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List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in West Sussex

 
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West Sussex, and its location within the United Kingdom

This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in West Sussex, a county in South East England.

As of 2009, there are 78 sites designated within this Area of Search, ** of which have been designated for their biological interest, ** for their geological interest, and ** for both biological and geological interest.

In England, the body responsible for designating SSSIs is Natural England, which selects sites because of their flora, fauna, geological or physiographical features.[1] 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.

The data in this table is taken from English Nature's website in the form of citation sheets for each SSSI.[2]

Contents

Sites

A–F

Site name Reason for designation Area[A] Grid reference[B][C] Year in which notified[D] Map[E]
Biological interest Geological interest Hectares Acres
Adur Estuary YesY 62.2 153.6 TQ208056 1987 1
Amberley Mount to Sullington Hill YesY 181.2 447.7 TQ060127 1954 2
Amberley Wild Brooks YesY 322.6 797.1 TQ033142 1954 3
Ambersham Common YesY 140.2 346.3 SU910195 1954 4
Arun Banks YesY 25.1 62.0 TQ029100 1954 5
Arundel Park YesY 140.5 347.1 TQ015082 1954 6
Beeding Hill to Newtimber Hill YesY YesY 272.9 674.2 TQ232112 1954 7
Bognor Common Quarry YesY 26.0 64.2 TQ005213 1987 8
Bognor Reef YesY YesY 64.4 159.1 SZ912982 1980 9
Bracklesham Bay YesY YesY 201.9 499.0 SZ775975 1980 10
Buchan Hill Ponds YesY 19.2 47.4 TQ245343 1954 11
Burton Park YesY 43.2 106.7 SU977178 1954 12
Chanctonbury Hill YesY 78.6 194.2 TQ143120 1954 13
Chantry Mill YesY 8.6 21.3 TQ093138 1987 14
Chapel Common YesY 100.9 249.3 SU820284 1998 15
Chichester Harbour YesY YesY 3695.0 9130.3 SU760000 1970 16
Chiddingfold Forest YesY 543.9 1344.0 SU994310 1975 17
Cissbury Ring YesY 81.9 202.4 TQ140080 1980 18
Clayton to Offham Escarpment YesY 429.6 1061.5 TQ350128 1953 19
Climping Beach YesY 65.8 162.6 TQ020010 1989 20
Coates Castle YesY 7.59 18.8 SU991175 1993 21
Coneyhurst Cutting YesY 0.2 0.4 TQ101244 1992 22
Coppedhall Hanger YesY 0.6 1.6 TQ078276 1991 23
Cow Wood and Harry's Wood YesY 74.1 183.1 TQ270299 1966 24
Duncton to Bignor Escarpment YesY 230.0 568.3 SU970133 1954 25
Eartham Pit, Boxgrove YesY 9.8 24,3 SU923087 1997 26
East Dean Park Wood YesY 18.2 45.0 SU900118 1988 27
Ebernoe Common YesY 234.0 578.4 SU976271 2003 28
Fairmile Bottom YesY 68.0 168.0 SU990094 1987 29
Felpham YesY 1.9 4.7 SZ948993 1988 30
Forest Mere YesY 14.0 34.6 SU820300 1980 31
Freshfield Lane YesY 16.8 41.4 TQ384265 1999 32
Fyning Moor YesY 12.7 31.3 SU814233 1965 33

H–P

Site name Reason for designation Area[A] Grid reference[B][C] Year in which notified[D] Map[E]
Biological interest Geological interest Hectares Acres
Halnaker Chalk Pit YesY 6.5 16.2 SU922090 1992 34
Harting Downs YesY 351.1 867.3 SU797186 1954 35
Heyshott Down YesY 42.2 104.2 SU895167 1954 36
Horton Clay Pit YesY 0.4 0.9 TQ209124 1991 37
House Copse YesY 12.4 30.6 TQ228358 38
Hurston Warren YesY 66.4 164.1 TQ072171 1954 39
Iping Common YesY 124.6 307.9 SU856219 1954 40
Kingley Vale YesY 209.4 517.4 SU822107 1952 41
Lavington Common YesY 30.7 75.8 SU950189 1965 42
Levin Down YesY 27.7 68.4 SU886135 1987 43
Marehill Quarry YesY 1.1 2.7 TQ064186 1987 44
Mills Rocks YesY 2.3 5,5 TQ414371 1966 45
Northpark Copse to Snapelands Copse YesY 94.2 232.6 SU885258
SU916251		 1954 46
Pads Wood YesY 21.7 53.6 SU790165 1980 47
Pagham Harbour YesY 615.9 1521.9 SZ875970 1954 48
Parham Park YesY 263.4 650.9 TQ059148 1965 49
Park Farm Cutting YesY 0.2 0.5 TQ039190 1954 50
Perry Copse Outcrops YesY 0.2 0.5 SU892288 1992 51
Philpot's and Hook Quarries YesY 2.4 5.9 TQ355318 1954 52
Pulborough Brooks YesY 158.8 392.5 TQ052169 1998 53

R–Z

Site name Reason for designation Area[A] Grid reference[B][C] Year in which notified[D] Map[E]
Biological interest Geological interest Hectares Acres
Rake Hanger YesY 29.2 72.2 SU795266 1988 54
Rook Clift YesY 10.8 26.7 SU822183 1997 55
Scaynes Hill YesY 0.0 0.1 TQ391228 1999 56
Selsey, East Beach YesY 1.8 4.4 SZ861925 1988 57
Shillinglee Lake YesY 17.0 42.0 SU968311 1954 58
Singleton and Cocking Tunnels YesY 4.8 11.9 SU873155 1989 59
Slinfold Stream and Quarry YesY 1.9 4.8 TQ125312
TQ127318		 1990 60
St. Leonard's Forest YesY 84.5 208.8 TQ230295 1954 61
St. Leonard's Park Ponds YesY 4.0 9.9 TQ200308 1954 62
Stone Hill Rocks YesY 0.6 1.6 TQ380347 1989 63
Sullington Warren YesY 25.2 62.2 TQ097145 1954 64
The Mens YesY 204.4 505.1 TQ025231 1963 65
Treyford to Bepton Down YesY 122.3 302.2 SU840176 1954 66
Turners Hill YesY 0.2 0.4 TQ339354 1999 67
Upper Arun YesY 40.0 99.0 TQ050221 1988 68
Wakehurst and Chiddingly Woods YesY YesY 164.0 405.2 TQ341320 1954 69
Waltham Brooks YesY 48.6 120.1 TQ023155 1987 70
Warnham YesY 28.4 70.0 TQ178353 1992 71
West Dean Woods YesY 17.3 42.7 SU847156 1980 72
West Harting Down YesY 13.9 34.3 SU763180 1980 73
West Hoathly YesY 0.7 1.6 TQ374327 1998 74
Wolstonbury Hill YesY 58.6 144.8 TQ282140 1954 75
Woolbeding and Pound Commons YesY 171.3 423.3 SU874245 1998 76
Woolmer Forest YesY 1293.9 3197.4 SU800322 1959 77
Worth Forest YesY 44.3 109.5 TQ259331 1954 78

See also

Sussex portal

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.[3]
C  Those SSSIs with more than one OS grid reference are composed of multiple sections, separated by non-SSSI land.[3]
D  Site notification consists of designating a site as an SSSI and consulting with the owner(s). This list uses the date notified under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
E  Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by Natural England.
F  Clayton To Offham Escarpment site extends into the county of East Sussex and so can be found on the list of SSSIs in East Sussex.[2]
G  Woolmer Forest site extends into the county of Hampshire and so can be found on the list of SSSIs in Hampshire.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Notification of SSSIs". English Nature. http://www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/notification.cfm. Retrieved on 24 May 2008. 
  2. ^ a b c Natural England citation sheets for each SSSI. Retrieved on 26 February 2008. (PDF files).
  3. ^ a b "Guide to National Grid". Ordnance Survey. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/help.html#gridref. Retrieved on 21 February 2008. 
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the United Kingdom, grouped by Area of Search
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Northern Ireland

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Scotland

Angus and Dundee · Annandale and Eskdale · Badenoch and Strathspey · Banff and Buchan · Berwickshire and Roxburgh · Caithness · Clydesdale and South East Glasgow · Cumnock and Kyle · Dumbarton and North Glasgow · Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy · East Perth · East Ross and Cromarty · Edinburgh and West Lothian · Falkirk and Clackmannan · Gordon and Aberdeen · Inverness · Islay and Jura · Kincardine and Deeside · Kintyre · Lorne · Mid and East Lothian · Mid Argyll and Cowal · Moray and Nairn · Mull, Coll and Tiree · Nithsdale · North East Fife · North Lochaber · North West Sutherland · North Wester Ross and Cromarty · Orkney · Renfrew and Cunninghame · Rum and the Small Isles · Shetland · Skye and Lochalsh · South East Sutherland · South Lochaber · South Perth · South Wester Ross and Cromarty · Stirling · Tweeddale and Ettrick and Lauderdale · West Perth · Western Isles North · Western Isles South · Wigtown and Stewartry
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