshire ::(a) Sarkfoot - Bowness shore, Sarkfoot - Dornock shore ::(b) Grune Point - Bowness shore, Powfoot - Dornock shore ::(c) Lochar - Nith shore * C.62 Humber Flats and Marshes, Yorkshire - Lincolnshire ::(a) Upper Humber Flats (Hull - Trent mouth) ::(b) Lower Humber Flats (Hull - Spurn) * C.63

Bempton Bempton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, near the border with North Yorkshire. It is near the North Sea coast and Flamborough Head, and is situated about north of Bridlington. It lies on the B1229 road b ...

/ Speeton Cliffs, Yorkshire * C.64 Farne Islands, Northumberland * C.65 Lindisfarne - Ross Links - Budle Bay, Northumberland * C.66 Duddon Sands, Lancashire - Cumberland * C.67 Drigg Point, Cumberland * C.68 Beast Cliff / Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire * C.69 Teesmouth Flats and Marshes, Yorkshire - Durham * C.70 Hart Warren - Hawthorn Dene Coast, Durham * C.71 Coquet Island, Northumberland

South Scotland

* C.72 Torrs Warren, Wigtownshire * C.73 Mull of Galloway - Crammag Head, Wigtownshire * C.74 Ailsa Craig, Ayrshire * C.75 St Abb's Head, Berwickshire * C.76 Firth of Forth, Fife, Stirlingshire, Mid-, East and West Lothian * C.77 Borgue Coast, Kirkcudbrightshire * C.78 Wigtown Bay, Kirkcudbrightshire - Wigtownshire * C.79 Bass Rock, East Lothian * C.80 Forth Islands, East and Midlothian

East Scotland

* C.81 Isle of May, Fife * C.82 Tentsmuir Point, Fife * C.83 Tay Estuary, Fife - Perthshire * C.84 St Cyrus, Kincardineshire * C.85 Fowlsheugh, Kincardineshire * C.86

Sands of Forvie The Forvie National Nature Reserve is a national nature reserve owned and managed by NatureScot. It is located north of Newburgh in Aberdeenshire, in the northeast of Scotland. The reserve includes the Sands of Forvie, which are the fifth larg ...

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Ythan Estuary The Ythan Estuary (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Eithein) is the tidal component of the Ythan River, emptying into the North Sea north of Aberdeen, Scotland. The estuary’s tidal action extends a inland and has characteristic widths of between ...

, Aberdeenshire * C.87 Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire * C.88 Macduff - Pennan Head, Aberdeenshire - Banffshire * C.89 Culbin Sands, Moray - Nairn * C.90 Mousa, Shetland * C.91 Noss, Shetland * C.92 Hermaness, Unst, Shetland * C.93 Eden Estuary, Fife * C.94 North Hoy, Orkney * C.95 Haaf Gruney, Shetland * C.96 Foula, Shetland * C.97 Fair Isle, Shetland

West Scotland

* C.98 South Ardnamurchan Coast, Argyll * C.99 Loch Gruinart - Loch Indaal, Islay, Argyll * C.100 Ross of Mull, Argyll * C.101 Rhum, Inverness-shire * C.102 South Uist Machair, Inverness-shire ::(a) Grogarry ::(b) Askernish Coast * C.103 Balranald, North Uist, Inverness-shire * C.104 Monach Isles, Inverness-shire * C.105 St Kilda, Inverness-shire * C.106 North Rona and Sula Sgeir, Ross * C.107 Oldshore - Sandwood Coast, Sutherland * C.108 Cape Wrath - Aodann Mhor, Sutherland * C.109 Invernaver, Sutherland * C.110 Loch Fleet, Sutherland * C.111 Morrich More, Ross * C.112 Cromarty Firth, Ross * C.113 Rhunahaorine, Argyll * C.114 Ruel Estuary, Argyll * C.115 Barrafol and Ballevullin, Tiree, Argyll * C.116 Ardmeanach, Mull, Argyll * C.117 Mingulay and Berneray, Inverness-shire * C.118 Baleshare / Kirkibost Dunes, North Uist, Inverness-shire * C.119 Northton, Harris, Inverness-shire * C.120 Shiant Isles, Ross * C.121 Handa - Duartmore, Sutherland * C.122 Flannan Isles, ROss * C.123 Lower Dornoch Firth, Ross - Sutherland

Woodlands

Southeast England

* W.1 Blean Woods, Kent * W.2 Ham Street Woods, Kent * W.3 Alkham Valley Woods, Kent * W.4 Scords Wood, Kent * W.5 Asholt Wood, Kent * W.6 Crookhorn Wood, Kent * W.7 Wouldham - Detling Escarpment, Kent * W.8 Bignor Hill, Sussex * W.9 Saxonbury Hill / Eridge Park, Sussex * W.10 Kingley Vale, Sussex * W.11 Ebernoe Common, Sussex * W.12 Wakehurst and Chiddingly Woods, Sussex * W.13 The Men's and The Cut and Bedham Escarpment, Sussex * W.14 Fairlight, Ecclesbourne and Warren Glens, Sussex * W.15 Wormley Wood - Hoddesdon Park Wood, Hertfordshire * W.16 Ellendon Wood, Kent * W.17 Ashburnham Park, Sussex * W.18 Parham Park, Sussex * W.19 Staffhurst Wood, Surrey * W.20 Colyers Hanger, Surrey * W.21 Glover's Wood, Surrey

South England

* W.22 Bradenham Woods, Buckinghamshire * W.23 Windsor Forest, Berkshire * W.24 Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire * W.25 Waterperry Wood, Oxfordshire * W.26 New Forest, Hampshire * W.27 Selborne Hanger, Hampshire * W.28 Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire * W.29 Aston Rowant Woods, Buckinghamshire * W.30 Windsor Hill, Buckinghamshire * W.31 Savernake Forest, Wiltshire * W.32 Cranborne Chase, Wiltshire/Dorset

East Anglia

* W.33 Hintlesham Woods, Suffolk ::(a) Hintlesham and Ramsey Woods ::(b) Wolves Wood * W.34 Staverton Park, Suffolk * W.35 Felshamhall & Monks Park Woods, Suffolk * W.36 Cavenham - Tuddenham Woods, Suffolk * W.37 Sotterley Park, Suffolk * W.38 Bure Marshes, Norfolk * W.39 Swanton Novers Woods, Norfolk * W.40 Hayley Wood,

Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and North ...

* W.41 Holme Fen, Huntingdonshire * W.42 Monks Wood, Huntingdonshire * W.43 Bedford Purlieus Group, Northamptonshire, and Peterborough ::(a)

Bedford Purlieus Bedford Purlieus is a ancient woodland in Cambridgeshire, in the United Kingdom. It is a national nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest owned and managed by the Forestry Commission. In Thornhaugh civil parish, south of Stamf ...

::(b) Wittering Coppice ::(c) Easton Hornstocks ::(d) Collyweston Great Wood * W.44 Castor Hanglands,

Peterborough Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...

* W.45 (i) Bardney Forest (Lincolnshire Limewoods), Lincolnshire ::(a) Hatton Wood ::(b) Newball and Hardy Gang Woods ::(c) Stainfield and Scotgrove Woods ::(d) Potterhanworth Wood * W.45 (ii) Bardney Forest (Lincolnshire Limewoods), Lincolnshire ::(a) Great West - Cocklode - Spring Woods ::(b) Stainton - Fulnetby Woods ::(c) Wickenby Wood * W.46 Benacre Park, Suffolk * W.47 Foxley Wood, Norfolk * W.48 Wayland Wood, Norfolk * W.49 Sexton Wood, Norfolk * W.50 Felbrigg Woods, Norfolk * W.51 King's and Baker's Woods, Bedfordshire * W.52 Hales Wood, Essex * W.53 Canfield Hart Wood, Essex * W.54 Hatfield Forest, Essex * W.55 Epping Forest, Essex * W.56

Overhall Grove Overhall Grove is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest to the east of Knapwell in Cambridgeshire. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade II, and it is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northa ...

* W.57 Hardwick Wood,

* W.58 Kesteven Woods, Lincolnshire ::(a) Dole Wood ::(b) Dunsby Wood ::(c) Kirton Wood ::(d) Sapperton - Pickworth Woods

South-west England

* W.59 Melbury Park, Dorset * W.60 Boconnoc Park and Woods, Cornwall * W.61 Fal Estuary, Cornwall * W.62 Dizzard - Millook Cliffs, Cornwall * W.63 Bovey Valley and Yarner Woods, Devon * W.64 Holne Chase, Devon * W.65 Wistman's Wood, Devon * W.66 Black Tor Copse, Devon * W.67 Axmouth - Lyme Regis Undercliffs, Devon * W.68 Watersmeet, Devon * W.69 Holnicote and Horner Water, Somerset * W.70 Avon Gorge (Leigh Woods), Gloucestershire, Somerset * W.71 Mendip Woodlands, Somerset ::(a) Rodney Stoke ::(b) Asham Wood ::(c) Ebbor Gorge * W.72 Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods, Gloucestershire * W.73 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire ::(a) Nagshead Inclosure ::(b) Dingle Wood ::(c) Speech House * W.74 Collinpark Wood, Gloucestershire * W.75 Hudnalls, Gloucestershire * W.76 Merthen Wood, Cornwall * W.77 Nance Wood, Cornwall * W.78 Draynes Wood, Cornwall * W.79 Piles Copse, Devon * W.80 Dendles Wood, Devon * W.81 Woody Bay, Devon * W.82 Heddon Valley Woods, Devon * W.83 Hobby Woods, Devon * W.84 Holford and Hodder's Combes, Somerset * W.85 Ashen Copse, Somerset * W.86 Great Breach and Copley Woods, Somerset * W.87 Weston Big Wood, Somerset

South Wales

* W.88 Cwm Clydach, Brecknock * W.89 Penmoelallt, Brecknock * W.90 Coed Rheidol, Cardiganshire * W.91 Cothi Tywi, Carmarthenshire * W.92 Coed y Cerrig, Monmouthshire * W.93 Salisbury Wood: Coed Salsbri, Monmouthshire * W.94 Blackcliff - Wyndcliff - Pierce Woods: Clogwyn Du - Clogwyn Gwyn - Coed Pyrs, Monmouthshire * W.95 Wye Gorge: Hafan Gwy, Monmouthshire - Gloucestershire - Herefordshire * W.96 Nant Irfon, Brecknock * W.97 Carn Gafallt, Brecknock * W.98 Blaenau Nedd & Mellte, Brecknock * W.99 Darren Fach, Brecknock * W.100 Glannau, Radnor * W.101 Coed Aber Edw, Radnor * W.102 Coombe Woods: Coed y Cwm, Monmouthshire

North Wales

* W.103 Coedydd Dyffryn Conwy, Caernarvonshire ::(a) Coed Dolgarrog ::(b) Coed Gorswen ::(c) Ceunant Dulyn * W.104 Coedydd Aber, Caernarvonshire * W.105 Coed Termadog, Caernarvonshire * W.106 Coed Dinorwig, Caernarvonshire * W.107 Coedydd Dyffryn Maentwrog, Merioneth ::(a) Coed Camlyn — Ceunant Llennyrch ::(b) Coedydd Maentwrog - Coed Cymerau ::(c) Coed y Rhygen ::(d) Ceunant Cynfal ::(e) Ceunant Llechrwd, Gellilydan * W.108 Coed Ganllwyd, Merioneth * W.109 Coed Crafnant, Merioneth * W.110 Bryn Maelgwyn & Gloddaeth, Caernarvonshire * W.111 Hafod Garegog, Caernarvonshire * W.112 Coed Maes Yr Helmau: Torrent Walk, Merioneth * W.113 Coed Llety Walter, Merioneth * W.114 Coed Llechwedd, Merioneth

Midlands

* W.115 Derbyshire Dales Woodlands, Derbyshire / Staffordshire ::(a) Lathkill Dale ::(b) Cressbrook Dale ::(c) Dove Dale Ashwood * W.116 Halesend Wood, Herefordshire * W.117 Moccas Park, Herefordshire * W.118 Hill Hole Dingle, Herefordshire * W.119 Tick Wood, Shropshire * W.120 Long Itchington and Upton Woods, Warwickshire * W.121 Wyre Forest, Worcestershire, Shropshire * W.122 Cannock Chase, Staffordshire * W.123 Hamps and Manifold Valleys, Staffordshire * W.124 Brampton Bryan Park, Herefordshire * W.125 Downton Gorge, Herefordshire * W.126 Bushy Hazels and Cwmma Moors, Herefordshire * W.127 Leighfield Forest, Leicestershire * W.128 Pipewell Woods, Northamptonshire * W.129 Whittlewood Forest, Northamptonshire * W.130 Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire * W.131 Habberley Valley, Shropshire * W.132 Chaddesley - Bandan Woods, Worcestershire

North England

* W.133 Borrowdale Woods, Cumberland ::(a) Castle Head Wood ::(b) The Ings ::(c) Great Wood ::(d) Lodore - Troutdale Woods ::(e) Johnny's Wood ::(f) Seatoller Wood * W.134 Keskadale and Birkrigg Oaks, Cumberland * W.135 Orton Moss, Cumberland * W.136 Whitbarrow and Witherslack Woods, Westmorland * W.137 Birk Fell, Westmorland * W.138 Helbeck and Swindale Woods, Westmorland * W.139 Roudsea Wood, Lancashire * W.140 Gait Barrows, Lancashire * W.141 Roeburndale Woods, Lancashire * W.142 Ribblehead Woods, Lancashire ::(a) Colt Park ::(b) Ling Gill * W.143 Conistone Old Pasture and Bastow Wood, Yorkshire * W.144 Raincliffe Wood, Yorkshire * W.145 Shipley Wood, Durham / Yorkshire * W.146 Scales Wood, Cumberland * W.147 Lyne Woods, Cumberland * W.148 Gowbarrow Park, Cumberland * W.149 Naddle Low Forest, Westmorland * W.150 Low Wood, Hartsop, Westmorland * W.151 Smardale Woods, Westmorland * W.152 Lowther Park, Westmorland * W.153 Eaves Wood, Lancashire * W.154 Burton Wood, Lancashire * W.155 Hawkswick Wood, Yorkshire * W.156 Scoska Wood, Yorkshire * W.157 Thornton and Twistleton Glens, Yorkshire * W.158 Ashberry and Reins Woods, Yorkshire * W.159 Beckhole Woods, Yorkshire * W.160 Beast Cliff, Yorkshire * W.161 Kisdon Force Woods, Yorkshire * W.162 Castle Eden Dene, Durham * W.163 Holystone Woods, Northumberland * W.164 Monk Wood, Northumberland * W.165 Hesleyside Park and Hareshaw Link, Northumberland * W.166 Billsmoor Park and Grasslees Wood, Northumberland

South Scotland

* W.167 Tynron Juniper Wood, Dumfries-shire * W.168 Kirkconnell Flow, Kirkcudbrightshire * W.169 Loch Lomond Woods, Dunbartonshire / Stirlingshire ::(a) Inchcailloch ::(b) Torrinch ::(c) Clairinsh ::(d) Creinch ::(e) Aber Isle ::(f) Inchlonaig ::(g) Mainland Woods * W.170 Avondale, Lanarkshire * W.171 Glen Diomhan, Buteshire * W.172 Chanlock Foot, Dumfries-shire * W.173 Stenhouse Wood, Dumfries-shire * W.174 Maidens - Heads of Ayr, Ayrshire * W.175 Hamilton High Park, Lanarkshire * W.176 Nethan Gorge, Lanarkshire * W.177 Wood of Cree, Kirkcudbrightshire * W.178 Fleet Woodlands, Kirkcudbrightshire ::(a) Castramont Wood ::(b) Killiegowan Wood ::(c) Jennoch Wood ::(d) Craigy Braes Wood * W.179 Ravenshall Wood, Kirkcudbrightshire

East Scotland

* W.180 Dinnet Oakwood, Aberdeenshire * W.181 Crathie Wood, Aberdeenshire * W.182 Morrone Wood, Aberdeenshire * W.183 Aviemore Woodlands, Inverness-shire ::(a) Craigellachie ::(b) Kinrara Woods (Torr Alvie) * W.184 Glen Tarff, Inverness-shire * W.185 Pass of Killiecrankie, Perthshire * W.186 Black Wood of Rannoch, Perthshire * W.187 Speyside - Deeside Pinewoods, Inverness-shire - Aberdeenshire ::(a) Ballochbuie Forest ::(b) Glen Tanar ::(c) Glens Quoich, Lui and Derry ::(d) Rothiemurchus - Invereshie ::(e) Abernethy Forest * W.188 Earlshall Muir, Fife * W.189 Keltney Burn, Coshieville, Perthshire

West Scotland

* W.190 Loch Sunart Woodlands, Argyll ::(a) Ariundle ::(b) Salen - Strontian ::(c) Laudale - Glen Cripesdale ::(d) Ben Hiant * W.191 Carnach Wood, Argyll * W.192 Drimnin, Argyll * W.193 Glasdrum Wood, Argyll * W.194 Glen Nant Woods, Argyll * W.195 Meall Nah Gobhar, Argyll * W.196 Taynish Wood, Argyll * W.197 Mealdarroch Point - Skipness, Argyll * W.198 Inverneil Burn, Argyll * W.199 Urquhart Bay, Inverness-shire * W.200 Loch Morar Islands, Inverness-shire * W.201 Tokavaig Wood, Skye, Inverness-shire * W.202 Geary Ravine, Skye, Inverness-shire * W.203 Glen Strathfarrah, Inverness-shire * W.204 Glen Affric, Inverness-shire * W.205 Allt Nan Carnan, Ross * W.206 Loch Maree Woods, Ross ::(a) Beinn Eighe (Coille na Glas-Leitire) ::(b) Loch Maree Islands ::(c) Letterewe Oakwoods * W.207 Inverpolly Woods, Ross * W.208 Rassal Ashwood, Ross * W.209 Corrieshalloch Gorge, Wood * W.210 Mound Alderwoods, Sutherland * W.211 Strathbeag, Sutherland * W.212 Coille Ardura, Mull * W.213 Choille Mor, Colonsay, Argyll * W.214 Claggain - Ardmore, Islay, Argyll * W.215 Crannach Wood, Argyll * W.216 Doire Donn, Argyll * W.217 Glendaruel Wood, Argyll * W.218 Kinuachrach, Jura, Argyll * W.219 Clais Dhearg, Argyll * W.220 Loch Na Dal, Skye, Inverness-shire Loch a Mhuillin - geograph

* W.221 Loch Moidart, Inverness-shire * W.222 Shieldaig, Ross ::(a) Mheallaidh ::(b) Coille Creag Loch * W.223 Fionn Loch Islands, Ross * W.224 Amat Wood, Ross * W.225 Eilean Na Gartaig, Cam Loch, Sutherland * W.226 Loch A' Mhuillin Wood, Scourie, Sutherland * W.227 Ledmore Wood, Spinningdale, Sutherland * W.228 Migdale Woods, Sutherland * W.229 Ardvar Woodlands, Sutherland

Lowland grasslands, heaths and scrub

Southeast England

* L.1

Ashdown Forest Ashdown Forest is an ancient area of open heathland occupying the highest sandy ridge-top of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is situated some south of London in the county of East Sussex, England. Rising to an elevation of ...

Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ...

* L.2 Thursley and

Hankley Common Hankley Common is a nature reserve and filming location in the south-west of Elstead in Surrey. It is owned by the Ministry of Defence. The site is part of the Thursley, Hankley and Frensham Commons Special Area of Conservation, Special Prot ...

Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...

* L.3 Wye and Crundale Downs,

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

* L.4 Castle Hill, Sussex * L.5

Mount Caburn Mount Caburn is a 146-metre (490 ft) prominent landmark in East Sussex, England, about one mile (1.6 km) east of Lewes overlooking the village of Glynde. It is the highest part of an outlier of the South Downs, separated from the main ra ...

( Lewes Downs), Sussex ::Lewes Downs ::Mount Caburn * L.6 Lullington Heath, Sussex * L.7 Box Hill - Headley, Surrey ::Box Hill ::Headley Heath * L.8 Harting Down, Sussex * L.9 Kingley Vale, Sussex * L.10 Wouldham - Detling Escarpment, Kent * L.11 Halling - Trottiscliffe, Kent * L.12 White Downs, Surrey * L.13 Iping and Ambersham Commons, Sussex * L.14

Chobham Common Chobham Common is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Chobham in Surrey. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I and a national nature reserve. It is part of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area and t ...

, Surrey * L.15 Folkestone to Etchinghill Escarpment, Kent * L.16 Heyshott Down, Sussex * L.17 Purple Hill and

Queendown Warren Queendown Warren is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Rainham in Kent. It is a Local Nature Reserve, a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2, and a Special Area of Conservation. It is in the Kent Downs Area of Ou ...

, Kent * L.18

Therfield Heath Therfield Heath is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and Local Nature Reserve on the chalk escarpment just north of Therfield, Hertfordshire; since it lies south-west of the town of Royston it is also known locally as Royston He ...

, Hertfordshire * L.19 Fulking Escarpment / Newtimber Hill, Sussex

South England

* L.20 New Forest Heaths, Hampshire * L.21 Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire * L.22 Aston Upthorpe DOwn, Berkshire * L.23 Compton Down, Isle of Wight, Hampshire * L.24 Martin Down, Hampshire * L.25 Old Winchester Hill, Hampshire * L.26 Pewsey DOwns, Wiltshire :South-west Wiltshire Downs (L.27 to L.35) * L.27 Wylye Down, Wiltshire * L.28 Prescombe Down, Wiltshire * L.29 Knighton Down, Wiltshire * L.30 Steeple Langford, Cow Down and Clifford Bottom, Wiltshire * L.31 Woodminton Down - Knowle Hill, Wiltshire * L.32 Knapp Down, Wiltshire * L.33 Starveall Down and Stony Hill, Wiltshire * L.34 Parsonage Down, Wiltshire * L.35 Scratchbury & Cotley Hills, Wiltshire * L.36 Porton Down, Wiltshire - Hampshire * L.37 Tennyson Down, Isle of Wight, Hampshire * L.38 Ellesborough Warren, Buckinghamshire * L.39 Burghclere Beacon, Hampshire * L.40 Rushmore Down, Hampshire * L.41 Bulford Down, Wiltshire * L.42 Oldbury Castle and Cherhill Downs, Wiltshire * L.43 North Meadow, Cricklade, Wiltshire * L.44 Clattinger Farm, Oaksey, Wiltshire * L.45 Bransbury Common, Hampshire * L.46 Lower Woodford Water Meadows, Wiltshire * L.47 Pixey and Yarnton Meads / Port Meadow, Oxfordshire * L.48 Fyfield Down, Wiltshire * L.49 Homington, Odstock and Coombe Bissett Downs, Wiltshire * L.50 Noar Hill, Hampshire * L.51 Throope Down, Wiltshire * L.52 Trow Down, Wiltshire * L.53 Well Bottom, Upton Lovell, Wiltshire * L.54 Stockbridge Down, Hampshire * L.55 Ivinghoe Hills, Steps Hill and Pitstone Hill, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire * L.56 Coombe Hill, Wendover, Buckinghamshire * L.57 Britford - Downton, Wiltshire

East Anglia

* L.58 Dunwich Heaths and marshes, Suffolk * L.59 Roydon Common, Norfolk * L.60 Stanford - Wretham Heaths, Norfolk ::(a) Stanford Practical Training Area ::(b) East Wretham Heath ::(c) Bridgham - Brettenham Heaths * L.61 Icklingham Heaths, Suffolk ::(a) Cavenham - Tuddenham Heaths ::(b) Icklingham Plains and Triangle ::(c) Deadman's Grave * L.62 Lakenheath - Elveden Heaths, Suffolk ::(a) Lakenheath Warren and Eriswell High and low Warrens ::(b) Wangford Warren - Airfield Lights ::(c) Wangford Carr ::(d) Berner's, Horn and Weather Heaths ::(e) Maidscross Hill ::(f) Lord's Well Field * L.63 Foxhole Heath, Suffolk * L.64 Weeting Heath, Norfolk * L.65 Thetford Heaths, Suffolk - Norfolk ::(a) Thetford Heath ::(b) Sketchvar Heath ::(c) RAF Barnham ::(d) Barnhamcross Common ::(e) Little Heath * L.66 Risby Warren, Lincolnshire * L.67 Knocking Hoe, Bedfordshire * L.68 Barton Hills, Bedfordshire * L.69 Barnack Hills and Holes, Huntingdon and

* L.70

Ouse Washes Ouse Washes is a linear biological Site of Special Scientific Interest stretching from near St Ives in Cambridgeshire to Downham Market in Norfolk. It is also a Ramsar internationally important wetland site, a Special Protection Area for bird ...

- Norfolk * L.71 Thompson Common, Norfolk * L.72 Upwood Meadows, Huntingdon and

* L.73 Sibson - Castor Meadows, Huntingdon and

::(a) Sibson - Sutton ::(b) Chesterton - Castor * L.74 Monewden Meadows, Suffolk * L.75 Holt Lowes, Norfolk * L.76 Sandringham Warren (Dersingham Bog), Norfolk * L.77 Barnham Heath, Suffolk * L.78 Thetford Warren, Norfolk * L.79 Chalk Hill, Barton Mills, Suffolk * L.80 Holywell Mound, Lincolnshire * L.81 Castor Hanglands, Huntingdon and

* L.82 Foulden Common, Norfolk * L.83 Calceby Beck, Lincolnshire * L.84 Baston Fen, Lincolnshire * L.85 Port Holme, Huntingdonshire * L.86 Bratoft Meadow, Lincolnshire * L.87 Moors Closes, Ancaster, Lincolnshire

South-west England

:South Dorset Heathlands (L.88 to L.90) * L.88 Hartland Moor and Arne Heaths, Dorset * L.89 Studland and Godlingston Heaths, Dorset * L.90 Morden Bog, Dorset * L.91 Aylesbeare Common, Devon * L.92 North Dartmoor, Devon * L.93

:: Castle Down,

Tresco Tresco may refer to: * Tresco, Elizabeth Bay, a historic residence in New South Wales, Australia * Tresco, Isles of Scilly, an island off Cornwall, England, United Kingdom * Tresco, Victoria, a town in Victoria, Australia * a nickname referring to ...

::Chapel Down, St Martin's :: Shipman Head and Shipman Down,

Bryher Bryher ( kw, Breyer "place of hills") is one of the smallest inhabited islands of the Isles of Scilly, with a population of 84 in 2011, spread across . History The name of the island is recorded as ''Brayer'' in 1336 and ''Brear'' in 1500. Ge ...

* L.94 Chapel Porth,

St Agnes, Cornwall St Agnes ( kw, Breanek) is a civil parish and a large village on the north coast of Cornwall, UK. The village is about five miles (8 km) north of Redruth and ten miles (16 km) southwest of Newquay. ''and'' An electoral ward exists s ...

* L.95

, Cornwall ::The West Lizard ::

Goonhilly Downs Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station is a large radiocommunication site located on Goonhilly Downs near Helston on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, England. Owned by Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd under a 999-year lease from BT Group plc, it was a ...

and Brays Cot ::Traboe Downs ::Crowsa Downs ::Main Dale ::Coverack Cliffs, including the Grove ::Mullion Cliffs ::

Hayle Kimbro Pool Hayle Kimbro Pool (Cornish language, Cornish: ''Hal Kembro'', meaning "Welshman's marsh") is a wetland on The Lizard, Cornwall. It is situated two miles (3 km) southeast of Mullion, Cornwall, Mullion immediately northeast of Predannack airfield at ...

::Ruan Pool ::South and East Lizard :: Kennack to Black Head Cliffs * L.96 Eggardon Hill, Haydon and Askerswell Downs, Dorset * L.97 Hod and Hambledon Hills, Dorset * L.98 Boxwell, Gloucestershire * L.99 Barnsley Warren, Gloucestershire * L.100 Rodborough Common, Gloucestershire * L.101 Cleeve Hill, Gloucestershire * L.102 Avon Gorge, Gloucestershire - Somerset * L.103 Cheddar Gorge, Somerset * L.104 Brean Down and Uphill Cliff, Somerset * L.105 Berry Head, Devon * L.106 Creech – Grange – Povington Heaths, Dorset * L.107 Dunkery Beacon, Somerset * L.108 Park Bottom, Higher Houghton, Dorset * L.109 Brassey, Gloucestershire * L.110 Hornsleasow Roughs, Gloucestershire * L.111 Minchinhampton Common, Gloucestershire * L.112 Crook Peak, Somerset * L.113 Dolebury Warren, Somerset * L.114 Coombe Hill Canal, Gloucestershire

South Wales

* L.115 Glyn Perfedd, Brecknock * L.116 Pen Yr Hen Allt, Brecknock * L.117 Bannau Preseli & Chomin Carningli, Pembrokeshire * L.118 Drostre Bank: Cefn Tros Dre, Brecknock * L.119 Boxbush, Brecknock

North Wales

* L.120 Glannau Ynys Gybi: Holy Island Coast, Anglesey * L.121 Great Ormes Head: Pen y Gogarth, Caernarvonshire * L.122 Yr Eifl, Caernarvonshire

Midlands

* L.123 Stiperstones, Shropshire * L.124 (i) Derbyshire Dales Grasslands, Derbyshire - Staffordshire ::(a) Dove Valley and Biggin Dale ::(b)

Lathkill Dale Lathkill Dale is the valley of the River Lathkill near Bakewell, Derbyshire in the Peak District of England. The river emerges into the dale from springs below Lathkill Head Cave (or, in wet conditions, from the cave itself). Towards the head ...

::(c)

Cressbrook Dale Cressbrook Dale (also called Ravensdale) is a dry Carboniferous Limestone, carboniferous limestone gorge near Bakewell, Derbyshire, in the Peak District of England. The dale is cut into a plateau of farmland and lies to the south east of the v ...

::(d)

Monk's Dale Monk's Dale is a short steep-sided dry gorge near Buxton, Derbyshire, in the Peak District of England. The dale is cut into a plateau of farmland and lies to the east of the village of Wormhill. The head of the valley leads into Peter Dale to ...

::(e) Long Dale and Gratton Dale * L.124 (ii) Derbyshire Dales Grasslands, Derbyshire ::(a) Coombs Dale ::(b) Miller's Dale ::(c) Topley Pike and

Deep Dale Deep Dale is a short steep-sided gorge near Buxton, Derbyshire, in the Peak District of England. It is distinct from another Deep Dale, near Sheldon, to the east. The dale is cut into a plateau of farmland and lies just south west of the haml ...

* L.125 Marston Meadows, Staffordshire * L.126 Foster's Green Meadows, Worcestershire * L.127 Bredon Hill, Worcestershire * L.128 Cribb's Lodge Meadow, Leicestershire

North England

* L.129 Skipwith Common, Yorkshire * L.130 Waterdale, Yorkshire * L.131 Duggleby High Barn Wold, Yorkshire * L.132 East Dale, Yorkshire * L.133 Humphrey Head, Lancashire * L.134 Gait Barrows, Lancashire * L.135 Hutton Roof Crags and Farleton Knott, Westmorland * L.136 Whitbarrow Scar, Westmorland * L.137 Scout and Cunswick Scars, Westmorland * L.138 Thrislington Plantation, Durham * L.139 Orton Meadows, Westmorland * L.140 Crosby Gill, Westmorland * L.141 Wintringham Marsh, Yorkshire * L.142 Derwent Ings, Yorkshire * L.143 Gowk Bank, Cumberland * L.144 Upper Teesdale Meadows, Durham - Yorkshire * L.145 Strensall Common, Yorkshire * L.146 Lazonby and Wan Fells, Cumberland * L.147 Arnside Knott and Warton Crag, Westmorland - Lancashire * L.148 Cassop Vale, Durham

South Scotland

* L.149 Ken - Dee Marshes, Kirkcudbrightshire

East Scotland

* L.150

, Aberdeenshire

West Scotland

* L.151 Oykell Marshes, Ross - Sutherland

Open waters

Southeast England

* OW.1 Oppen Pits, Kent * OW.2 Pevensey Levels, Sussex * OW.3 Tring Reservoirs, Hertfordshire * OW.4 Romney Marsh, Kent

South England

* OW.5 River Avon system, Hampshire / Wiltshire * OW.6 Oberwater, Hampshire * OW.7 Woolmer Pond, Hampshire * OW.8 Moors River, Hampshire / Dorset * OW.9 Cotswold Water Park, Wiltshire / Gloucestershire * OW.10 Hatchet Pond, Hampshire * OW.11 Wychwood Ponds, Oxfordshire

East Anglia

South-west England

South Wales

North Wales

Midlands

North England

South Scotland

East Scotland

West Scotland

Peatlands

Southeast England

South England

East Anglia

South-west England

South Wales

North Wales

Midlands

North England

South Scotland

East Scotland

West Scotland

Upland grasslands and heaths

South-west England

South Wales

North Wales

Midlands

North England

South Scotland

Eastern Highlands

Western Highlands

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