List of Nature Conservation Review sites

The following is a 'list of British conservation sites listed in Derek Ratcliffe's 1979 book A Nature Conservation Review, the two-volume work which set out to identify the most important places for nature conservation in Great Britain.

The following headings, subheadings, site codes and site names are the same as those used in the original work.

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Coastlands

Southeast England

Site code Site name County Subsites
C.1 Cuckmere Haven - Beachy Head Sussex
C.2 Folkestone Warren Kent
C.3 Dungeness Kent
C.4 Sandwich / Pegwell Bay Kent
C.5 Chichester / Langstone Harbours Sussex, Hampshire (a) Chichester Harbour
(b) Langstone Harbour
C.6 The Swales (Isle of Sheppey) Kent
C.7 Burntwick Island / Chetney Marshes (Medway Marshes) Kent
C.8 High Halstow / Cliffe Marshes Kent
C.9 Allhallows Marshes / Yantlet Creek Kent

South England

Site code Site name County Subsites
C.10 Needles - St Catherine's Point Isle of Wight, Hampshire
C.11 North Solent Marshes Hampshire
C.12 Newtown Harbour Isle of Wight, Hampshire

East Anglia

Site code Site name County Subsites
C.13 Foulness and Maplin Sands Essex
C.14 Blackwater Flats and Marshes Essex (a) Dengie Peninsula
(b) Blackwater Estuary
(c) Colne Estuary
C.15 Hamford Water Essex
C.16 Stour Estuary Essex
C.17 Orfordness / Havergate Island Suffolk
C.18 Winterton Dunes Norfolk
C.19 North Norfolk Coast Norfolk (a) Holme - Brancaster
(b) Scolt Head Island
(c) Overy - Holkham
(d) Wells - Morston
(e) Blakeney Point
(f) Cley - Salthouse
C.20 The Wash Flats and Marshes Norfolk - Lincolnshire (a) Gibraltar Point - Wrangle
(b) Wrangle - Welland
(c) Welland - Nene
(d) Nene - Ouse
(e) Ouse - Hunstanton
C.21 Saltfleetby - Theddlethorpe Dunes Lincolnshire
C.22 Leigh Marsh Essex

South-west England

South Wales

(a) Worms Head - Porteynon Point
(b) Oxwich Point - Crawley Cliff
(c) Pwll-du Head - Bishopston Valley
(a) Skokholm
(b) Skomer
(c) Grassholm
(d) Ramsey: Ynys Dewi

North Wales

(a) Morfa Harlech and Traeth Bach
(b) Morfa Dyffryn

Midlands

North England

(a) Sarkfoot - Bowness shore, Sarkfoot - Dornock shore
(b) Grune Point - Bowness shore, Powfoot - Dornock shore
(c) Lochar - Nith shore
(a) Upper Humber Flats (Hull - Trent mouth)
(b) Lower Humber Flats (Hull - Spurn)

South Scotland

East Scotland

West Scotland

(a) Grogarry
(b) Askernish Coast

Woodlands

Southeast England

South England

East Anglia

(a) Hintlesham and Ramsey Woods
(b) Wolves Wood
(a) Bedford Purlieus
(b) Wittering Coppice
(c) Easton Hornstocks
(d) Collyweston Great Wood
(a) Hatton Wood
(b) Newball and Hardy Gang Woods
(c) Stainfield and Scotgrove Woods
(d) Potterhanworth Wood
(a) Great West - Cocklode - Spring Woods
(b) Stainton - Fulnetby Woods
(c) Wickenby Wood
(a) Dole Wood
(b) Dunsby Wood
(c) Kirton Wood
(d) Sapperton - Pickworth Woods

South-west England

(a) Rodney Stoke
(b) Asham Wood
(c) Ebbor Gorge
(a) Nagshead Inclosure
(b) Dingle Wood
(c) Speech House

South Wales

North Wales

(a) Coed Dolgarrog
(b) Coed Gorswen
(c) Ceunant Dulyn
(a) Coed Camlyn - Ceunant Llennyrch
(b) Coedydd Maentwrog - Coed Cymerau
(c) Coed y Rhygen
(d) Ceunant Cynfal
(e) Ceunant Llechrwd, Gellilydan

Midlands

(a) Lathkill Dale
(b) Cressbrook Dale
(c) Dove Dale Ashwood

North England

(a) Castle Head Wood
(b) The Ings
(c) Great Wood
(d) Lodore - Troutdale Woods
(e) Johnny's Wood
(f) Seatoller Wood
(a) Colt Park
(b) Ling Gill

South Scotland

(a) Inchcailloch
(b) Torrinch
(c) Clairinsh
(d) Creinch
(e) Aber Isle
(f) Inchlonaig
(g) Mainland Woods
(a) Castramont Wood
(b) Killiegowan Wood
(c) Jennoch Wood
(d) Craigy Braes Wood

East Scotland

(a) Craigellachie
(b) Kinrara Woods (Torr Alvie)
(a) Ballochbuie Forest
(b) Glen Tanar
(c) Glens Quoich, Lui and Derry
(d) Rothiemurchus - Invereshie
(e) Abernethy Forest

West Scotland

(a) Ariundle
(b) Salen - Strontian
(c) Laudale - Glen Cripesdale
(d) Ben Hiant
(a) Beinn Eighe (Coille na Glas-Leitire)
(b) Loch Maree Islands
(c) Letterewe Oakwoods
Loch A' Mhuillan
(a) Mheallaidh
(b) Coille Creag Loch

Lowland grasslands, heaths and scrub

Southeast England

Lewes Downs
Mount Caburn
Box Hill
Headley Heath

South England

South-west Wiltshire Downs (L.27 to L.35)

East Anglia

(a) Stanford Practical Training Area
(b) East Wretham Heath
(c) Bridgham - Brettenham Heaths
(a) Cavenham - Tuddenham Heaths
(b) Icklingham Plains and Triangle
(c) Deadman's Grave
(a) Lakenheath Warren and Eriswell High and low Warrens
(b) Wangford Warren - Airfield Lights
(c) Wangford Carr
(d) Berner's, Horn and Weather Heaths
(e) Maidscross Hill
(f) Lord's Well Field
(a) Thetford Heath
(b) Sketchvar Heath
(c) RAF Barnham
(d) Barnhamcross Common
(e) Little Heath
(a) Sibson - Sutton
(b) Chesterton - Castor

South-west England

South Dorset Heathlands (L.88 to L.90)
Castle Down, Tresco
Chapel Down, St Martin's
Shipman Head and Shipman Down, Bryher
The West Lizard
Goonhilly Downs and Brays Cot
Traboe Downs
Crowsa Downs
Main Dale
Coverack Cliffs, including the Grove
Mullion Cliffs
Hayle Kimbro Pool
Ruan Pool
South and East Lizard
Kennack to Black Head Cliffs

South Wales

North Wales

Midlands

(a) Dove Valley and Biggin Dale
(b) Lathkill Dale
(c) Cressbrook Dale
(d) Monk's Dale
(e) Long Dale and Gratton Dale
(a) Coombs Dale
(b) Miller's Dale
(c) Topley Pike and Deep Dale

North England

South Scotland

East Scotland

West Scotland

Open waters

Southeast England

South England

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