Monk's Moor in Upper Teesdale, the largest SSSI in County Durham
As of July 2010, County Durham has 88 sites that have been designated as SSSIs, of which 67 have been designated for their biological interest, 16 for their geological interest, and 5 for both.[1]
Five of these sites are shared with an adjacent county:
Durham Coast with both Cleveland (in the south) and Tyne and Wear (in the north).
Designation of SSSIsedit
Sites of Special Scientific Interest are areas that have been selected for special protection because of their floral, faunal or geological significance. The concept was first given a statutory basis in the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949, the relevant provisions of which were repeated in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Under the 1949 Act, responsibility for selecting and notifying SSSIs in England was delegated to the newly created Nature Conservancy, which was replaced in 1973 by the Nature Conservancy Council (NCC). In 1991, the NCC was split up, its responsibilities in England being passed to English Nature which, in turn, was amalgamated into a new body, Natural England, in 2006.
The process for establishing an SSSI is as follows: [2]
When a site has been identified, Natural England notifies the landowner, the occupier (if different) and the local planning authority (plus relevant government departments and agencies);
Owners and occupiers are given time to lodge objections or make representations concerning the restrictions imposed on an SSSI;
The Board of Natural England considers these responses and decides whether to confirm or withdraw the SSSI notification.
The initial notification of a site is accompanied by a citation sheet, which outlines the reasons for the notification: the data in the following list is summarised from these individual citation sheets.[3]
Reasons for notification as SSSIedit
Of the 88 SSSIs designated in County Durham, 67 have been designated for their biological interest, 16 for their geological interest, and five for both biological and geological interest.
Biologicaledit
While many of the SSSIs designated for biological reasons cover a variety of habitats, most have been designated primarily for one (or more) of a small number of reasons, as detailed in the individual citation sheets:[3]
Habitats
Moorland (upland heath and bogs) – Bollihope, Pikestone, Eggleston and Woodland Fells, Bowes Moor, Cotherstone Moor, Hexhamshire Moors, Lune Forest, Moorhouse and Cross Fell, Muggleswick, Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor, Upper Teesdale
Lowland heath – Green Croft and Langley Moor, Hesledon Moor West, Waldridge Fell
Semi-natural woodland – Backstone Bank and Baal Hill Woods, Baldersdale Woodlands, Brignall Banks, Castle Eden Dene, Derwent Gorge and Horsleyhope Ravine, Hawthorn Dene, Hisehope Burn Valley, Hunder Beck Juniper, Shipley and Great Woods, Slit Woods, Westernhope Burn Wood
Magnesian limestone grassland – Bishop Middleham Quarry, Cassop Vale, Charity Land, Dabble Bank, Durham Coast, Fishburn Grassland, Hawthorn Dene, Hesledon Moor East, Pig Hill, Pittington Hill, Quarrington Hill Grasslands, Raisby Hill Grassland, Sherburn Hill, The Bottoms, Thrislington Plantation, Town Kelloe Bank, Trimdon Limestone Quarry, Tuthill Quarry, Wingate Quarry
Hay meadows – Bowlees and Friar House Meadows, Cornriggs Meadows, Far High House Meadows, Grains o' th' Beck Meadows, Hannah's Meadows, Low Redford Meadows, Mere Beck Meadows, Middle Crossthwaite, Middle Side and Stonygill Meadows, Newton Ketton Meadow, Rigg Farm and Stake Hill Meadows, West Newlandside Meadows, West Park Meadows
Open water – Brasside Pond, The Carrs, Witton-le-Wear
Fauna
Breeding birds – Bollihope, Pikestone, Eggleston and Woodland Fells, Bowes Moor, Cotherstone Moor, Durham Coast, Hexhamshire Moors, Lune Forest, Moorhouse and Cross Fell, Muggleswick, Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor, Teesdale Allotments, Upper Teesdale
Invertebrates – Bishop Middleham Quarry, Cassop Vale, Durham Coast, Green Croft and Langley Moor, Hexhamshire Moors, Middleton Quarry, Moorhouse and Cross Fell, Pig Hill, Quarrington Hill Grasslands, Raisby Hill Grassland, Sherburn Hill, Thrislington Plantation, Town Kelloe Bank, Upper Teesdale, Waldridge Fell
Geologicaledit
The surface geology of County Durham is largely confined to rocks dating from the Carboniferous and Permian periods. In the west of the county, outcrops of Dinantianlimestones are found in the river valleys, while the upland areas are underlain by the younger NamurianMillstone Grit Series. To the east, these rocks dip beneath the WestphalianCoal Measures, which underlay a broad swathe in the centre of the county. Further east, the Coal Measures are overlain by Permian Magnesian Limestone, which forms a low plateau across the eastern part of the county. Igneousintrusions are a prominent feature of the geology and gave rise to extensive mining for lead and other minerals, especially in the upper Weardale area in the west of the county.[4][5]
Although each SSSI designated for geological reasons has its own distinctive features, they fall into a small number of broad categories, as indicated in the individual citation sheets:[3]
From its inception, English Nature classified sites using the 1974–1996 county system. As Natural England uses the same system,[6] it is also adopted in the following list. As a result, some sites that lie within the ceremonial county of Durham and might therefore be expected to be listed here will be found instead in either the Cleveland or the Tyne and Wear lists.
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.[7] Where an SSSI consists of multiple, non-contiguous sections, each section is assigned its own OS grid reference.
C Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by Natural England.
^"Search results for Durham". Natural England. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
^. Natural England. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
^ abcNatural England citation sheets for each SSSI. Retrieved on 2008-02-26. (PDF files).
"Backstone Bank and Baal Hill Woods" (PDF).
"Baldersdale Woodlands" (PDF).
"Bishop Middleham Quarry" (PDF).
"Bollihope, Pikestone, Eggleston and Woodland Fells" (PDF).
"Botany Hill" (PDF).
"Bowes Moor" (PDF).
"Bowlees and Friar House Meadows" (PDF).
"Brasside Pond" (PDF).
"Brignall Banks" (PDF).
"Burnhope Burn" (PDF).
"Butterby Oxbow" (PDF).
"Cassop Vale" (PDF).
"Castle Eden Dene" (PDF).
"Causey Bank Mires" (PDF).
"Charity Land" (PDF).
"Close House Mine" (PDF).
"Cornriggs Meadows" (PDF).
"Cotherstone Moor" (PDF).
"Crag Gill" (PDF).
"Crime Rigg and Sherburn Hill Quarries" (PDF).
"Dabble Bank" (PDF).
"Derwent Gorge and Horsleyhope Ravine" (PDF).
(PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
"Fairy Holes Cave" (PDF).
"Far High House Meadows" (PDF).
"Fishburn Grassland" (PDF).
"Foster's Hush" (PDF).
"Frog Wood Bog" (PDF).
"God's Bridge" (PDF).
"Grains o' th' Beck Meadows" (PDF).
"Green Croft and Langley Moor" (PDF).
"Greenfoot Quarry" (PDF).
"Hannah's Meadows" (PDF).
"Hawthorn Dene" (PDF).
"Hawthorn Quarry" (PDF).
"Hell Kettles" (PDF).
"Hesledon Moor East" (PDF).
"Hesledon Moor West" (PDF).
"Hexhamshire Moors" (PDF).
"Hisehope Burn Valley" (PDF).
"Hulam Fen" (PDF).
"Hunder Beck Juniper" (PDF).
"Kilmond Scar" (PDF).
"Low Redford Meadows" (PDF).
"Lune Forest" (PDF).
"Mere Beck Meadows" (PDF).
"Middle Crossthwaite" (PDF).
"Middle Side and Stonygill Meadows" (PDF).
"Middleton Quarry" (PDF).
"Middridge Quarry" (PDF).
"Moorhouse and Cross Fell" (PDF).
"Muggleswick, Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor" (PDF).
"Neasham Fen" (PDF).
"Newton Ketton Meadow" (PDF).
"Old Moss Lead Vein" (PDF).
"Park End Wood" (PDF).
"Pig Hill" (PDF).
"Pike Whin Bog" (PDF).
"Pittington Hill" (PDF).
"Pow Hill Bog" (PDF).
"Quarrington Hill Grasslands" (PDF).
"Railway Stell West" (PDF).
"Raisby Hill Grassland" (PDF).
"Raisby Hill Quarry" (PDF).
"Redcar Field" (PDF).
"Rigg Farm and Stake Hill Meadows" (PDF).
"Rogerley Quarry" (PDF).
"Sherburn Hill" (PDF).
"Shipley and Great Woods" (PDF).
"Sleightholme Beck Gorge – The Troughs" (PDF).
"Slit Woods" (PDF).
"Stony Cut, Cold Hesledon" (PDF).
"Teesdale Allotments" (PDF).
"The Bottoms" (PDF).
"The Carrs" (PDF).
"Thrislington Plantation" (PDF).
"Town Kelloe Bank" (PDF).
"Trimdon Limestone Quarry" (PDF).
"Tuthill Quarry" (PDF).
"Upper Teesdale" (PDF).
"Waldridge Fell" (PDF).
"West Newlandside Meadows" (PDF).
"West Park Meadows" (PDF).
"West Rigg Open Cutting" (PDF).
"Westernhope Burn Wood" (PDF).
"Wingate Quarry" (PDF).
"Witton-le-Wear" (PDF).
"Yoden Village Quarry" (PDF).
^(PDF). Durham County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
^"County Durham Local Development Framework Tech. Paper no. 20 – Minerals" (PDF). Durham County Council. April 2009. pp. 16–20. Retrieved 13 August 2010. [dead link]
^. Natural England. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
^. Ordnance Survey. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
External linksedit
List of SSSIs in County Durham at Natural England
January 01, 1970
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This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest SSSIs in County Durham England It excludes SSSIs situated in that area south of the River Tyne that is now part of the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear as well as the area north of the River Tees which prior to 1996 formed part of the county of Cleveland Monk s Moor in Upper Teesdale the largest SSSI in County Durham As of July 2010 County Durham has 88 sites that have been designated as SSSIs of which 67 have been designated for their biological interest 16 for their geological interest and 5 for both 1 Five of these sites are shared with an adjacent county Moorhouse and Cross Fell with Cumbria Derwent Gorge and Horsleyhope Ravine Hexhamshire Moors and Muggleswick Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor with Northumberland Durham Coast with both Cleveland in the south and Tyne and Wear in the north Designation of SSSIs editSites of Special Scientific Interest are areas that have been selected for special protection because of their floral faunal or geological significance The concept was first given a statutory basis in the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 the relevant provisions of which were repeated in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 Under the 1949 Act responsibility for selecting and notifying SSSIs in England was delegated to the newly created Nature Conservancy which was replaced in 1973 by the Nature Conservancy Council NCC In 1991 the NCC was split up its responsibilities in England being passed to English Nature which in turn was amalgamated into a new body Natural England in 2006 The process for establishing an SSSI is as follows 2 When a site has been identified Natural England notifies the landowner the occupier if different and the local planning authority plus relevant government departments and agencies Owners and occupiers are given time to lodge objections or make representations concerning the restrictions imposed on an SSSI The Board of Natural England considers these responses and decides whether to confirm or withdraw the SSSI notification The initial notification of a site is accompanied by a citation sheet which outlines the reasons for the notification the data in the following list is summarised from these individual citation sheets 3 Reasons for notification as SSSI editOf the 88 SSSIs designated in County Durham 67 have been designated for their biological interest 16 for their geological interest and five for both biological and geological interest Biological edit While many of the SSSIs designated for biological reasons cover a variety of habitats most have been designated primarily for one or more of a small number of reasons as detailed in the individual citation sheets 3 Habitats Moorland upland heath and bogs Bollihope Pikestone Eggleston and Woodland Fells Bowes Moor Cotherstone Moor Hexhamshire Moors Lune Forest Moorhouse and Cross Fell Muggleswick Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor Upper Teesdale Lowland heath Green Croft and Langley Moor Hesledon Moor West Waldridge Fell Wetlands carr fen etc Burnhope Burn Butterby Oxbow Causey Bank Mires Frog Wood Bog Hell Kettles Hesledon Moor East Hesledon Moor West Hisehope Burn Valley Hulam Fen Middleton Quarry Pike Whin Bog Pow Hill Bog Railway Stell West Redcar Field The Carrs Waldridge Fell Witton le Wear Semi natural woodland Backstone Bank and Baal Hill Woods Baldersdale Woodlands Brignall Banks Castle Eden Dene Derwent Gorge and Horsleyhope Ravine Hawthorn Dene Hisehope Burn Valley Hunder Beck Juniper Shipley and Great Woods Slit Woods Westernhope Burn Wood Magnesian limestone grassland Bishop Middleham Quarry Cassop Vale Charity Land Dabble Bank Durham Coast Fishburn Grassland Hawthorn Dene Hesledon Moor East Pig Hill Pittington Hill Quarrington Hill Grasslands Raisby Hill Grassland Sherburn Hill The Bottoms Thrislington Plantation Town Kelloe Bank Trimdon Limestone Quarry Tuthill Quarry Wingate Quarry Hay meadows Bowlees and Friar House Meadows Cornriggs Meadows Far High House Meadows Grains o th Beck Meadows Hannah s Meadows Low Redford Meadows Mere Beck Meadows Middle Crossthwaite Middle Side and Stonygill Meadows Newton Ketton Meadow Rigg Farm and Stake Hill Meadows West Newlandside Meadows West Park Meadows Open water Brasside Pond The Carrs Witton le Wear Fauna Breeding birds Bollihope Pikestone Eggleston and Woodland Fells Bowes Moor Cotherstone Moor Durham Coast Hexhamshire Moors Lune Forest Moorhouse and Cross Fell Muggleswick Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor Teesdale Allotments Upper Teesdale Invertebrates Bishop Middleham Quarry Cassop Vale Durham Coast Green Croft and Langley Moor Hexhamshire Moors Middleton Quarry Moorhouse and Cross Fell Pig Hill Quarrington Hill Grasslands Raisby Hill Grassland Sherburn Hill Thrislington Plantation Town Kelloe Bank Upper Teesdale Waldridge Fell Geological edit The surface geology of County Durham is largely confined to rocks dating from the Carboniferous and Permian periods In the west of the county outcrops of Dinantian limestones are found in the river valleys while the upland areas are underlain by the younger Namurian Millstone Grit Series To the east these rocks dip beneath the Westphalian Coal Measures which underlay a broad swathe in the centre of the county Further east the Coal Measures are overlain by Permian Magnesian Limestone which forms a low plateau across the eastern part of the county Igneous intrusions are a prominent feature of the geology and gave rise to extensive mining for lead and other minerals especially in the upper Weardale area in the west of the county 4 5 Although each SSSI designated for geological reasons has its own distinctive features they fall into a small number of broad categories as indicated in the individual citation sheets 3 Stratigraphy Sedimentary Botany Hill Crag Gill Crime Rigg Durham Coast Hawthorn Quarry Raisby Hill Quarry Rogerley Quarry Sleightholme Beck Gorge The Troughs Stony Cut Cold Hesledon Trimdon Limestone Quarry Yoden Village Quarry Igneous Greenfoot Quarry Moorhouse and Cross Fell Upper Teesdale West Rigg Open Cutting Mineralogy Close House Mine Foster s Hush Moorhouse and Cross Fell Old Moss Lead Vein Upper Teesdale West Rigg Open Cutting Palaeontology Middridge Quarry Quaternary events Durham Coast Upper Teesdale Geomorphology Cave development Fairy Holes Cave God s Bridge Moorhouse and Cross Fell Coastal Durham Coast Periglacial Moorhouse and Cross Fell Fluvial Moorhouse and Cross FellArea covered editFrom its inception English Nature classified sites using the 1974 1996 county system As Natural England uses the same system 6 it is also adopted in the following list As a result some sites that lie within the ceremonial county of Durham and might therefore be expected to be listed here will be found instead in either the Cleveland or the Tyne and Wear lists For other counties see List of SSSIs by Area of Search Sites editContents B C D F G H K L M N O P Q R S T U W Y Site name Reason for designation Area A Grid reference B Year in which notified Map C Biological interest Geological interest Hectares Acres Backstone Bank and Baal Hill Woods nbsp Y 46 5 114 9 NZ068399 1987 Map Baldersdale Woodlands nbsp Y 19 6 48 4 NY992200 1991 Map Bishop Middleham Quarry nbsp Y 8 6 21 3 NZ332326 1968 Map Bollihope Pikestone Eggleston and Woodland Fells nbsp Y 7 949 2 19 643 2 NZ005300 1996 Map Botany Hill nbsp Y 3 8 9 3 NY955205 1984 Map Bowes Moor nbsp Y 4 457 7 11 014 9 NY923104 1989 Map Bowlees and Friar House Meadows nbsp Y 5 6 13 9 NY898283 NY902282 1991 Map Brasside Pond nbsp Y 25 1 62 0 NZ292452 1966 Map Brignall Banks nbsp Y 85 0 210 0 NZ063113 1987 Map Burnhope Burn nbsp Y 5 1 12 6 NZ029507 1987 Map Butterby Oxbow nbsp Y 7 3 18 0 NZ275390 1957 Map Cassop Vale nbsp Y 40 9 101 0 NZ335387 1958 Map Castle Eden Dene nbsp Y 193 0 476 8 NZ434396 1984 Map Causey Bank Mires nbsp Y 6 8 16 8 NZ206564 1987 Map Charity Land nbsp Y 5 8 14 4 NZ375345 1999 Map Close House Mine nbsp Y 3 4 8 3 NY849228 1995 Map Cornriggs Meadows nbsp Y 15 2 37 5 NY846416 1989 Map Cotherstone Moor nbsp Y 2 449 5 6 050 1 NY940170 1955 Map Crag Gill nbsp Y 2 3 5 7 NZ026235 1984 Map Crime Rigg and Sherburn Hill Quarries nbsp Y 23 2 57 4 NZ344416 1968 Map Dabble Bank nbsp Y 4 1 10 2 NZ364434 2002 Map Derwent Gorge and Horsleyhope Ravine D nbsp Y 49 034 0 121 084 0 NZ052493 NZ063483 1976 Map Durham Coast E nbsp Y nbsp Y 765 4 1 891 4 NZ381685 NZ495362 1960 Map Fairy Holes Cave nbsp Y 208 8 515 9 NY936357 1961 Map Far High House Meadows nbsp Y 5 5 13 6 NY839383 1990 Map Fishburn Grassland nbsp Y 1 1 2 8 NZ362328 1992 Map Foster s Hush nbsp Y 1 3 3 2 NY859204 Map Frog Wood Bog nbsp Y 3 2 7 9 NZ069303 1989 Map God s Bridge nbsp Y 9 3 22 9 NY957126 1986 Map Grains o th Beck Meadows nbsp Y 12 3 30 4 NY872209 1989 Map Green Croft and Langley Moor nbsp Y 6 59 012 2 16 122 230 2 NZ169507 NZ166511 NZ186505 1989 Map Greenfoot Quarry nbsp Y 0 9 2 2 NY982392 1984 Map Hannah s Meadows nbsp Y 7 1 17 5 NY935185 Map Hawthorn Dene nbsp Y 64 1 158 4 NZ435458 1968 Map Hawthorn Quarry nbsp Y 9 8 24 2 NZ435463 1990 Map Hell Kettles nbsp Y 3 4 8 4 NZ281109 1976 Map Hesledon Moor East nbsp Y 6 0 14 8 NZ399466 1998 Map Hesledon Moor West nbsp Y 7 4 18 2 NZ386453 1984 Map Hexhamshire Moors F nbsp Y 9 433 9 23 311 7 NY870530 1998 Map Hisehope Burn Valley nbsp Y 14 9 36 9 NZ041477 NZ047473 1988 Map Hulam Fen nbsp Y 0 2 0 5 NZ439374 1986 Map Hunder Beck Juniper nbsp Y 3 5 8 5 NY931178 1994 Map Kilmond Scar nbsp Y 4 5 11 1 NZ028134 1963 Map Low Redford Meadows nbsp Y 9 3 22 9 NZ077309 NZ084309 1991 Map Lune Forest nbsp Y 6 333 4 15 650 3 NY850200 1998 Map Mere Beck Meadows nbsp Y 6 6 16 3 NY951186 1989 Map Middle Crossthwaite nbsp Y 24 1 59 5 NY931256 1991 Map Middle Side and Stonygill Meadows nbsp Y 17 3 42 7 NY933262 NY927264 1991 Map Middleton Quarry nbsp Y 6 0 14 8 NY948245 1964 Map Middridge Quarry nbsp Y 1 9 4 7 NZ248252 1979 Map Moorhouse and Cross Fell G nbsp Y nbsp Y 13 707 0 33 870 0 NY715365 1951 1963 Map Muggleswick Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor H nbsp Y 9 118 1 22 531 4 NY990450 NY950520 1997 Map Neasham Fen nbsp Y 2 5 6 1 NZ331115 1992 Map Newton Ketton Meadow nbsp Y 1 8 4 5 NZ322207 1989 Map Old Moss Lead Vein nbsp Y 0 6 1 5 NY820433 1961 Map Park End Wood nbsp Y 10 3 25 5 NY924260 1964 Map Pig Hill nbsp Y 12 6 31 2 NZ365444 NZ366445 1992 Map Pike Whin Bog nbsp Y 1 3 3 1 NZ415334 1984 Map Pittington Hill nbsp Y 6 4 15 8 NZ321447 1987 Map Pow Hill Bog nbsp Y 6 7 16 6 NZ009518 1986 Map Quarrington Hill Grasslands nbsp Y 4 5 11 1 NZ333373 NZ340374 NZ341375 2000 Map Railway Stell West nbsp Y 4 6 11 4 NZ319270 NZ313247 1986 Map Raisby Hill Grassland nbsp Y 15 1 37 4 NZ335354 1984 Map Raisby Hill Quarry nbsp Y 52 4 129 5 NZ342353 1957 Map Redcar Field nbsp Y 0 7 1 6 NZ292198 1985 Map Rigg Farm and Stake Hill Meadows nbsp Y 14 7 36 3 NY933224 1989 Map Rogerley Quarry nbsp Y 5 6 13 8 NZ015379 NZ021374 1984 Map Sherburn Hill nbsp Y 16 7 41 2 NZ329417 1985 Map Shipley and Great Woods nbsp Y 63 4 156 5 NY966119 1975 Map Sleightholme Beck Gorge The Troughs nbsp Y nbsp Y 7 5 18 5 NY966119 1976 Map Slit Woods nbsp Y 14 1 34 8 NY906390 1976 Map Stony Cut Cold Hesledon nbsp Y 0 8 2 1 NZ418473 1996 Map Teesdale Allotments nbsp Y 1 308 3 3 231 6 NY930290 1994 Map The Bottoms nbsp Y 2 2 5 2 NZ361381 1999 Map The Carrs nbsp Y 12 9 31 9 NZ301327 1988 Map Thrislington Plantation nbsp Y 22 7 56 1 NZ316327 1962 Map Town Kelloe Bank nbsp Y 6 0 15 0 NZ359373 1976 Map Trimdon Limestone Quarry nbsp Y nbsp Y 0 8 2 0 NZ362353 1992 Map Tuthill Quarry nbsp Y 10 7 26 5 NZ388429 1994 Map Upper Teesdale nbsp Y nbsp Y 14 035 6 34 681 9 NY830320 1951 Map Waldridge Fell nbsp Y 113 5 280 4 NZ250498 1965 Map West Newlandside Meadows nbsp Y 12 5 30 8 NY972374 1990 Map West Park Meadows nbsp Y 6 7 16 6 NY940229 1989 Map West Rigg Open Cutting nbsp Y 4 8 11 9 NY911391 1989 Map Westernhope Burn Wood nbsp Y 11 8 29 1 NY935371 1976 Map Wingate Quarry nbsp Y 23 4 57 7 NZ373375 1984 Map Witton le Wear nbsp Y 36 2 89 4 NZ163313 1966 Map Yoden Village Quarry nbsp Y 0 4 1 0 NZ436417 1988 MapNotes editA 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 7 Where an SSSI consists of multiple non contiguous sections each section is assigned its own OS grid reference C Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by Natural England D Natural England also lists Derwent Gorge and Horsleyhope Ravine under Northumberland E Natural England also lists Durham Coast under both Cleveland and Tyne and Wear F The grid reference for Hexhamshire Moors places it in Northumberland not Durham Natural England lists it under both counties G Natural England also lists Moorhouse and Cross Fell under Cumbria H Natural England also lists Muggleswick Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor under Northumberland References edit Search results for Durham Natural England Retrieved 22 July 2010 SSSIs The designation process Natural England Archived from the original on 15 May 2012 Retrieved 22 July 2010 a b c Natural England citation sheets for each SSSI Retrieved on 2008 02 26 PDF files Backstone Bank and Baal Hill Woods PDF Baldersdale Woodlands PDF Bishop Middleham Quarry PDF Bollihope Pikestone Eggleston and Woodland Fells PDF Botany Hill PDF Bowes Moor PDF Bowlees and Friar House Meadows PDF Brasside Pond PDF Brignall Banks PDF Burnhope Burn PDF Butterby Oxbow PDF Cassop Vale PDF Castle Eden Dene PDF Causey Bank Mires PDF Charity Land PDF Close House Mine PDF Cornriggs Meadows PDF Cotherstone Moor PDF Crag Gill PDF Crime Rigg and Sherburn Hill Quarries PDF Dabble Bank PDF Derwent Gorge and Horsleyhope Ravine PDF Durham Coast PDF Archived from the original PDF on 23 October 2012 Retrieved 18 June 2011 Fairy Holes Cave PDF Far High House Meadows PDF Fishburn Grassland PDF Foster s Hush PDF Frog Wood Bog PDF God s Bridge PDF Grains o th Beck Meadows PDF Green Croft and Langley Moor PDF Greenfoot Quarry PDF Hannah s Meadows PDF Hawthorn Dene PDF Hawthorn Quarry PDF Hell Kettles PDF Hesledon Moor East PDF Hesledon Moor West PDF Hexhamshire Moors PDF Hisehope Burn Valley PDF Hulam Fen PDF Hunder Beck Juniper PDF Kilmond Scar PDF Low Redford Meadows PDF Lune Forest PDF Mere Beck Meadows PDF Middle Crossthwaite PDF Middle Side and Stonygill Meadows PDF Middleton Quarry PDF Middridge Quarry PDF Moorhouse and Cross Fell PDF Muggleswick Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor PDF Neasham Fen PDF Newton Ketton Meadow PDF Old Moss Lead Vein PDF Park End Wood PDF Pig Hill PDF Pike Whin Bog PDF Pittington Hill PDF Pow Hill Bog PDF Quarrington Hill Grasslands PDF Railway Stell West PDF Raisby Hill Grassland PDF Raisby Hill Quarry PDF Redcar Field PDF Rigg Farm and Stake Hill Meadows PDF Rogerley Quarry PDF Sherburn Hill PDF Shipley and Great Woods PDF Sleightholme Beck Gorge The Troughs PDF Slit Woods PDF Stony Cut Cold Hesledon PDF Teesdale Allotments PDF The Bottoms PDF The Carrs PDF Thrislington Plantation PDF Town Kelloe Bank PDF Trimdon Limestone Quarry PDF Tuthill Quarry PDF Upper Teesdale PDF Waldridge Fell PDF West Newlandside Meadows PDF West Park Meadows PDF West Rigg Open Cutting PDF Westernhope Burn Wood PDF Wingate Quarry PDF Witton le Wear PDF Yoden Village Quarry PDF The Durham Landscape PDF Durham County Council Archived from the original PDF on 13 August 2011 Retrieved 13 August 2010 County Durham Local Development Framework Tech Paper no 20 Minerals PDF Durham County Council April 2009 pp 16 20 Retrieved 13 August 2010 dead link Search for SSSI details Natural England Archived from the original on 19 August 2010 Retrieved 22 July 2010 Guide to National Grid Ordnance Survey Archived from the original on 27 October 2007 Retrieved 21 February 2008 External links editList of SSSIs in County Durham 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