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.

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