List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Lincolnshire explained

This is a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Lincolnshire. This list includes sites within the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, covering the two unitary authorities North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire as well as the rest of the county administered by Lincolnshire County Council.

This list features 98 SSSIs notable for their biology, 23 notable for their geology and three notable for both. Six of the SSSIs include national nature reserves, four are Ramsar Wetland sites, and five are EU Special Protection Areas.^[1]

For other counties, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.

Sites

Site name	Reason for designation		Area		Location & map ref	Year in which notified	Other designations	Map/Refs
	Biological interest	Geological interest	Hectares	Acres
Allington Meadows			3.8	9.3		1987		[2]
Ancaster Valley			10.3	25.4		1951	WT, NCR	[3]
Bardney Limewoods			539.8	1,333.9		1959	NNR, NCR,	[4]
Baston And Thurlby Fens			54.6	134.9		1968	WT, NCR, SAC	[5]
Belshaw			0.2	0.5		1988		[6]
Benniworth Haven Cuttings			2.4	5.9		1966	GCR	[7]
Bratoft Meadows			2.3	5.6		1968	WT, NCR	[8]
Broughton Alder Wood			0.8	2		1986		[9]
Broughton Far Wood			17.8	44		1957		[10]
Calceby Marsh			8.8	21.8		1970	WT, NCR	[11]
Candlesby Hill Quarry			1.8	4.5		1966	WT	[12]
Castle Bytham Quarry			5.5	13.6		1981	GCR	[13]
Castlethorpe Tufas			0.5	1.3		1989	GCR	[14]
Chapel Point-wolla Bank			39.7	98.0		2002	GCR	[15]
Claxby Chalk Pit			2.2	5.5		1968	GCR, WT	[16]
Cleatham Quarry			5.8	14.2		1986		[17]
Cliff Farm Pit			1.1	2.8		1985	GCR	[18]
Cliff House			4.8	11.7		1966		[19]
Copper Hill			6.6	16.4		1950	GCR	[20]
Conesby (Yorkshire East) Quarry			0.9	2.2		1995	GCR	[21]
Cowbit Wash			9.1	22.4		1999	GCR	[22]
Cross Drain			5.7	14.2		1991		[23]
Crowle Borrow Pits			4.9	12.2		1986		[24]
Dalby Hill			0.2	0.5		1986	GCR	[25]
Deeping Gravel Pits			57.6	142.3		1968	Wildlife refuge	[26]
Doddington Clay Woods			23.9	59.0		1987		[27]
Dole Wood			4.0	9.8		1968	WT	[28]
Dunsby Wood			54.6	134.8		1968		[29]
Eastoft Meadow			0.8	2.1		1985		[30]
Epworth Turbary			32.9	81.3		1951	WT	[31]
Fulsby Wood			109.3	270.0		1986		[32]
Gibraltar Point			598.2	1,478.3		1951	Bird sanctuary, SPA, GCR, LNR, WT, NNR, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC	[33]
Gosling's Corner			10.2	25.1		1988		[34]
Great Casterton Road Banks			0.4	1		1959	WT	[35]
Greetwell Hollow Quarry			59.3	146.6		1951	GCR	[36]
Grimsthorpe Park			116.4	287.7		1969	SAC,	[37]
Hainton Sheepwalk			2.5	6.3		1989		[38]
Harrington Hall Sand Pit			0.1	0.2		1986	GCR	[39]
Hatfield Chase Ditches			44.2	109.2		1999		[40]
Haxey Grange Fen			13.3	32.8		1988		[41]
Haxey Turbary			14.4	35.6		1951	WT	[42]
Hewson's Field			0.5	1.2		1991		[43]
High Barn, Oxcombe			8.3	20.4		1966		[44]
High Dyke			6.8	16.7		1951		[45]
Holywell Banks			6.1	15.1		1951		[46]
Honington Camp			1.4	3.5		1968	SAM	[47]
Hoplands Wood			14.2	35.0		1966	WT	[48]
Horbling Fen			15.1	37.3		1999	GCR	[49]
Humber Estuary			37,000.6	91,430.5		2004	SPA, GCR, MOD, NNR, Ramsar site, SAC	[50]
Hundleby Clay Pit			0.8	1.9		1986	GCR,	[51]
Jenkins Carr			3.7	9.1		1966		[52]
Keal Carr			9.4	23.1		1968	WT	[53]
Kingerby Beck Meadows			5.5	13.6		1988		[54]
Kirkby Moor			73.6	181.9		1966	WT,	[55]
Kirmington Pits			9.1	22.5		1951	GCR	[56]
Kirton Wood, Lincolnshire			30.3	74.9		1968	NCR	[57]
Langtoft Gravel Pits			28.4	70.3		1968		[58]
Laughton Common			54.7	135.2		1999		[59]
Lea Marsh			27.6	68.1		1998		[60]
Linwood Warren			25.7	63.5		1966	WT	[61]
Little Scrubbs Meadow			2.0	4.9		1988	WT	[62]
Manton and Twigmoor			88.9	219.6		1951		[63]
Manton Stone Quarry			17.5	43.2		1986	GCR	[64]
Math And Elsea Wood			44.2	109.3		1988		[65]
Mavis Enderby Valley			15.7	38.8		1988		[66]
Messingham Heath			17.8	43.9		1965		[67]
Messingham Sand Quarry			51.8	128		1987	WT	[68]
Metheringham Heath Quarry			12.8	31.5		1981	GCR	[69]
Moor Closes			6.8	16.8		1968	WT, NCR,	[70]
Moor Farm			47.0	116.1		1981	WT	[71]
Muckton Wood			16.7	41.3		1953	WT	[72]
Nettleton Chalk Pit			8.1	20.0		1968	GCR	[73]
New England Valley			6.3	15.7		1966		[74]
Normanby Meadow			4.2	10.3		2002		[75]
North Killingholme Haven Pits			21.6	53.4		1996	WT, SPA	[76]
Porter's Lodge Meadows			9.6	23.8		1988		[77]
Potterhanworth Wood			33.1	81.7		1968	Forest nature reserve, NCR	[78]
Red Hill			3.0	7.5		1951	LNR, WT,	[79]
Robert's Field			3.0	7.5			LNR, WT,	[80]
Risby Warren			157.1	388.2		1966	GCR, NCR,	[81]
Rush Furlong			0.5	1.2		1985	WT	[82]
Ryhall Pasture and Little Warren Verges			6.2	15.4		1983		[83]
Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes National Nature Reserve			971.9	2,401.5		1951	NNR, NCR, SAC	[84]
Sapperton & Pickworth Woods			28.1	69.3		1968		[85]
Scotton And Laughton Forest Ponds			48.3	119.4		1959		[86]
Scotton Beck Fields			16.8	41.4		1987		[87]
Scotton Common			15.1	37.3		1951	WT,	[88]
Sea Bank Clay Pits			16.6	40.9		1959	WT,	[89]
Silverines Meadows			6.2	15.3		1959	WT	[90]
Skendleby Psalter Banks			0.9	2.2		1966	WT	[91]
Sotby Meadows			7.2	17.8		1981	WT	[92]
South Ferriby Chalk Pit			85	209.9		1987	GCR	[93]
Surfleet Lows			3.4	8.5		1968	WT	[94]
Swaby Valley			3.4	8.4		1966	WT	[95]
Swallow Wold			4.3	10.6		1966		[96]
Swanholme Lakes			53.1	131.3		1985	LNR, NCR	[97]
Swinstead Valley			8.9	22.0		1989		[98]
Tattershall Carrs			26.6	65.7		1968		[99]
Tattershall Old Gravel Pits			14.5	35.9		1951		[100]
Tetford Wood			5.4	13.3		1951		[101]
Tetney Blow Wells			14.7	36.4		1968	WT	[102]
The Hermitage			4.4	10.9		1968	SAM,	[103]
The Wash			62,045.8	153,318.5		1972	SPA, WT, NNR, NCR, Ramsar site, RSPB	[104]
Thorne Crowle and Goole Moors			1919	4742.1		1970	SPA, WT, NNR, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC	[105]
Tortoiseshell Wood			9.3	22.9		1987	WT, NCR	[106]
Troy Wood			91.1	225.1		1951		[107]
Tuetoes Hills			12.5	30.8		1999		[108]
Welton-le-wold Old Gravel Pits			3.4	8.4		1986	GCR	[109]
Wickenby Wood			43.6	107.6		1976	Forest nature reserve, NCR	[110]
Willoughby Meadow			0.5	1.3		1968	WT	[111]
Willoughby Wood			23.2	57.4		1951		[112]
Wilsford & Rauceby Warrens			57.4	141.9		1968	WT	[113]
Wilsford Heath Quarry			16.2	40.0		1968		[114]
Winceby Rectory Pit			<0.1	0.1		1987	GCR	[115]
Withcall And South Willingham Tunnels			3.8	9.4		2002		[116]
Woodhall Spa Golf Course			55.0	135.8		1969		[117]
Woodnook Valley			9.7	23.8		1968		[118]
Wrawby Moor			18.5	45.6		1966		[119]

See also

• List of SSSIs by Area of Search
• List of Ancient Woods in England
• Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust

Notes and References

1. http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/sssi/reportAction.cfm?Report=sdrt07&Category=CF&Reference=1026 SSSI Background Data Report for Lincolnshire
2. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001829}} Allington Meadows].
3. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002055}} Ancaster Valley].
4. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000014}} Bardney Limewoods, Lincolnshire].
5. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000407}} Baston And Thurlby Fens].
6. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001192}} Belshaw SSSI citation ]. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716135824/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001192.pdf . 16 July 2011 .
7. Web site: [{{sssi link|1004363}} Benniworth Haven Cuttings].
8. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002778}} Bratoft Meadows].
9. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002449}} Broughton Alder Wood SSSI citation].
10. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002015}} Broughton Far Wood SSSI citation].
11. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002797}} Calceby Marsh].
12. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002816}} Candlesby Hill].
13. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002829}} Castle Bytham Quarry ]. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120224200114/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002829.pdf . 24 February 2012 .
14. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003978}} Castlethorpe Tufas SSSI citation].
15. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000261}} Chapel Point-Wolla Bank].
16. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002870}} Claxby Chalk Pit].
17. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000423}} Cleatham Quarry SSSI citation].
18. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002062}} Cliff Farm Pit SSSI citation].
19. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002890}} Cliff House].
20. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002907}} Copper Hill].
21. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000024}} Conesby (Yorkshire East) Quarry SSSI citation].
22. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000265}} Cowbit Wash].
23. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003003}} Cross Drain].
24. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002090}} Crowle Borrow Pits SSSI citation].
25. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003348}} Dalby Hill].
26. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002919}} Deeping Gravel Pits].
27. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002601}} Doddington Clay Woods].
28. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002939}} Dole Wood].
29. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002961}} Dunsby Wood].
30. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002189}} Eastoft Meadow SSSI citation].
31. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002281}} Epworth Turbary SSSI citation].
32. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003366}} Fulsby Wood].
33. Web site: [{{sssi link|1004400}} Gibraltar Point].
34. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001815}} Gosling'S Corner].
35. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001890}} Great Casterton Road Banks].
36. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003018}} Greetwell Hollow Quarry].
37. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003048}} Grimsthorpe Park].
38. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001846}} Hainton Sheepwalk].
39. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003423}} Harrington Hall Sand Pit].
40. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000213}} Hatfield Chase Ditches SSSI citation].
41. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002307}} Haxey Grange Fen SSSI citation].
42. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002323}} Haxey Turbary SSSI citation].
43. Web site: [{{sssi link|1006299}} Hewson'S Field SSSI citation].
44. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003793}} High Barn, Oxcombe].
45. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003812}} High Dyke].
46. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003823}} Holywell Banks].
47. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003842}} Honington Camp].
48. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003859}} Hoplands Wood].
49. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000264}} Horbling Fen].
50. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000480}} Humber Estuary].
51. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003379}} Hundleby Clay Pit].
52. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003904}} Jenkins Carr].
53. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003935}} Keal Carr].
54. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002988}} Kingerby Beck Meadows].
55. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003968}} Kirkby Moor].
56. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003116}} Kirmington Pits SSSI citation].
57. Web site: [{{sssi link|1005591}} Kirton Wood, Lincolnshire].
58. Web site: [{{sssi link|1004004}} Langtoft Gravel Pits].
59. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000398}} Laughton Common].
60. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000332}} Lea Marsh].
61. Web site: [{{sssi link|1004049}} Linwood Warren].
62. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001864}} Little Scrubbs Meadow].
63. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003182}} Manton and Twigmoor SSSI citation].
64. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003157}} Manton Stone Quarry SSSI citation].
65. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001882}} Math And Elsea Wood].
66. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002947}} Mavis Enderby Valley].
67. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003260}} Messingham Heath SSSI citation].
68. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001209}} Messingham Sand Quarry SSSI citation].
69. Web site: [{{sssi link|1004063}} Metheringham Heath Quarry].
70. Web site: [{{sssi link|1004087}} Moor Closes].
71. Web site: [{{sssi link|1004114}} Moor Farm].
72. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003729}} Muckton Wood].
73. Web site: [{{sssi link|1004128}} Nettleton Chalk Pit].
74. Web site: [{{sssi link|1004158}} New England Valley].
75. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000465}} Normanby Meadow].
76. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000089}} North Killingholme Haven Pits SSSI citation].
77. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000412}} Porter'S Lodge Meadows].
78. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000281}} Potterhanworth Wood].
79. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002042}} Red Hill].
80. Web site: Robert's Field . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071111131700/http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/reserves/nr/reserve.php?mapref=75 . 11 November 2007 .
81. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003381}} Risby Warren SSSI citation].
82. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003462}} Rush Furlong SSSI citation].
83. Web site: [{{sssi link|1004094}} Ryhall Pasture And Little Warren Verges].
84. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002613}} Saltfleetby - Theddlethorpe Dunes].
85. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000326}} Sapperton & Pickworth Woods].
86. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000357}} Scotton And Laughton Forest Ponds].
87. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001900}} Scotton Beck Fields].
88. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000347}} Scotton Common].
89. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000382}} Sea Bank Clay Pits].
90. Web site: [{{sssi link|1005529}} Silverines Meadows].
91. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000414}} Skendleby Psalter Banks].
92. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000430}} Sotby Meadows].
93. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003474}} South Ferriby Chalk Pit SSSI citation].
94. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000524}} Surfleet Lows].
95. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002225}} Swaby Valley].
96. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000555}} Swallow Wold].
97. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002272}} Swanholme Lakes].
98. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001915}} Swinstead Valley].
99. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000585}} Tattershall Carrs].
100. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000601}} Tattershall Old Gravel Pits].
101. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000619}} Tetford Wood].
102. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000635}} Tetney Blow Wells].
103. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003104}} The Hermitage].
104. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002591}} The Wash].
105. Web site: [{{sssi link|1001467}} Thorne Crowle and Goole Moors SSSI citation].
106. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003723}} Tortoiseshell Wood].
107. Web site: [{{sssi link|1000647}} Troy Wood].
108. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000399}} Tuetoes Hills].
109. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002608}} Welton-Le-Wold Old Gravel Pits].
110. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002318}} Wickenby Wood].
111. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002333}} Willoughby Meadow].
112. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002339}} Willoughby Wood].
113. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002374}} Wilsford & Rauceby Warrens].
114. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002359}} Wilsford Heath Quarry].
115. Web site: [{{sssi link|1003399}} Winceby Rectory Pit].
116. Web site: [{{sssi link|2000459}} Withcall And South Willingham Tunnels].
117. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002402}} Woodhall Spa Golf Course].
118. Web site: [{{sssi link|1002418}} Woodnook Valley].
119. Web site: [{{sssi link|1004116}} Wrawby Moor SSSI citation].