List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Derbyshire

This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Derbyshire

Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...

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Abney & Bretton Cloughs
Ambergate And Ridgeway Quarries
Bage Mine
Baileycroft Quarry
Ballidon Dale
Bee's Nest And Green Clay Pits
Bonsall Leys
Boulton Moor
Bradwell Dale And Bagshaw Cavern
Bradwell Meadows
Breadsall Railway Cutting
Calke Park
Calton Hill
Calton Hill, Derbyshire
Calton Hill is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Derbyshire, England, showing Olivine Diorite magma chamber. It is the site of an extinct volcano and the quarrying that has now been abandoned means that it is possible to observe the geological structures caused by the repeated eruptions...
Carver's Rocks
Castleton
Cawdor Quarry
Cawdor Quarry
Cawdor Quarry is a dis-used quarry in Matlock, Derbyshire. Much of it is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.The Peak District is renowned for its quarrying, and stone from Cawdor Quarry was used in the construction of both Hyde Park Corner and the Thames Embankment in London.Around...
Chatsworth Old Park
Chrome And Parkhouse Hills
Clough Woods
Colehill Quarries
Combs Reservoir
Coombs Dale
Crabtree Wood
Cressbrook Dale
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...
Cromford Canal
Cromford Canal
The Cromford Canal ran 14.5 miles from Cromford to the Erewash Canal in Derbyshire, England with a branch to Pinxton. Built by William Jessop with the assistance of Benjamin Outram, its alignment included four tunnels and 14 locks....
Dale Quarry
Dark Peak
Dark Peak
The Dark Peak is the higher, wilder northern part of the Peak District in England.It gets its name because , the underlying limestone is covered by a cap of Millstone Grit which means that in winter the soil is almost always saturated with water...
Dirtlow Rake And Pindale
Doe Lea Stream Section
Dove Valley And Biggin Dale
Duchy Quarry
Duckmanton Railway Cutting
Eastern Peak District Moors
Edale
Edale
Edale is a small Derbyshire village and Civil parish in the Peak District, in the Midlands of England. The Parish of Edale,area ,is in the Borough of High Peak....
Fall Hill Quarry
Fox Hole Cave
Gang Mine
Ginny Spring,whitwell Wood
Goyt Valley
Green Lane Pits
Harewood Grange Stream Section
Hilton Gravel Pits
Hipley Hill
Hollinhill And Markland Grips
Hulland Moss
Hurdlow Meadows
Jumble Coppice
Kedleston Park
Kirkham's Silica Sandpit
Lathkill Dale
Lee Farm Meadow, Tideswell
Leek Moors
Long Dale & Gratton Dale
Long Dale, Hartington
Longstone Moor
Lower Peaslows Farm Meadow
Ludworth Intake
Ludworth Intake
Ludworth Intake is a 5.1 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Greater Manchester, England. It was notified in 1998 for its geological interest.-References:* *...
Masson Hill
Matlock Woods
Mercaston Marsh And Muggington Bottoms
Monk's Dale
Morley Brick Pits
Moss Valley
Moss Valley, Derbyshire
The Moss is a brook in North East Derbyshire, England.When Rother Valley Country Park was built in 1980s, they used water from The Moss to fill the lakes.-Name:The name of the river derives from Moss Beck, which means 'stream through marshy ground'....
Moss Valley Meadows
Moss Valley Woods
Ogston Reservoir
Ogston Reservoir
Ogston Reservoir is a reservoir operated by Severn Trent Water in Derbyshire. It is near the villages of Brackenfield, Ashover and Clay Cross....
Oxlow Rake
Parwich Moor
Poole's Cavern And Grin Low Wood
Portway Mine
River Derwent At Hathersage
River Mease
River Mease
The River Mease is a lowland clay river in the Midlands area of England. It flows through the counties of Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire and forms the administrative border between these counties for parts of its length....
Rose End Meadows
Rowlee Bridge
Shining Cliff Woods
Stoney Middleton Dale
The Wye Valley
Ticknall Quarries
Tideslow Rake
Toddbrook Reservoir
Toddbrook Reservoir
Toddbrook Reservoir was built in 1831 as a feeder for the Peak Forest Canal. It is in the heart of Whaley Bridge in the High Peak, Derbyshire. The reservoir is a Site of Special Scientific Interest . The reservoir is a habitat for herons, ducks and other animals and fish. Also many rare mosses and...
Topley Pike And Deepdale
Upper Lathkill
Via Gellia Woodlands
Waterswallow's Quarry
Wyns Tor
Yarncliff Wood, Padley

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