List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the West Midlands
There are twenty-three
Area of Search. In the West Midlands case, the Area of Search matches the county boundary.[3]
The West Midlands is the
Between the
green belt land roughly 15 miles (24 km) across known as the "Meriden Gap", which retains a strongly rural character, and is the site of a number of SSSIs including Berkswell Marsh. A smaller green belt is located between Birmingham, Walsall and West Bromwich which includes Sutton Park in Sutton Coldfield. Sutton Park, an SSSI and national nature reserve, has an area of 9.001 square kilometres (3.475 sq mi)[5] making it one of the largest urban parks in Europe and the largest European park outside a capital city.[6][7]
Sites
See also
- List of SSSIs by Area of Search
- List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Warwickshire
- List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Staffordshire
- List of conservation areas in the West Midlands
Notes
- A Data rounded to one decimal place.
- British national grid reference system, also known as OSGB36, and is the system used by the Ordnance Survey.[8]
- C Those SSSIs with more than one OS grid reference are composed of multiple sections, separated by non-SSSI land.[8]
- D Site notification consists of designating a site as an SSSI and consulting with the owner(s). This list uses the date notified under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
- E Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by Natural England.
- F The River Blythe site extends into the county of Warwickshire and so can be found on the list of SSSIs in Warwickshire.[7]
References
- ^ "SSSIs in the West Midlands". Natural England. Retrieved 6 December 2007.
- ^ "Notification of SSSIs". English Nature. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
- ^ "County search of SSSIs". Natural England. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2007.
- ^ a b "Midlands Plateau Natural Area" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 26 May 2008.
- ^ "Sutton Park Management Plan" (PDF). Birmingham City Council. 2002. Archived from the original (pdf) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
- ^ "Written answer to the House of Commons". from the Head of the Royal Parks Service, 7 February 2002. Retrieved 6 July 2008.
- ^ a b Natural England citation sheets for each SSSI. Retrieved on 2007-12-06. (PDF files).
- "Berkswell Marsh" (PDF).
- "Bickenhill Meadows" (PDF).
- "Brewin's Canal Section" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- "Bromsgrove Road Cutting, Tenterfields" (PDF).
- "Clayhanger" (PDF).
- "Daw End Railway Cutting" (PDF).
- "Doulton's Claypit" (PDF).
- "Edgbaston Pool" (PDF).
- "Fens Pools" (PDF).
- "Hay Head Quarry" (PDF).
- "Herald Way Marsh" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012.
- "Illey Pastures" (PDF).
- "Jockey Fields" (PDF).
- "Ketley Claypit" (PDF).
- "Monkspath Meadow" (PDF).
- "River Blythe" (PDF).
- "Stubbers Green Bog" (PDF).
- "Sutton Park" (PDF).
- "Swan Pool & The Swag" (PDF).
- "Tile Hill Wood" (PDF).
- "Turner's Hill" (PDF).
- "Webster's Claypit" (PDF).
- "Wren's Nest" (PDF).
- ^ a b "Guide to National Grid". Ordnance Survey. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2008.