List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Humberside

View of the Humber Estuary, the largest SSSI in the area, across the western end of Sunk Island Sands

This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in the former county of Humberside, England. In England the body responsible for designating SSSIs is Natural England, which chooses a site because of its fauna, flora, geological or physiographical features.^[1] Although the county of Humberside no longer exists, Natural England still uses its former borders to mark two of its Areas of Search: North Humberside and South Humberside.^[2] As of 2009^[update], there are 71 sites designated in these Areas of Search.^[3]

Natural England took over the role of designating and managing SSSIs from English Nature in October 2006 when it was formed from the amalgamation of English Nature, parts of the Countryside Agency and the Rural Development Service. Natural England, like its predecessor, uses the 1974–1996 county system^[4] and as such the same approach is followed here, rather than splitting these sites between the Lincolnshire list and an East Riding of Yorkshire list. The data in the table is taken from Natural England in the form of citation sheets for each SSSI.^[5]

For other counties, see List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest by Area of Search.

Sites

Site name	Reason for Designation		Area[A]		Grid reference[B]	Year in which notified	Map[C]
	Biological Interest	Geological Interest	Hectares	Acres
Allerthorpe Common	Y		12.6	31.1	SE761475 & SE768480	1951	1
Barn Hill Meadows	Y		8.6	21.2	SE728286, SE734285, SE737281 & SE740281	1987	2
Beckhead Plantation	Y		3.67	9.07	SE816537	1968	3
Belshaw	Y		0.2	0.5	SE768059	1988	4
Bishop Wilton Deep Dale			43.4	107.1	SE818562	1954	5
Bishop Wilton Poor Land			2.1	5.2	SE778558	1988	6
Boynton Willow Garth			5.07	12.5	TA126676	1984	7
Brantingham Dale			15.9	39.2	SE949311	1986	8
Broughton Alder Wood			0.82	2.03	SE960009	1986	9
Broughton Far Wood			16.9	41.7	SE960106	1957	10
Bryan Mills Field			1.3	3.2	TA014462	1986	11
Burton Bushes			12.04	29.75	SD776785	1968	12
Castlethorpe Tufas			0.5	1.2	SE978077, SE986074 & SE988075	1989	13
Cinquefoil Brow And Wood Dale			10.8	26.6	SE968637 to SE958643	1989	14
Cleatham Quarry			5.6	13.8	SE940015	1986	15
Cliff Farm Pit			1.1	2.72	SE941009	1985	16
Conesby (Yorkshire East) Quarry			0.99	2.4	SE903148	1995	17
Cottam Well Dale			23.3	57.5	SE975637	1985	18
Crowle Borrow Pits			4.8	11.9	SE790105	1986	19
Derwent Ings			662.45	1,636.91	SE703466 to SE703347	1975	20
Dimlington Cliff			54.7	135.2	TA390220	1990	21
Drewton Lane Pits			5.1	12.6	SE920329 & SE918333	1988	22
Eastoft Meadow			0.8	1.9	SE786142	1985	23
Enthorpe Railway Cutting			3.4	8.39	SE906456 to SE914459	1981	24
Epworth Turbary			32.4	80.06	SE755040	1951	25
Everthorpe Quarry			3.9	9.6	SE916324	1959	26
Flamborough Head			315.2	778.9	TA143764 to TA195682	1952	27
Flamborough Railway Cutting			1.6	4.0	TA195707	1986	28
Fordon Chalk Grasslands			56.1	138.6	TA024771, TA029767, TA031766, TA040761, TA047755, TA051756 & TA052754	1975	29
Hatfield Chase Ditches			44.96	111.1	SE748070	1999	30
Haxey Grange Fen			13.8	34.1	SK737973	1988	31
Haxey Turbary			14.4	35.6	SE748018 & SE754017	1951	32
Hewson's Field			0.48	1.19	SK785995	1991	33
Hoddy Cows Spring			1.9	4.7	TA182738	1984	34
Hornsea Mere			230.0	568.79	TA190470	1951	35
Horse Dale And Holm Dale			42.3	104.5	SE875569 & SE880579	1985	36
Hotham Meadow			1.8	4.4	SE895351	1989	37
Humber Estuary			37,000.59	91,430.4	TA216184	2004	38
Keasey Dale			3.5	8.6	SE873538	1989	39
Kelsey Hill Gravel Pits			10.6	26.2	TA239266 & TA245274	1952	40
Kiplingcotes Chalk Pit			4.037	9.98	SE915435	1968	41
Kirmington Pits			9.3	23.0	TA103117	1951	42
Lambwath Meadows			29.0	71.6	TA202398, TA212396, TA208398 & TA216398	1989	43
Leven Canal			22.8	56.3	TA056449 to TA106449	1962	44
Manton And Twigmoor			89.2	220.4	SE940044, SE936052 & SE931056	1951	45
Manton Stone Quarry			17.3	42.7	SE940025	1986	46
Melbourne And Thornton Ings			200.3	494.9	SE745450	1985	47
Melton Bottom Chalk Pit			87.8	216.95	SE970277 to SE970272	1968	48
Messingham Heath			17.4	43.0	SE877034	1965	49
Messingham Sand Quarry			49.9	123.3	SE913035	1987	50
Millington Wood And Pastures			335.4	828.8	SE850545	1954	51
Newbald Becksies			2.0	4.9	SE918371	1990	52
Newton Mask			16.5	40.8	SD920987	1986	53
North Killingholme Haven Pits			20.61	50.9	TA165198	1996	54
Pocklington Canal			25.4	62.9	SE758444 to SE799473	1987	55
Pulfin Bog			16.8	41.5	TA050441	1954	56
Rifle Butts Quarry		Y	0.3	0.7	SE898426	1952	57
Risby Warren			150.8	372.6	SE921135	1966	58
River Derwent[D]			[E]	[E]	SE678287 to SE825757	1986	59
River Hull Headwaters			140.6	347.4	TA079511 to TA081619, SE998581 & SE978551	1962	60
Roos Bog			1.9	4.6	TA274289	1990	61
Rush Furlong			0.48	1.20	TA780003	1985	62
Skipsea Bail Mere			43.85	108.4	TA162155	1998	63
South Cliffe Common			59.6	147.3	SE859358 & SE860342	1988	64
South Ferriby Chalk Pit			104.9	259.2	SE993204	1987	65
The Lagoons			67.9	167.8	TA410177	1968	66
Tophill Low			33.8	83.5	TA076491 & TA070479	1989	67
White Carr Meadow			1.1	2.7	SE787457	1990	68
Withow Gap, Skipsea			7.8	19.3	TA183546	1987	69
Wrawby Moor			17.7	43.73	TA032110	1966	70
Wyedale			12.5	30.9	SE920353	1986	71

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.^[6]

^C Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by Natural England.

^D The River Derwent site extends into the county of North Yorkshire and so can be found on the list of SSSIs in North Yorkshire.^[5]

^E Recorded as 86.2 kilometres (53.6 mi) in length, where the River Derwent forms the then district boundaries the length is included in both directions.^[5]

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