List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest on the Isle of Wight
This is a list of the chalk grassland, neutral meadows, and broad-leaved woodland.[1] The Isle of Wight has a population of 140,000, making it one of the country's smaller counties in terms of population.[2]
In England, the body responsible for designating SSSIs is
Area of Search; of these, 26 have been designated for their biological interest, 4 for their geological interest, and 11 for both.[4]
The data in the table is taken from citation sheets for each SSSI, available at their website.[5]
Sites
Site name | Reason for designation | Area[A] | Grid reference[B] | Year in which notified | Map[C] | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Biological interest | Geological interest | Hectares | Acres | ||||
Alverstone Marshes | 83.8 | 207.0 | SZ572859 | 1951 | Map | ||
America Wood | 21.4 | 52.9 | SZ567820 | 1986 | Map | ||
Arreton Down [D] | 29.8 | 73.6 | SZ540872 | 1979 | Map | ||
Bembridge Down | 56.3 | 139.0 | SZ628856 | 1951 | Map | ||
Bembridge School And Cliffs | 12.6 | 31.1 | ST647869 | 1999 | Map | ||
Bonchurch Landslips | 28.2 | 69.7 | SZ582785 | 1977 | Map | ||
Bouldnor And Hamstead Cliffs
|
95.7 | 236.4 | SZ390910 | 1951 | Map | ||
Brading Marshes to St. Helen's Ledges | 488.5 | 1,207.0 | SZ635883 | 1951[E] | Map | ||
Briddlesford Copses | 167.2 | 413.2 | SZ549904 | 2003 | Map | ||
Calbourne Down
|
15.4 | 38.1 | SZ429858 | 1989 | Map | ||
Colwell Bay | 13.6 | 34.2 | SZ323873 | 1959 | Map | ||
Compton Chine to Steephill Cove | 629.2 | 1,554.8 | SZ489763 | 2003 | Map | ||
Compton Down | 196.3 | 484.9 | SZ365856 | 1951 | Map | ||
Cranmore | 12.4 | 30.7 | SZ393901 | 2002 | Map | ||
Cridmore Bog | 14.4 | 35.6 | SZ495815 | 1985 | Map | ||
Eaglehead and Bloodstone Copses | 10.3 | 25.5 | SZ584877 | 1987 | Map | ||
Freshwater Marshes
|
23.3 | 57.6 | SZ344866 | 1951 | Map | ||
Garston's Down
|
20.3 | 50.2 | SZ475855 | 1971 | Map | ||
Greatwood And Cliff Copses | 16.3 | 40.3 | SZ5680 – SZ5780 | 1986 | Map | ||
Headon Warren And West High Down
|
276.3 | 682.6 | SZ316852 | 1951 | Map | ||
King's Quay Shore
|
97.2 | 240.1 | SZ536935 | 1951 | Map | ||
Lacey's Farm Quarry | 0.1 | 0.3 | SZ323862 | 1993 | Map | ||
Lake Allotments
|
0.2 | 0.5 | SZ586838 | 1988 | Map | ||
Locks Farm Meadow | 2.3 | 5.7 | SZ449908 | 1988 | Map | ||
Medina Estuary | 100.5 | 248.3 | SZ508924 | 1977 | Map | ||
Mottistone Down
|
31.4 | 77.6 | SZ414846 | 1971 | Map | ||
Newtown Harbour[F] | 619.3 | 1,530.3 | SZ425915 | 1951 | Map | ||
Northpark Copse | 9.9 | 24.5 | SZ435885 | 1986 | Map | ||
Parkhurst Forest | 183.5 | 453.3 | SZ473915 | 1986 | Map | ||
Priory Woods | 2.9 | 7.3 | SZ635900 | 1998 | Map | ||
Prospect Quarry | 4.3 | 10.6 | SZ385866 | 1971 | Map | ||
Rew Down | 23.5 | 58.1 | SZ550775 | 1977 | Map | ||
Rowridge Valley | 39.8 | 98.3 | SZ454864 | 1951 | Map | ||
Ryde Sands and Wootton Creek | 424.4 | 1,048.7 | SZ548920 – SZ634908 | 1993 | Map | ||
Shide Quarry
|
4.8 | 11.8 | SZ506881 | 1971 | Map | ||
St Lawrence Bank
|
0.5 | 1.2 | SZ536768 | 1998 | Map | ||
The Wilderness | 12.6 | 31.1 | SZ505824 | 1951 | Map | ||
Thorness Bay[G] | 86.2 | 213.0 | SZ455935 | 1966 | Map | ||
Ventnor Downs
|
162.6 | 401.8 | SZ575786 | 1951 | Map | ||
Whitecliff Bay And Bembridge Ledges
|
131.6 | 325.2 | SZ657872 | 1955 | Map | ||
Yar Estuary | 132.4 | 327.2 | SZ353886 | 1977 | Map |
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.[6]
- C Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by English Nature.
- D Arreton Down was originally notified as a geological SSSI, but was then renotified in 1987 for its biological interest only.[5]
- E This site includes three former SSSIs known as St Helen’s Duver, Brading Marshes and St. Helen’s Ledges. They were notified in 1951, 1971 and 1977 respectively.[5]
- F This also includes the former SSSI, Hart’s Farm Meadows which was designated in 1986.[5]
- Gurnard Ledge to Saltmead Ledge SSSI and was extended in 1987.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Isle of Wight Natural Area". Natural England. Retrieved 16 January 2008.
- ^ "Population Statistics". National Statistics. Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2008.
- ^ "Notification of SSSIs". Natural England. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2006.
- ^ "SSSIs on the Isle of Wight". Natural England. Retrieved 24 January 2008.
- ^ a b c d e Natural England citation sheets for each SSSI (PDF files). Retrieved on 2006-07-07.
- ^ "Guide to National Grid". Ordnance Survey. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2006.