List of Special Areas of Conservation in Wales
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A

  • Aberbargoed Grasslands
    Aberbargoed Grasslands
    Aberbargoed Grasslands is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Mid & South Glamorgan, south Wales....

  • Afon Eden – Cors Goch Trawsfynydd
  • Afon Gwyrfai a Llyn Cwellyn
  • Afon Teifi/ River Teifi
    River Teifi
    The River Teifi forms the boundary between the counties of Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire in south-west Wales for most of its 75 mile length, flowing into the sea below the town of Cardigan. The catchment of the river is estimated to be 1,008 square kilometres yielding an average flow at Glan...

  • Afon Tywi/ River Tywi
    River Tywi
    With a total length of the River Towy is the longest river flowing entirely within Wales, and is noted for its sea trout and salmon fishing.The river rises within of the Teifi on the lower slopes of Crug Gynan in the Cambrian Mountains and, flowing through the Towy Forest, forms the border...

  • Afonydd Cleddau/ Cleddau Rivers
  • Alyn Valley Woods/ Coedwigoedd Dyffryn Alun

B

  • Bae Cemlyn/ Cemlyn Bay
  • Berwyn a Mynyddoedd de Clwyd/ Berwyn and South Clwyd Mountains
  • Blackmill Woodlands
    Blackmill Woodlands
    Blackmill Woodlands is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Mid & South Glamorgan, south Wales....

  • Blaen Cynon
  • Brecon Beacons/ Bannau Brycheiniog
    Brecon Beacons
    The Brecon Beacons is a mountain range in South Wales. In a narrow sense, the name refers to the range of popular peaks south of Brecon, including South Wales' highest mountain, Pen y Fan, and which together form the central section of the Brecon Beacons National Park...


C

  • Cadair Idris
    Cadair Idris
    Cadair Idris or Cader Idris is a mountain in Gwynedd, Wales that lies at the southern end of the Snowdonia National Park. The peak, which is one of the most popular in Wales for walkers and hikers,  is composed largely of Ordovician igneous rocks, with classic glacial erosion features such as...

  • Caeau Mynydd Mawr
  • Cardiff Beech Woods
  • Cardigan Bay/ Bae Ceredigion
    Cardigan Bay
    Cardigan Bay is a large inlet of the Irish Sea, indenting the west coast of Wales between Bardsey Island, Gwynedd in the north, and Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire at its southern end. It is the largest bay in Wales....

  • Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd
    Carmarthen Bay
    Carmarthen Bay is an inlet of the south Wales coast. The coastline includes famous beaches, including the Pendine Sands and Cefn Sidan sands, and is partially covered by the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park....

  • Carmarthen Bay Dunes/ Twyni Bae Caerfyrddin
  • Cernydd Carmel
    Cernydd Carmel
    Cernydd Carmel is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Carmarthen & Dinefwr, Wales....

  • Clogwyni Pen Llyn/ Seacliffs of Lleyn
  • Coed Cwm Einion
    Coed Cwm Einion
    Coed Cwm Einion is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Ceredigion, west Wales....

  • Coed y Cerrig
  • Coedwigoedd Dyffryn Elwy/ Elwy Valley Woods
  • Coedwigoedd Penrhyn Creuddyn/ Creuddyn Peninsula Woods
  • Coedydd a Cheunant Rheidol/ Rheidol Woods and Gorge
  • Coedydd Aber
  • Coedydd Derw a Safleoedd Ystlumod Meirion/ Meirionnydd Oakwoods and Bat Sites
  • Coedydd Llawr-y-glyn
  • Coedydd Nedd a Mellte
  • Coetiroedd Cwm Elan/ Elan Valley Woodlands
  • Cors Caron
    Cors Caron
    Cors Caron, also known as the Tregaron Bog, is a raised bog in Ceredigion, Wales which covers an area of approximately . Cors Caron represents the most intact surviving example of a raised bog landscape in the United Kingdom...

  • Cors Fochno
    Cors Fochno
    Cors Fochno is a raised peat mire located near to the village of Borth, in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. Lying on the south side of the Dyfi estuary, it forms a component part of the Dyfi National Nature Reserve. It is the only UNESCO biosphere reserve in Wales...

  • Corsydd Eifionydd
  • Corsydd Llyn/ Lleyn Fens
  • Corsydd Môn/ Anglesey Fens
  • Crymlyn Bog/ Cors Crymlyn
  • Cwm Cadlan
    Cwm Cadlan
    Cwm Cadlan is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Glamorgan, south Wales. It is made up of a series of wet grassland fields in a small valley to the north west of Merthyr Tydfil....

  • Cwm Clydach Woodlands / Coedydd Cwm Clydach
  • Cwm Doethie – Mynydd Mallaen

D-F

  • Dee Estuary/ Aber Dyfrdwy (part in England)
  • Deeside and Buckley Newt Sites
  • Drostre Bank
    Drostre Bank
    Drostre Bank is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Brecknock, Powys, Wales....

  • Dunraven Bay
  • Elenydd
    Elenydd
    Elenydd is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Ceredigion, west Wales....

  • Eryri/ Snowdonia
    Snowdonia
    Snowdonia is a region in north Wales and a national park of in area. It was the first to be designated of the three National Parks in Wales, in 1951.-Name and extent:...

  • Fenn`s, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses (part in England)

G

  • Glannau Môn: Cors heli / Anglesey Coast: Saltmarsh
  • Glannau Ynys Gybi/ Holy Island Coast
  • Glan-traeth
  • Glaswelltiroedd Cefn Cribwr/ Cefn Cribwr Grasslands
  • Glynllifon
    Glynllifon
    Glynllifon is the name of the old estate which belonged to the Lords Newborough, near the village of Llandwrog on the main A499 road between Pwllheli and Caernarfon in Gwynedd, Wales The original mansion is now a privately owned Country House hotel and wedding venueThe greater part of the original...

  • Gower Ash Woods/ Coedydd Ynn Gwyr
  • Gower Commons/ Tiroedd Comin Gwyr
  • Granllyn
  • Great Orme`s Head/ Pen y Gogarth
  • Grogwynion
  • Gweunydd Blaencleddau

H-L

  • Halkyn Mountain/ Mynydd Helygain
  • Johnstown Newt Sites
  • Kenfig/ Cynffig
    Kenfig
    Kenfig is a village and former borough in Bridgend, Wales.The borough contributed with other Glamorgan towns to sending a member of parliament to Westminster until the Reform Act of 1832...

  • Limestone Coast of South West Wales/ Arfordir Calchfaen de Orllewin Cymru
  • Llangorse Lake/ Llyn Syfaddan
    Llangorse Lake
    Llangorse Lake is the largest natural lake in south Wales, and is situated in the Brecon Beacons National Park, near to the town of Brecon and the village of Llangors....

  • Llwyn
    Llwyn
    Llwyn is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the preserved county of Clwyd, north Wales....

  • Llyn Dinam

M-O

  • Migneint–Arenig–Dduallt
  • Montgomery Canal
    Montgomery Canal
    The Montgomery Canal , known colloquially as "The Monty", is a partially restored canal in Powys, in eastern Wales, and in northwest Shropshire, in western England...

  • Morfa Harlech a Morfa Dyffryn
  • Mwyngloddiau Fforest Gwydir/ Gwydyr Forest Mines
  • Mynydd Epynt
    Mynydd Epynt
    Mynydd Epynt is an upland area of Mid Wales within the county of Powys, Wales. It is bounded to the south by the upper section of the valley of the River Usk, to the north by that of the Afon Irfon and to the east by the valley of the River Wye. Its western boundary is less distinct but lies...

  • North Pembrokeshire Woodlands/ Coedydd Gogledd Sir Benfro
  • North West Pembrokeshire Commons/ Comins Gogledd Orllewin Sir Benfro

P,Q

  • Pembrokeshire Bat Sites and Bosherston Lakes/ Safleoedd Ystlum Sir Benfro a Llynnoedd Bosherston
  • Pembrokeshire Marine/ Sir Benfro Forol
  • Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau
  • Preseli
    Preseli Hills
    The Preseli Hills or Preseli Mountains are a range of hills in north Pembrokeshire, West Wales...


R

  • Rhinog
  • Rhos Goch
  • Rhos Llawr-cwrt
  • Rhos Talglas
  • River Dee and Bala Lake/ Afon Dyfrdwy a Llyn Tegid (part in England)
  • River Usk/ Afon Wysg
    River Usk
    The River Usk rises on the northern slopes of the Black Mountain of mid-Wales, in the easternmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Initially it flows north into Usk Reservoir, then east by Sennybridge to Brecon before turning southeast to flow by Talybont-on-Usk, Crickhowell and...

  • River Wye/ Afon Gwy
    River Wye
    The River Wye is the fifth-longest river in the UK and for parts of its length forms part of the border between England and Wales. It is important for nature conservation and recreation.-Description:...

     (part in England)

S-V

  • St David`s / Ty Ddewi
    St David's
    St Davids , is a city and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Lying on the River Alun on St David's Peninsula, it is Britain's smallest city in terms of both size and population, the final resting place of Saint David, the country's patron saint, and the de facto ecclesiastical capital of...

  • Severn Estuary/ Mor Hafren (part in England)
  • Sugar Loaf Woodlands
  • Tanat and Vyrnwy Bat Sites/ Safleoedd Ystlumod Tanat ac Efyrnwy
  • Usk Bat Sites/ Safleoedd Ystlumod Wysg

W-Z

  • Wye Valley and Forest of Dean Bat Sites/ Safleoedd Ystlumod Dyffryn Gwy a Fforest y Ddena (part in England)
  • Wye Valley Woodlands/ Coetiroedd Dyffryn Gwy (part in England)
  • Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay
  • Y Twyni o Abermenai i Aberffraw/ Abermenai to Aberffraw Dunes
  • Yerbeston Tops

See also


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