List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in West Yorkshire

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	Y		4.0	9.9	SE115386	1990	Map
Breary Marsh	Y		9.5	23.5	SE264416	1983	Map
Broadhead Clough	Y		63.8	157.6	SE996250	1983/84	Map
Crimsworth Dean		Y	13.8	34.1	SD988293, SD994325	1984	Map
Dark Peak	Y	Y	31,852.9	78,708.4	SK110960	1993	Map
Denby Grange Colliery Ponds	Y		19.1	47.2	SE271152	1997	Map
Eccup Reservoir	Y		114.5	282.9	SE300417	1987	Map
Elland Bypass Cutting	Y		1.1	2.7	SE119202	1989	Map
Fairburn And Newton Ings	Y		168.1	415.4	SE453275	1984	Map
Great Dib Wood		Y	1.1	2.7	SE199443	1984	Map
Hetchell Wood	Y		14.2	35.3	SE376424	1983	Map
Honley Station Cutting		Y	0.4	1.0	SE145126	1989	Map
Hook Moor	Y		1.7	4.2	SE434355	1989	Map
Leeds and Liverpool Canal	Y		19.5	48.2	SE213374	1984	Map
Linton Common	Y		0.7	1.7	SE384465	1984	Map
Madbanks And Ledsham Banks	Y		6.2	15.2	SE452290, SE461301	1984	Map
Micklefield Quarry		Y	0.6	1.5	SE446325	1990	Map
Mickletown Ings	Y		38.3	94.6	SE403275	1983	Map
Norwood Bottoms	Y		11.0	27.2	SE387416	1986	Map
Nostell Brickyard Quarry	Y		12.5	31.0	SE403170		Map
Park Clough		Y	0.5	1.2	SE030125	1984	Map
Rake Dike		Y	4.7	11.6	SE094048, SE112058	1986	Map
Roach Lime Hills	Y		5.4	13.4	SE418315	1983	Map
Seckar Wood	Y		46.4	114.6	SE326143	1984	Map
South Elmsall Quarry		Y	0.3	0.7	SE484116	1990	Map
South Pennine Moors	Y	Y	20,938.0	51,740.0	SD920300	1994	Map
Standedge Road Cutting		Y	3.5	8.5	SE018095 – SE023098	1984	Map
Townclose Hills	Y		12.1	30.0	SE407304	1984	Map
Trench Meadows	Y		4.7	11.6	SE131387	1999	Map
Wentbridge Ings	Y		1.9	4.8	SE477181	1987	Map
Withens Clough	Y		3.0	7.4	SD989234	1984	Map
Yeadon Brickworks And Railway Cutting		Y	3.3	8.2	SE193408	1984	Map

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.

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