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Sites of Special Scientific Interest A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of ...
(SSSIs) in
Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The trad ...
, a county in the East Midlands. Nottinghamshire is bordered by
South Yorkshire South Yorkshire is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and metropolitan county, metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. The county has four council areas which are the cities of City of Doncaster, Doncaster and City of Sh ...
to the north, and Leicestershire to the south, and has an estimated population of 1,055,400 within an area of , therefore making it the 17th largest ceremonial county in the
United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
. The data in this table is taken from English Nature's website in the form of citation sheets for each SSSI.Natural England data for Nottinghamshire SSSIs
Retrieved on 2012-03-16 As of March 2012 there are 66 SSSIs in Nottinghamshire. 63 are notable for their biological interest, 1 for its geology and 2 for both geological and biological interest. For other counties, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.


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* List of SSSIs by Area of Search


Notes

: Data rounded to one decimal place. : Grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system, also known as OSGB36, and is the system used by the
Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain. The agency's name indicates its original military purpose (see ordnance and surveying), which was to map Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rising of 1745. There was a ...
. : Those SSSIs with more than one OS grid reference are composed of multiple sections, separated by non-SSSI land. : Link to maps using the ''Nature on the Map'' service provided by ''Natural England''.


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{{SSSI AOS lists
Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The trad ...
Sites of Special