South East England is one of the nine official regions of England, designated in 1994 and adopted for statistical purposes in 1999. It consists of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex...
, ** of which have been designated for their biological interest, ** for their geological interest, and ** for both biological and geological interest.
or physiographical features. Natural England took over the role of designating and managing SSSIs from
in October 2006 when it was formed from the amalgamation of English Nature, parts of the
The data in this table is taken from English Nature's website in the form of citation sheets for each SSSI.
| Site name |
Reason for designation |
Area |
Grid reference |
Year in which notified |
Map |
| Biological interest |
Geological interest |
Hectares |
Acres |
| Adur Estuary |
|
|
62.2 |
153.6 |
|
1987 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1003359,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Amberley Mount to Sullington Hill |
|
|
181.2 |
447.7 |
|
1954 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1003969,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Amberley Wild Brooks Amberley Wild Brooks is a wetland Site of Special Scientific Interest in the flood plain of the River Arun, just north of the village of Amberley, West Sussex, England...
|
|
|
322.6 |
797.1 |
|
1954 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1003987,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Ambersham Common |
|
|
140.2 |
346.3 |
|
1954 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1003996,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Arun Banks |
|
|
25.1 |
62.0 |
|
1954 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1004018,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Arundel Park |
|
|
140.5 |
347.1 |
|
1954 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1004038,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Beeding Hill to Newtimber Hill |
|
|
272.9 |
674.2 |
|
1954 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000374,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Bognor Common Quarry |
|
|
26.0 |
64.2 |
|
1987 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1003383,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Bognor Reef |
|
|
64.4 |
159.1 |
|
1980 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1004068,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
Bracklesham BayBracklesham Bay is a coastal bay on the west side of the Manhood Peninsula in West Sussex, England. The bay looks out onto the English Channel and the Isle of Wight is visible from the beach, as is the Nab Tower lighthouse and the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth.The bay is sandy and backed with...
|
|
|
201.9 |
499.0 |
|
1980 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1004079,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Buchan Hill Ponds |
|
|
19.2 |
47.4 |
|
1954 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1004098,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Burton Park |
|
|
43.2 |
106.7 |
|
1954 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1004125,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
Chanctonbury HillChanctonbury Hill is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in West Sussex, England. The site is an uncommon woodland type on a chalk escarpment, making it an important area for flora and fauna, including the protected Great Crested Newt....
|
|
|
78.6 |
194.2 |
|
1954 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1004144,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Chantry Mill |
|
|
8.6 |
21.3 |
|
1987 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1003394,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Chapel Common |
|
|
100.9 |
249.3 |
|
1998 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=2000329,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Chichester Harbour Chichester Harbour is a large natural harbour to the south west of the city of Chichester on the Solent. It straddles the boundary of West Sussex and Hampshire. Geographically it is a ria. It is one of four natural harbours in that area of the coastline, the others being Portsmouth Harbour,...
|
|
|
3695.0 |
9130.3 |
|
1970 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1003245,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Chiddingfold Forest Chiddingfold Forest is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in south west Surrey and west Sussex, England. It lies near Chiddingfold and Dunsfold. The Forestry Commission owns and/or manages some of woodland in the forest complex of which is designated SSSI...
|
|
|
543.9 |
1344.0 |
|
1975 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1005561,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
Cissbury RingCissbury Ring is a hill fort on the South Downs, in the borough of Worthing, and about from its town centre, in the English county of West Sussex.-Hill fort:...
|
|
|
81.9 |
202.4 |
|
1980 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1004162,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Clayton to Offham Escarpment The Clayton to Offham Escarpment is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex, but extends in to West Sussex and thus can be found on the List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in West Sussex as well as the List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex...
|
|
|
429.6 |
1061.5 |
|
1953 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1002124,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Climping Beach |
|
|
65.8 |
162.6 |
|
1989 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1004174,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Coates Castle |
|
|
7.59 |
18.8 |
|
1993 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1006512,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Coneyhurst Cutting |
|
|
0.2 |
0.4 |
|
1992 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1006134,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Coppedhall Hanger |
|
|
0.6 |
1.6 |
|
1991 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1005569,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Cow Wood and Harry's Wood |
|
|
74.1 |
183.1 |
|
1966 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1004219,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Duncton to Bignor Escarpment |
|
|
230.0 |
568.3 |
|
1954 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1004050,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Eartham Pit, Boxgrove |
|
|
9.8 |
24,3 |
|
1997 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=2000065,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| East Dean Park Wood |
|
|
18.2 |
45.0 |
|
1988 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1003471,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Ebernoe Common |
|
|
234.0 |
578.4 |
|
2003 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1004246,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Fairmile Bottom |
|
|
68.0 |
168.0 |
|
1987 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1001993,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Felpham |
|
|
1.9 |
4.7 |
|
1988 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1003487,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Forest Mere |
|
|
14.0 |
34.6 |
|
1980 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1004277,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Freshfield Lane |
|
|
16.8 |
41.4 |
|
1999 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=2000389,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Fyning Moor |
|
|
12.7 |
31.3 |
|
1965 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000390,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Site name |
Reason for designation |
Area |
Grid reference |
Year in which notified |
Map |
| Biological interest |
Geological interest |
Hectares |
Acres |
| Halnaker Chalk Pit |
|
|
6.5 |
16.2 |
|
1992 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1006507,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Harting Downs |
|
|
351.1 |
867.3 |
|
1954 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000415,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Heyshott Down |
|
|
42.2 |
104.2 |
|
1954 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=100435,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Horton Clay Pit |
|
|
0.4 |
0.9 |
|
1991 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000590,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| House Copse |
|
|
12.4 |
30.6 |
|
|
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1002093,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Hurston Warren |
|
|
66.4 |
164.1 |
|
1954 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000444,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Iping Common |
|
|
124.6 |
307.9 |
|
1954 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000461,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Kingley Vale |
|
|
209.4 |
517.4 |
|
1952 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1002819,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Lavington Common |
|
|
30.7 |
75.8 |
|
1965 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000528,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Levin Down |
|
|
27.7 |
68.4 |
|
1987 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000626,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Marehill Quarry |
|
|
1.1 |
2.7 |
|
1987 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000642,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Mills Rocks |
|
|
2.3 |
5,5 |
|
1966 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000560,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Northpark Copse to Snapelands Copse |
|
|
94.2 |
232.6 |
|
1954 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000577,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Pads Wood |
|
|
21.7 |
53.6 |
|
1980 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000610,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Pagham Harbour Pagham Harbour is a natural harbour on England's south coast. It is south of the city of Chichester and near the towns of Pagham and Selsey.Geographically it is the smallest and most easterly of the harbours of the Solent....
|
|
|
615.9 |
1521.9 |
|
1954 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000620,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Parham Park Parham Park is an Elizabethan house in Cootham, between Storrington and Pulborough, West Sussex, South East England, originally owned by the Monastery of Westminster and granted to Robert Palmer by King Henry VIII in 1540....
|
|
|
263.4 |
650.9 |
|
1965 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000637,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Park Farm Cutting |
|
|
0.2 |
0.5 |
|
1954 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000651,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Perry Copse Outcrops |
|
|
0.2 |
0.5 |
|
1992 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1005573,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Philpot's and Hook Quarries |
|
|
2.4 |
5.9 |
|
1954 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1002917,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Pulborough Brooks |
|
|
158.8 |
392.5 |
|
1998 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=2000316,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Site name |
Reason for designation |
Area |
Grid reference |
Year in which notified |
Map |
| Biological interest |
Geological interest |
Hectares |
Acres |
| Rake Hanger |
|
|
29.2 |
72.2 |
|
1988 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000652,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Rook Clift |
|
|
10.8 |
26.7 |
|
1997 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=2000122,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Scaynes Hill Scaynes Hill is a village in the civil parish of Lindfield Rural in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A272 road 2.2 miles east of Haywards Heath.-Landmarks:...
|
|
|
0.0 |
0.1 |
|
1999 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=2000279,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Selsey, East Beach |
|
|
1.8 |
4.4 |
|
1988 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1003274,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Shillinglee Lake |
|
|
17.0 |
42.0 |
|
1954 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000734,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Singleton and Cocking Tunnels |
|
|
4.8 |
11.9 |
|
1989 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1003475,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Slinfold Stream and Quarry |
|
|
1.9 |
4.8 |
|
1990 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1005577,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| St. Leonard's Forest |
|
|
84.5 |
208.8 |
|
1954 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000700,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| St. Leonard's Park Ponds |
|
|
4.0 |
9.9 |
|
1954 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000715,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Stone Hill Rocks Stone Farm Rocks are a series of sandstone crags and a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the county of West Sussex, England. The site consists of high sandstone crags...
|
|
|
0.6 |
1.6 |
|
1989 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1005571,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Sullington Warren |
|
|
25.2 |
62.2 |
|
1954 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1003170,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| The Mens |
|
|
204.4 |
505.1 |
|
1963 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000537,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Treyford to Bepton Down |
|
|
122.3 |
302.2 |
|
1954 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1004237,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Turners Hill Turners Hill is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Mid Sussex in the county of West Sussex, England. It is situated in the parish of Turners Hill....
|
|
|
0.2 |
0.4 |
|
1999 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=2000388,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Upper Arun |
|
|
40.0 |
99.0 |
|
1988 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000768,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Wakehurst and Chiddingly Woods |
|
|
164.0 |
405.2 |
|
1954 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1001409,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Waltham Brooks |
|
|
48.6 |
120.1 |
|
1987 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000711,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Warnham |
|
|
28.4 |
70.0 |
|
1992 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1006600,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| West Dean Woods |
|
|
17.3 |
42.7 |
|
1980 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1001418,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| West Harting Down |
|
|
13.9 |
34.3 |
|
1980 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1001431,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| West Hoathly West Hoathly is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the county of West Sussex, England, near the hamlet of Sharpthorne.The site is an active brickclay pit which has exposed of sediments which reveal a gradual change from silty deposits to non silty...
|
|
|
0.7 |
1.6 |
|
1998 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=2000280,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
Wolstonbury HillWolstonbury Hill is a chalk prominence in the South Downs National Park, approximately north of Brighton and west of Clayton, in the parish of Pyecombe, West Sussex, England...
|
|
|
58.6 |
144.8 |
|
1954 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1001453,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Woolbeding and Pound Commons Woolbeding and Pounds Commons is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Site of Nature Conservation Interest . The area is lowland heathland consisting of a patchwork of various habitats, with wet and dry heathland, woodland and ponds...
|
|
|
171.3 |
423.3 |
|
1998 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=2000330,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Woolmer Forest Woolmer Forest is a former medieval royal hunting forest. It lies within the western Weald in the South Downs National Park, straddling the border between east Hampshire and West Sussex. Covering an area of some , it is both a Special Area of Conservation and a Site of Special Scientific Interest...
|
|
|
1293.9 |
3197.4 |
|
1959 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1004188,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
| Worth Forest |
|
|
44.3 |
109.5 |
|
1954 |
http://www.natureonthemap.naturalengland.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1001466,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL |
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