List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Tyne and Wear

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A map of Tyne and Wear, and its location within the United Kingdom also shown

There are 37 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Tyne and Wear, England. In England, the body responsible for designating SSSIs is Natural England, which chooses sites because of their flora, fauna, geological or physiographical features. 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 with each area being called an Area of Search.

Tyne and Wear is made up of five administrative local authorities consisting mainly of the two largest cities in the region: Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Sunderland, thus making it the sixth largest conurbation in the United Kingdom. Tyne and Wear shares its borders with Northumberland and County Durham, to the north and south respectively.

Sites

Site name	Reason for Designation		Area[A]		Grid reference[B]	Year in which notified	References
	Biological interest	Geological interest	Hectares	Acres			Map[C]	Citation
Big Waters	Green tickY		27.2	67.2		1985	Template:Nature on the map	[1]
Boldon Pastures	Green tickY		3.5	8.6		1987	Template:Nature on the map	[2]
Brenkley Meadows	Green tickY		9.2	22.7		1988	Template:Nature on the map	[3]
Claxheugh Rock and Ford Limestone Quarry	Green tickY	Green tickY	7.1	18.0		1987	Template:Nature on the map	[4]
Cleadon Hills	Green tickY		10.0	24.6		1984	Template:Nature on the map	[5]
Dawson's Plantation Quarry		Green tickY	0.7	1.7		1996	Template:Nature on the map	[6]
Durham Coast	Green tickY	Green tickY	765.4	1,891.0	–	1999	Template:Nature on the map	[7]
Eppleton Grassland	Green tickY		13.4	33.0			Template:Nature on the map	[8]
Fulwell and Carley Hill Quarries	Green tickY	Green tickY	6.0	14.8	&	1987	Template:Nature on the map	[9]
Gibside	Green tickY		89.0	219.9		1989	Template:Nature on the map	[10]
Gilleylaw Quarry		Green tickY	0.2	0.6		1986	Template:Nature on the map	[11]
Gosforth Park	Green tickY		37.3	92.1		1987	Template:Nature on the map	[12]
Hallow Hill	Green tickY		7.0	17.3		1986	Template:Nature on the map	[13]
Harton Down Hill	Green tickY		1.1	2.7		1984	Template:Nature on the map	[14]
Hastings Hill	Green tickY		1.3	3.1		1984	Template:Nature on the map	[15]
Herrington Hill	Green tickY		6.9	17.1		1983	Template:Nature on the map	[16]
Hetton Bogs	Green tickY		11.0	27.0		1984	Template:Nature on the map	[17]
High Haining Hill	Green tickY		2.9	7.2		1983	Template:Nature on the map	[18]
High Moorsley	Green tickY	Green tickY	6.8	16.8		1985	Template:Nature on the map	[19]
Humbledon Hill Quarry		Green tickY	0.1	0.3		1985	Template:Nature on the map	[20]
Hylton Castle Cutting		Green tickY	1.1	2.8		1986	Template:Nature on the map	[21]
Joe's Pond	Green tickY		4.5	11.0		1984	Template:Nature on the map	[22]
Lower Derwent Meadows	Green tickY		4.2	10.3		1986	Template:Nature on the map	[23]
Moorsley Banks	Green tickY		5.5	13.7		1987	Template:Nature on the map	[24]
Northumberland Shore	Green tickY	Green tickY	1,925.8	47,574.0	– & –	1992	Template:Nature on the map	[25]
Pockerley Farm Pond	Green tickY		1.4	3.4		1984	Template:Nature on the map	[26]
Prestwick Carr	Green tickY		51.4	127.0		1986	Template:Nature on the map	[27]
Ridley Gill	Green tickY		12.2	30.1		1985	Template:Nature on the map	[28]
Ryton Willows	Green tickY		6.9	17.0	, ,	1985	Template:Nature on the map	[29]
Shibdon Pond	Green tickY		14.6	36.0		1985	Template:Nature on the map	[30]
South Hylton Pasture	Green tickY		2.8	6.9		1984	Template:Nature on the map	[31]
Strother Hills	Green tickY		8.1	20.0		1986	Template:Nature on the map	[32]
Thornley Wood	Green tickY		14.8	36.6		1990	Template:Nature on the map	[33]
Tunstall Hills and Ryhope Cutting	Green tickY	Green tickY	15.8	39.0	, &	1988	Template:Nature on the map	[34]
Tynemouth To Seaton Sluice		Green tickY	97.9	241.9	, ,	1989	Template:Nature on the map	[35]
Wear River Bank		Green tickY	4.8	11.9		1989	Template:Nature on the map	[36]
West Farm Meadow, Boldon	Green tickY		2.8	6.9		1989	Template:Nature on the map	[37]

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 Those SSSIs with more than one OS grid reference are composed of multiple sections, separated by non-SSSI land.