The list below shows the 69 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in the Lancashire area of search. Note that English Nature, the designating body for SSSIs in England, uses the 1974-1996 county system, and this list follows the same approach. Some sites that might be expected to be here could therefore be in the Merseyside or Greater Manchester lists.

Of the 69 sites listed, 14 are listed purely for their geological interest, and 49 are listed for biological interest. A further 6 sites have both geological and biological significant features.

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

Sites

Site name Reason for designation Area Grid reference Year in which notified Other designations Map Biological interest Geological interest Hectares Acres Artle Dale25.863.8 1990 Barn Gill Meadow5.513.5 1996 Beeston Brook Pasture1.84.5 1999 Bell Sykes Meadows13.834.1 1999AONB, SAC Bowland Fells16,007.639,555.7 1988AONB, SPA, GCR, NCR Burton Wood18.545.7 1984 NCR Calf Hill And Cragg Woods34.485.1 2000AONB Charnock Richard Pasture1.22.9 1990 Clear Beck Meadow0.51.3 1988 Clitheroe Knoll Reefs117.8291.0 1987GCR Cock Wood Gorge2.87.0 1983GCR Cockerham Marsh9.824.3 1985 Coldwell Farm Pasture0.82.0 1992 Coplow Quarry5.212.8 1983GCR Crag Bank3.79.2 1985 Cringlebarrow And Deepdale50.2123.9 1983SAC Darwen River Section6.415.7 1984GCR Downholland Moss21.853.8 1990GCR Eaves Wood52.2129.1 1984NT, NCR Far Holme Meadow1.74.2 1994 Field Head Meadow3.38.1 1999AONB Gait Barrows69.8172.4 1984GCR, NNR, NCR, SAC Gale Clough And Shooterslee Wood9.423.2 1984 Harper Clough And Smalley Delph Quarries2.97.2 1984GCR Hawes Water89.4220.9 1986NNR, NCR, SAC, LNR Heysham Moss12.430.6 1992 Hodder River Section7.017.3 1986GCR Hodge Clough2.86.8 1984GCR Jack Scout6.716.7 1991NCR Langcliff Cross Meadow5.313.0 1989AONB, SAC Leck Beck Head Catchment Area691.91,709.6 1986GCR Lee Quarry49.1121.4 1997GCR Leighton Moss131.6325.2 1984SPA, NCR, Ramsar site, RSPB Light Clough0.51.2 1984GCR Little Mearley Clough5.914.5 1986GCR Longworth Clough24.660.7 1994 Lower Red Lees Pasture4.09.9 1994 Lune Estuary7,633.218,862.1 1990SPA, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC Lytham Coastal Changes24.961.5 1999GCR Lytham St. Anne's Dunes24.760.9 1991LNR Martin Mere, Burscough119.8295.9 1984SPA, NCR, Ramsar site, WWT Marton Mere, Blackpool39.597.6 1984LNR Mere Sands Wood41.9103.6 1985GCR, WT Morecambe Bay25,665.263,420.2 1990AONB, SPA, NP, NCR, Ramsar site, RSPB, SAC Myttons Meadows10.125.0 1985AONB, SAC New Ing Meadow2.15.2 1992 Newton Marsh66.0163.1 1986 Oak Field21.152.1 1985 Ravenhead Brickworks22.154.6 2002GCR Red Scar And Tun Brook Woods63.6157.2 1986WT Ribble Estuary9,348.523,100.5 1984SPA, NNR, NCR, Ramsar site Robert Hall Moor19.748.8 1985 Roeburndale Woods41.7103.0 1984 NCR Rough Hey Wood6.215.2 1984 Salthill And Bellmanpark Quarries17.643.6 1987GCR, LNR Silverdale Golf Course0.61.5 1998AONB South Pennine Moors20,944.551,755.0 1994SPA, SAM, ESA, GCR, NT, SAC Standridge Farm Pasture4.511.1 1998AONB Tarnbrook Meadows11.929.3 1989 Thrang End And Yealand Hall Allotment51.5127.2 1987SAC Thrang Wood4.811.8 1999AONB, SAC Thwaite House Moss7.317.9 2004 Trowbarrow Quarry7.518.4 1990GCR, LNR Warton Crag72.7179.6 1986 NCR, LNR White Coppice Flush0.51.3 1985 White Moss12.330.4 1985 Winmarleigh Moss89.3220.6 1991 Wrightington Bar Pasture1.33.3 1992 Wyre Estuary1,481.83,661.6 1995SPA, WT, Ramsar site, SAC

Notes Reason for designation; either for the site's biological interest, or its geological interest. Data rounded to one decimal place. Grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system, also known as OSGB36, and is the system used by the Ordnance Survey. Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by Natural England.

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