List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Nottinghamshire
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This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...

, a county in the East Midlands
East Midlands
The East Midlands is one of the regions of England, consisting of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. It encompasses the combined area of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire and most of Lincolnshire...

. Nottinghamshire is bordered by South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...

 to the north, and Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...

 to the south, and has an estimated population of 1,055,400 within an area of 2159 km² (533,500 acre), therefore making it the 17th largest cermeonial county in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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. The data in this table is taken from English Nature's website in the form of citation sheets for each SSSI.

List of sites

  • Annesley Woodhouse Quarry
  • Ashton's Meadow
  • Attenborough Gravel Pits
  • Bagthorpe Meadows
  • Barnstone Railway Cutting
  • Barrow Hills Sandpit
  • Besthorpe Meadows
  • Besthorpe Warren
  • Bevercotes Park
  • Birklands And Bilhaugh
  • Birklands West And Ollerton Corner
  • Bogs Farm Quarry
  • Bulwell Wood
  • Castle Hill Wood
  • Chesterfield Canal
    Chesterfield Canal
    The Chesterfield Canal is in the north of England and it is known locally as 'Cuckoo Dyke'. It was opened in 1777 and ran 46 miles from the River Trent at West Stockwith, Nottinghamshire to Chesterfield, Derbyshire...

  • Clarborough Tunnel
  • Clipstone Heath
  • Clumber Park
    Clumber Park
    Clumber Park is a country park in the Dukeries near Worksop in Nottinghamshire, England. It was the seat of the Pelham-Clintons, Dukes of Newcastle.It is owned by the National Trust and open to the public.-History:...

  • Colwick Cutting
  • Creswell Crags
    Creswell Crags
    Creswell Crags is a limestone gorge on the border between Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, England near the villages of Creswell, Whitwell and Elmton...

  • Dovedale Wood
  • Dyscarr Wood
  • Eakring And Maplebeck Meadows
  • Friezeland Grassland
  • Gamston & Eaton Woods & Roadside Verges
  • Gotham Hill Pasture
  • Hills And Holes And Sookholme Brook, Warsop
  • Holme Pit
  • Hoveringham Pastures
  • Kimberley Railway Cutting
  • Kinoulton Marsh And Canal
  • Kirkby Grives
  • Kirton Wood, Notts.
  • Laxton Sykes
  • Linby Quarries
  • Lord Stubbins Wood
  • Mather Wood
  • Mattersey Hill Marsh
  • Misson Line Bank
  • Misson Training Area
  • Mother Drain, Misterton
  • Newhall Reservoir Meadow
  • Normanton Pastures
  • Orston Plaster Pits
  • Pleasley Vale Railway
  • Rainworth Heath
  • Rainworth Lakes
  • Redgate Woods And Mansey Common
  • River Idle Washlands
  • Robbinetts
  • Roe Wood
  • Rushcliffe Golf Course
  • Scrooby Top Quarry
  • Seller's Wood
    Seller's Wood
    Seller's Wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest on the northern outskirts of Nottingham, England. There are several wildlife ponds within the site - formed out of old clay workings excavated by for use by local brickworks, long since closed...

  • Sherwood Forest Golf Course
  • Sledder Wood Meadows
  • Spalford Warren
  • Strawberry Hill Heaths
  • Styrrup Quarry
  • Sutton And Lound Gravel Pits
  • Teversal Pastures
  • Teversal To Pleasley Railway
  • Thoresby Lake
  • Treswell Wood
  • Welbeck Lake
  • Wellow Park
  • Wilford Claypits
  • Wilwell Cutting
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