List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire

The "Bomb Rocks", Charnwood Lodge SSSI

The following is a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Leicestershire Area of Search, which includes both Leicestershire and Rutland. There are 91 SSSIs within the area. The box on the right links to a distribution map of the sites.

As of February 2012, there were 79 sites notable for their biology, and 20 for their geology (Mainly Precambrian rocks of Charnwood Forest in the west, and Jurassic limestone in East Leicestershire and Rutland). There are 3 national nature reserves and one Ramsar site. 13 of the SSSIs are managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust and 7 are listed in the Nature Conservation Review.^[1]

For other counties, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.

Sites

Site name	Reason for designation		Area (Hectares)	Location & map ref	Date notified	Other designations	Map/Refs
	Biological interest	Geological interest
Allexton Wood			25.8	52°35′10″N 0°47′17″W / 52.586°N 0.788°W     SP822994	1983/07/01		Map  [2]
Ashby Canal			15.4	52°39′43″N 1°27′47″W / 52.662°N 1.463°W     SK364073	1989/01/27		Map  [3]
Bardon Hill			13	52°42′43″N 1°19′12″W / 52.712°N 1.32°W     SK460130	1983/12/01		Map  [4]
Bardon Hill Quarry			58.1	52°42′40″N 1°19′44″W / 52.711°N 1.329°W     SK454129	1987/04/01	GCR	Map  [5]
Barrow Gravel Pits			35.7	52°44′38″N 1°09′29″W / 52.744°N 1.158°W     SK569166	1983/12/01		Map  [6]
Beacon Hill, Hangingstone And Outwoods			147.4	52°44′28″N 1°14′24″W / 52.741°N 1.24°W     SK514163	1987/08/01	GCR, NCR, SM	Map  [7]
Benscliffe Wood			9.8	52°42′32″N 1°14′31″W / 52.709°N 1.242°W     SK513127	1986/03/01		Map  [8]
Blackbrook Reservoir			39.3	52°45′04″N 1°19′19″W / 52.751°N 1.322°W     SK458173	1985/07/01		Map  [9]
Bloody Oaks Quarry			1.1	52°41′10″N 0°33′50″W / 52.686°N 0.564°W     SK971108	1983/05/01	WT	Map  [10]
Botcheston Bog			2.8	52°38′13″N 1°17′02″W / 52.637°N 1.284°W     SK485047	1983/07/01		Map  [11]
Bradgate Park And Cropston Reservoir			399.3	52°41′20″N 1°13′01″W / 52.689°N 1.217°W     SK530105	1988/02/01	CP, GCR, NCR, SM	Map  [12]
Breedon Cloud Wood And Quarry			63.2	52°47′10″N 1°23′13″W / 52.786°N 1.387°W     SK414212	1987/03/01	GCR	Map  [13]
Breedon Hill			5.2	52°48′14″N 1°24′07″W / 52.804°N 1.402°W     SK404232	1983/12/01		Map  [14]
Briery Wood Heronry, Belvoir			5.6	52°53′13″N 0°46′30″W / 52.887°N 0.775°W     SK825329	1983/05/01	Wildlife refuge	Map  [15]
Buddon Wood And Swithland Reservoir			187.1	52°43′37″N 1°10′12″W / 52.727°N 1.17°W     SK561147	1984/09/01	GCR	Map  [16]
Burbage Wood And Aston Firs			51.1	52°32′28″N 1°20′02″W / 52.541°N 1.334°W     SP452940	1983/07/01	LNR	Map  [17]
Burley And Rushpit Woods			161.2	52°40′41″N 0°41′06″W / 52.678°N 0.685°W     SK890098	1992/11/19		Map  [18]
Cave's Inn Pits			5.8	52°25′N 1°13′W / 52.41°N 1.21°W     SP538795	1983/07/01		Map  [19]
Charnwood Lodge			134.2	52°43′59″N 1°18′43″W / 52.733°N 1.312°W     SK465153	1985/12/01	SM, GCR, WT, NNR	Map  [20]
Chater Valley			3.8	52°37′55″N 0°48′58″W / 52.632°N 0.816°W     SK802045	1983/07/01		Map  [21]
Cliffe Hill Quarry			19.2	52°41′28″N 1°18′00″W / 52.691°N 1.3°W     SK474107	1990/04/30	GCR	Map  [22]
Clipsham Old Quarry And Pickworth Great Wood			111.2	52°43′19″N 0°33′00″W / 52.722°N 0.55°W     SK980149	1986/02/01	GCR	Map  [23]
Coalville Meadows			6	52°44′N 1°20′W / 52.73°N 1.34°W     SK446150	1983/12/01		Map  [24]
Cotes Grassland			3.2	52°46′52″N 1°10′52″W / 52.781°N 1.181°W     SK553208	1983/12/01		Map  [25]
Cribb's Lodge Meadows			4.1	52°45′32″N 0°40′08″W / 52.759°N 0.669°W     SK899188	1983/05/01	WT, NNR	Map  [26]
Croft And Huncote Quarry			35.2	52°33′47″N 1°14′49″W / 52.563°N 1.247°W     SP511965	1986/05/01	GCR	Map  [27]
Croft Hill			2	52°33′50″N 1°15′00″W / 52.564°N 1.25°W     SP509966	1994/03/23		Map  [28]
Croft Pasture			6.1	52°33′25″N 1°15′00″W / 52.557°N 1.25°W     SP509958	1983/07/01		Map  [29]
Croxton Park			97.3	52°50′24″N 0°47′06″W / 52.84°N 0.785°W     SK819277	1986/01/01		Map  [30]
Debdale Meadow, Muston			4.3	52°56′38″N 0°45′36″W / 52.944°N 0.76°W     SK834393	1987/06/01		Map  [31]
Dimminsdale			36.9	52°47′24″N 1°26′35″W / 52.79°N 1.443°W     SK376216	1986/12/01	WT	Map  [32]
Donington Park			38.9	52°50′13″N 1°23′10″W / 52.837°N 1.386°W     SK414268	1983/12/01		Map  [33]
East Wood, Great Casterton			6.6	52°41′31″N 0°30′50″W / 52.692°N 0.514°W     TF005116	1983/05/01		Map  [34]
Empingham Marshy Meadows			14	52°40′16″N 0°35′13″W / 52.671°N 0.587°W     SK956091	1983/12/01		Map  [35]
Enderby Warren Quarry			1.6	52°35′42″N 1°12′14″W / 52.595°N 1.204°W     SK540000	1987/05/01	GCR	Map  [36]
Eyebrook Reservoir			201.3	52°32′53″N 0°44′46″W / 52.548°N 0.746°W     SP851953	1983/07/01		Map  [37]
Eye Brook Valley Woods			65.7	52°33′47″N 0°46′55″W / 52.563°N 0.782°W     SP826969	1983/06/01	WT	Map  [38]
Frisby Marsh			10.1	52°44′56″N 0°59′06″W / 52.749°N 0.985°W     SK686174	1983/05/01		Map  [39]
Gipsy Lane Pit			0.5	52°39′29″N 1°05′10″W / 52.658°N 1.086°W     SK619071	1985/12/01	GCR	Map  [40]
Grace Dieu And High Sharpley			86	52°44′53″N 1°21′07″W / 52.748°N 1.352°W     SK438170	1983/12/01	GCR	Map  [41]
Grantham Canal			9.4	52°53′42″N 0°52′01″W / 52.895°N 0.867°W     SK763337	1983/07/01		Map  [42]
Great Bowden Borrowpit			2.4	52°30′04″N 0°54′22″W / 52.501°N 0.906°W     SP743898	1983/07/01	WT	Map  [43]
Greetham Meadows			12.3	52°43′48″N 0°36′43″W / 52.73°N 0.612°W     SK938157	1985/10/01		Map  [44]
Groby Pool And Woods			29	52°40′08″N 1°13′59″W / 52.669°N 1.233°W     SK519082	1983/07/01		Map  [45]
Harby Hill Wood			17.2	52°50′53″N 0°52′08″W / 52.848°N 0.869°W     SK762285	1983/05/01		Map  [46]
Holwell Mouth			15.7	52°48′47″N 0°55′37″W / 52.813°N 0.927°W     SK724245	1983/12/01		Map  [47]
Kendall's Meadow			2.6	52°34′41″N 1°25′16″W / 52.578°N 1.421°W     SP393980	1985/03/01		Map  [48]
Ketton Quarries			115.5	52°38′20″N 0°33′58″W / 52.639°N 0.566°W     SK971056	1986/10/01	GCR	Map  [49]
Kilby - Foxton Canal			32	52°33′25″N 1°02′20″W / 52.557°N 1.039°W     SP652959	1984/12/01		Map  [50]
King Lud's Entrenchments And The Drift			23.9	52°50′31″N 0°43′16″W / 52.842°N 0.721°W     SK862280	1984/04/01	SM	Map  [51]
Launde Big Wood			41.1	52°37′30″N 0°50′24″W / 52.625°N 0.84°W     SK786037	1983/07/01		Map  [52]
Leighfield Forest			149.7	52°36′40″N 0°51′29″W / 52.611°N 0.858°W     SK774021	1983/07/01	NCR	Map  [53]
Lockington Marshes			11.3	52°51′47″N 1°16′41″W / 52.863°N 1.278°W     SK487298	1993/04/01		Map  [54]
Loughborough Meadows			60.5	52°47′28″N 1°12′22″W / 52.791°N 1.206°W     SK536218	1987/03/01	WT	Map  [55]
Lount Meadows			8.5	52°46′05″N 1°25′44″W / 52.768°N 1.429°W     SK386191	1983/12/01		Map  [56]
Luffenham Heath Golf Course			75.1	52°36′36″N 0°35′06″W / 52.61°N 0.585°W     SK959023	1983/05/01		Map  [57]
Main Quarry, Mountsorrel			14.6	52°43′37″N 1°08′49″W / 52.727°N 1.147°W     SK577148	1984/12/01	GCR	Map  [58]
Misterton Marshes			6.8	52°27′40″N 1°10′52″W / 52.461°N 1.181°W     SP557852	1986/03/01		Map  [59]
Muston Meadows			8.7	52°55′08″N 0°46′30″W / 52.919°N 0.775°W     SK824365	1983/05/01	NNR, NCR	Map  [60]
Narborough Bog			8.5	52°34′34″N 1°11′28″W / 52.576°N 1.191°W     SP549979	1983/07/01	WT	Map  [61]
Newell Wood			33.3	52°43′01″N 0°30′58″W / 52.717°N 0.516°W     TF003144	1983/05/01		Map  [62]
Newhurst Quarry			9.4	52°45′22″N 1°16′55″W / 52.756°N 1.282°W     SK485179	1984/12/01	GCR	Map  [63]
Newton Burgoland Marshes			8.6	52°40′34″N 1°26′13″W / 52.676°N 1.437°W     SK381089	1983/12/01		Map  [64]
North Luffenham Quarry			4.6	52°37′16″N 0°34′52″W / 52.621°N 0.581°W     SK961036	1983/05/01		Map  [65]
Oakley Wood			48.1	52°47′20″N 1°16′55″W / 52.789°N 1.282°W     SK485216	1985/01/01		Map  [66]
One Barrow Plantation			1.8	52°44′56″N 1°18′54″W / 52.749°N 1.315°W     SK463171	1992/07/16		Map  [67]
Owston Woods			139.5	52°39′00″N 0°50′10″W / 52.65°N 0.836°W     SK788065	1983/07/01		Map  [68]
Pasture And Asplin Woods			40.9	52°47′20″N 1°22′19″W / 52.789°N 1.372°W     SK424215	1983/12/01		Map  [69]
Prior's Coppice			27.4	52°38′13″N 0°46′23″W / 52.637°N 0.773°W     SK831051	1983/05/01		Map  [70]
River Eye			6	52°45′32″N 0°51′18″W / 52.759°N 0.855°W     SK773186	1983/07/01	NCR	Map  [71]
River Mease			22.8	52°42′14″N 1°35′31″W / 52.704°N 1.592°W     SK276120	2000/08/16	SAC	Map  [72]
Roecliffe Manor Lawns			1.2	52°42′25″N 1°12′54″W / 52.707°N 1.215°W     SK531125	2001/10/02		Map  [73]
Rutland Water			1555.2	52°39′11″N 0°37′19″W / 52.653°N 0.622°W     SK933071	1984/04/01	SPA, WT, NCR, Ramsar site	Map  [74]
Saddington Reservoir			19	52°30′43″N 1°01′26″W / 52.512°N 1.024°W     SP663910	1999/03/10		Map  [75]
Seaton Meadows			11.5	52°34′16″N 0°39′04″W / 52.571°N 0.651°W     SP915979	1991/01/16		Map  [76]
Shacklewell Hollow			3.1	52°39′18″N 0°33′36″W / 52.655°N 0.56°W     SK975074	1983/05/01		Map  [77]
Sheepy Fields			4.9	52°37′08″N 1°30′40″W / 52.619°N 1.511°W     SK332025	1983/07/01		Map  [78]
Sheet Hedges Wood			21.7	52°40′19″N 1°13′08″W / 52.672°N 1.219°W     SK529086	1983/12/01		Map  [79]
Shepshed Cutting			5.8	52°45′43″N 1°19′08″W / 52.762°N 1.319°W     SK460185	1986/06/01	GCR	Map  [80]
Sproxton Quarry			5.4	52°49′01″N 0°43′08″W / 52.817°N 0.719°W     SK864252	1986/09/01	GCR	Map  [81]
Stanford Park			20.4	52°24′22″N 1°08′24″W / 52.406°N 1.14°W     SP586791	1983/07/01		Map  [82]
Stonesby Quarry			3.2	52°49′01″N 0°47′46″W / 52.817°N 0.796°W     SK812251	1983/07/01	WT	Map  [83]
Swithland Wood And The Brand			87.9	52°42′22″N 1°12′11″W / 52.706°N 1.203°W     SK539124	1983/12/01	GCR, NCR	Map  [84]
Terrace Hills Pasture			11.2	52°52′08″N 0°49′16″W / 52.869°N 0.821°W     SK794309	1983/07/01		Map  [85]
Tickencote Marsh			3.1	52°40′12″N 0°32′56″W / 52.67°N 0.549°W     SK982091	1987/08/01		Map  [86]
Tilton Cutting			4.4	52°38′24″N 0°52′23″W / 52.64°N 0.873°W     SK763053	1983/07/01	GCR	Map  [87]
Tolethorpe Road Verges			1.1	52°40′52″N 0°30′14″W / 52.681°N 0.504°W     TF012104	1987/04/01		Map  [88]
Twenty Acre Piece			8	52°46′55″N 1°03′04″W / 52.782°N 1.051°W     SK641210	1983/12/01	WT	Map  [89]
Ulverscroft Valley			110.7	52°42′32″N 1°16′23″W / 52.709°N 1.273°W     SK492127	1984/01/01	WT	Map  [90]
Wing Water Treatment Works			1.5	52°36′47″N 0°40′30″W / 52.613°N 0.675°W     SK898026	1987/07/01	GCR	Map  [91]
Wymondham Rough			5.9	52°44′53″N 0°46′12″W / 52.748°N 0.77°W     SK831175	1983/05/01	WT	Map  [92]

See also

• List of SSSIs by Area of Search
• List of Ancient Woods in England
• Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust
• Charnwood Forest

References

1. Natural England County Level Reports and Statistics accessed 29-Feb-2012
2. "Allexton Wood" (PDF).
3. "Ashby Canal" (PDF).
4. "Bardon Hill" (PDF).
5. "Bardon Hill Quarry" (PDF).
6. "Barrow Gravel Pits" (PDF).
7. "Beacon Hill, Hangingstone And Out Woods" (PDF).
8. "Benscliffe Wood" (PDF).
9. "Blackbrook Reservoir" (PDF).
10. "Bloody Oaks Quarry" (PDF).
11. "Botcheston Bog" (PDF).
12. "Bradgate Park And Cropston Reservoir" (PDF).
13. "Breedon Cloud Wood And Quarry" (PDF).
14. "Breedon Hill" (PDF).
15. "Briery Wood Heronry, Belvoir" (PDF).
16. "Buddon Wood And Swithland Reservoir" (PDF).
17. "Burbage Wood And Aston Firs" (PDF).
18. "Burley And Rushpit Woods" (PDF).
19. "Cave's Inn Pits" (PDF).
20. "Charnwood Lodge" (PDF).
21. "Chater Valley" (PDF).
22. "Cliffe Hill Quarry" (PDF).
23. "Clipsham Old Quarry And Pickworth Great Wood" (PDF).
24. "Coalville Meadows" (PDF).
25. "Cotes Grassland" (PDF).
26. "Cribb'S Lodge Meadows" (PDF).
27. "Croft And Huncote Quarry" (PDF).
28. "Croft Hill" (PDF).
29. "Croft Pasture" (PDF).
30. "Croxton Park" (PDF).
31. "Debdale Meadow, Muston" (PDF).
32. "Dimminsdale" (PDF).
33. "Donington Park" (PDF).
34. "East Wood, Great Casterton" (PDF).
35. "Empingham Marshy Meadows" (PDF).
36. "Enderby Warren Quarry" (PDF).
37. "Eye Brook Reservoir" (PDF).
38. "Eye Brook Valley Woods" (PDF).
39. "Frisby Marsh" (PDF).
40. "Gipsy Lane Pit" (PDF).
41. "Grace Dieu And High Sharpley" (PDF).
42. "Grantham Canal" (PDF).
43. "Great Bowden Borrowpit" (PDF).
44. "Greetham Meadows" (PDF).
45. "Groby Pool And Woods" (PDF).
46. "Harby Hill Wood" (PDF).
47. "Holwell Mouth" (PDF).
48. "Kendall'S Meadow" (PDF).
49. "Ketton Quarries" (PDF).
50. "Kilby - Foxton Canal" (PDF).
51. "King Lud'S Entrenchments And The Drift" (PDF).
52. "Launde Big Wood" (PDF).
53. "Leighfield Forest" (PDF).
54. "Lockington Marshes" (PDF).
55. "Loughborough Meadows" (PDF).
56. "Lount Meadows" (PDF).
57. "Luffenham Heath Golf Course" (PDF).
58. "Main Quarry, Mountsorrel" (PDF).
59. "Misterton Marshes" (PDF).
60. "Muston Meadows" (PDF).
61. "Narborough Bog" (PDF).
62. "Newell Wood" (PDF).
63. "Newhurst Quarry" (PDF).
64. "Newton Burgoland Marshes" (PDF).
65. "North Luffenham Quarry" (PDF).
66. "Oakley Wood" (PDF).
67. "One Barrow Plantation" (PDF).
68. "Owston Woods" (PDF).
69. "Pasture And Asplin Woods" (PDF).
70. "Prior'S Coppice" (PDF).
71. "River Eye" (PDF).
72. "River Mease" (PDF).
73. "Roecliffe Manor Lawns" (PDF).
74. "Rutland Water" (PDF).
75. "Saddington Reservoir" (PDF).
76. "Seaton Meadows" (PDF).
77. "Shacklewell Hollow" (PDF).
78. "Sheepy Fields" (PDF).
79. "Sheet Hedges Wood" (PDF).
80. "Shepshed Cutting" (PDF).
81. "Sproxton Quarry" (PDF).
82. "Stanford Park" (PDF).
83. "Stonesby Quarry" (PDF).
84. "Swithland Wood And The Brand" (PDF).
85. "Terrace Hills Pasture" (PDF).
86. "Tickencote Marsh" (PDF).
87. "Tilton Cutting" (PDF).
88. "Tolethorpe Road Verges" (PDF).
89. "Twenty Acre Piece" (PDF).
90. "Ulverscroft Valley" (PDF).
91. "Wing Water Treatment Works" (PDF).
92. "Wymondham Rough" (PDF).

External links

• Natural England County Level Reports and Statistics