List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cleveland

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Roseberry Topping, a site in Cleveland designated as a geological SSSI

This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Cleveland, England, United Kingdom. In England the body responsible for designating SSSIs is Natural England, which chooses a site because of its fauna, flora, geological or physiographical features. Template:As of, there are 18 sites designated within this Area of Search, of which 12 have been designated due to their biological interest, 4 due to their geological interest, and 2 (Durham Coast and Redcar Rocks) for both.

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 English counties were revised under the 1974 reorganisation of local government. Until the 2010s, Natural England, which maintains the database of English SSSIs, kept the listing of counties as it was in 1974, but by 2015 it had updated the lists to reflect some later changes. However, even though Cleveland was abolished in 1996 it is still used as an area of search by Natural England, rather than being divided between the County Durham and North Yorkshire lists.

The data in the table is taken from Natural England's website in the form of citation sheets for each SSSI.

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]
	Biological interest	Geological interest	Hectares	Acres
Boulby Quarries		Green tickY	40.3	99.6		1989	Template:Nature on the map
Briarcroft Pasture	Green tickY		1.8	4.3		2004	Template:Nature on the map
Cowpen Marsh	Green tickY		116.8	288.6		1966	Template:Nature on the map
Durham Coast[D]	Green tickY	Green tickY	765.4	1,891.4	–	1960	Template:Nature on the map
Hart Bog	Green tickY		1.8	4.4		1968	Template:Nature on the map
Hartlepool Submerged Forest		Green tickY	19.7	48.6		1988	Template:Nature on the map
Langbaurgh Ridge		Green tickY	7.0	17.5		1986	Template:Nature on the map
Lovell Hill Pools	Green tickY		9.2	22.7		1999	Template:Nature on the map
North York Moors[E]	Green tickY		44,087.7	108,940.7		1998	Template:Nature on the map
Pinkney and Gerrick Woods	Green tickY		62.7	154.9		1954	Template:Nature on the map
Redcar Rocks	Green tickY	Green tickY	31.1	76.8		1984	Template:Nature on the map
Roseberry Topping		Green tickY	10.9	26.8		1954	Template:Nature on the map
Saltburn Gill	Green tickY		18.9	46.7		1986	Template:Nature on the map
Seal Sands	Green tickY		294.4	727.4		1966	Template:Nature on the map
Seaton Dunes and Common	Green tickY		312.1	771.2		1966	Template:Nature on the map
South Gare and Coatham Sands	Green tickY		381.2	941.9		1971	Template:Nature on the map
Tees and Hartlepool Foreshore and Wetlands	Green tickY		255.6	631.7	&	1997	Template:Nature on the map
Whitton Bridge Pasture	Green tickY		3.2	7.9		2004	Template:Nature on the 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.

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

^D The Durham Coast site extends into two other counties and so can be found on lists of SSSIs in County Durham and Tyne and Wear.

^E The North York Moors site extends into the county of North Yorkshire and so can be found on the list of SSSIs in North Yorkshire.