List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in West Yorkshire

This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in West Yorkshire. Note that English Nature, the designating body for SSSIs in England, uses the 1974–1996 county system, and the same approach is followed here, rather than, for example, merging all Yorkshire sites into a single list.

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

Sites

Site name	Reason for designation		Area		Grid reference	Year in which notified	Map	Citation
	Biological interest	Geological interest	Hectares	Acres
Bingley South Bog	Y		4.0	9.9	SE115386	1990	Map	[1]
Breary Marsh	Y		9.5	23.5	SE264416	1983	Map	[2]
Broadhead Clough	Y		63.8	157.6	SE996250	1983/84	Map	[3]
Crimsworth Dean		Y	13.8	34.1	SD988293, SD994325	1984	Map	[4]
Dark Peak	Y	Y	31,852.9	78,708.4	SK110960	1993	Map	[5]
Denby Grange Colliery Ponds	Y		19.1	47.2	SE271152	1997	Map	[6]
Eccup Reservoir	Y		114.5	282.9	SE300417	1987	Map	[7]
Elland Bypass Cutting	Y		1.1	2.7	SE119202	1989	Map	[8]
Fairburn And Newton Ings	Y		168.1	415.4	SE453275	1984	Map	[9]
Great Dib Wood		Y	1.1	2.7	SE199443	1984	Map	[10]
Hetchell Wood	Y		14.2	35.3	SE376424	1983	Map	[11]
Honley Station Cutting		Y	0.4	1.0	SE145126	1989	Map	[12]
Hook Moor	Y		1.7	4.2	SE434355	1989	Map	[13]
Leeds and Liverpool Canal	Y		19.5	48.2	SE213374	1984	Map	[14]
Linton Common	Y		0.7	1.7	SE384465	1984	Map	[15]
Madbanks And Ledsham Banks	Y		6.2	15.2	SE452290, SE461301	1984	Map	[16]
Micklefield Quarry		Y	0.6	1.5	SE446325	1990	Map	[17]
Mickletown Ings	Y		38.3	94.6	SE403275	1983	Map	[18]
Norwood Bottoms	Y		11.0	27.2	SE387416	1986	Map	[19]
Nostell Brickyard Quarry	Y		12.5	31.0	SE403170		Map	[20]
Park Clough		Y	0.5	1.2	SE030125	1984	Map	[21]
Rake Dike		Y	4.7	11.6	SE094048, SE112058	1986	Map	[22]
Roach Lime Hills	Y		5.4	13.4	SE418315	1983	Map	[23]
Seckar Wood	Y		46.4	114.6	SE326143	1984	Map	[24]
South Elmsall Quarry		Y	0.3	0.7	SE484116	1990	Map	[25]
South Pennine Moors	Y	Y	20,938.0	51,740.0	SD920300	1994	Map	[26]
Standedge Road Cutting		Y	3.5	8.5	SE018095 – SE023098	1984	Map	[27]
Townclose Hills	Y		12.1	30.0	SE407304	1984	Map	[28]
Trench Meadows	Y		4.7	11.6	SE131387	1999	Map	[29]
Wentbridge Ings	Y		1.9	4.8	SE477181	1987	Map	[30]
Withens Clough	Y		3.0	7.4	SD989234	1984	Map	[31]
Yeadon Brickworks And Railway Cutting		Y	3.3	8.2	SE193408	1984	Map	[32]

Notes

^A Data rounded to one decimal place.

^B Grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system, also known as OSGB36, and is the system used by the Ordnance Survey.

^C Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by English Nature.

^D English Nature citation sheets for each SSSI. Retrieved on 27 August 2012.