List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in West Yorkshire

This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in West Yorkshire. English Nature, the designating body for SSSIs in England, uses the 1974–1996 county system, and the same approach is followed here, rather than, for example, merging all Yorkshire sites into a single list.

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]	Citation[D]
	Biological interest	Geological interest	Hectares	Acres
Bingley South Bog	Green tickY		4.0	9.9		1990	Template:Nature on the map	[1]
Breary Marsh	Green tickY		9.5	23.5		1983	Template:Nature on the map	[2]
Broadhead Clough	Green tickY		63.8	157.6		1983/84	Template:Nature on the map	[3]
Crimsworth Dean		Green tickY	13.8	34.1	,	1984	Template:Nature on the map	[4]
Dark Peak	Green tickY	Green tickY	31,852.9	78,708.4		1993	Template:Nature on the map	[5]
Denby Grange Colliery Ponds	Green tickY		19.1	47.2		1997	Template:Nature on the map	[6]
Eccup Reservoir	Green tickY		114.5	282.9		1987	Template:Nature on the map	[7]
Elland Bypass Cutting	Green tickY		1.1	2.7		1989	Template:Nature on the map	[8]
Fairburn And Newton Ings	Green tickY		168.1	415.4		1984	Template:Nature on the map	[9]
Great Dib Wood		Green tickY	1.1	2.7		1984	Template:Nature on the map	[10]
Hetchell Wood	Green tickY		14.2	35.3		1983	Template:Nature on the map	[11]
Honley Station Cutting		Green tickY	0.4	1.0		1989	Template:Nature on the map	[12]
Hook Moor	Green tickY		1.7	4.2		1989	Template:Nature on the map	[13]
Leeds and Liverpool Canal	Green tickY		19.5	48.2		1984	Template:Nature on the map	[14]
Linton Common	Green tickY		0.7	1.7		1984	Template:Nature on the map	[15]
Madbanks And Ledsham Banks	Green tickY		6.2	15.2	,	1984	Template:Nature on the map	[16]
Micklefield Quarry		Green tickY	0.6	1.5		1990	Template:Nature on the map	[17]
Mickletown Ings	Green tickY		38.3	94.6		1983	Template:Nature on the map	[18]
Norwood Bottoms	Green tickY		11.0	27.2		1986	Template:Nature on the map	[19]
Nostell Brickyard Quarry	Green tickY		12.5	31.0			Template:Nature on the map	[20]
Park Clough		Green tickY	0.5	1.2		1984	Template:Nature on the map	[21]
Rake Dike		Green tickY	4.7	11.6	,	1986	Template:Nature on the map	[22]
Roach Lime Hills	Green tickY		5.4	13.4		1983	Template:Nature on the map	[23]
Seckar Wood	Green tickY		46.4	114.6		1984	Template:Nature on the map	[24]
South Elmsall Quarry		Green tickY	0.3	0.7		1990	Template:Nature on the map	[25]
South Pennine Moors	Green tickY	Green tickY	20,938.0	51,740.0		1994	Template:Nature on the map	[26]
Standedge Road Cutting		Green tickY	3.5	8.5	–	1984	Template:Nature on the map	[27]
Townclose Hills	Green tickY		12.1	30.0		1984	Template:Nature on the map	[28]
Trench Meadows	Green tickY		4.7	11.6		1999	Template:Nature on the map	[29]
Wentbridge Ings	Green tickY		1.9	4.8		1987	Template:Nature on the map	[30]
Withens Clough	Green tickY		3.0	7.4		1984	Template:Nature on the map	[31]
Yeadon Brickworks And Railway Cutting		Green tickY	3.3	8.2		1984	Template:Nature on the map	[32]

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 English Nature.

^D English Nature citation sheets for each SSSI. Retrieved on 27 August 2012.