List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cornwall

Map of SSSIs in Cornwall within the UK

An island surrounded by water and rocks in the foreground

St Michael's Mount, a SSSI in west Cornwall

There are 167 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Cornwall (including the Isles of Scilly). Cornwall, in the south-west of England, UK, has a population of 545,335 (mid-2014 est.) across an area of 3,546 km² (876,235.7 acres), making it one of the least densely populated counties within England.^[1] The north coast of Cornwall falls on the Celtic Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, which also surrounds the Isles of Scilly, the south coast falls on the English Channel and the county is bounded by the River Tamar, forming the border with Devon, to the east. Cornish geology consists mainly of rocks from the Devonian and Carboniferous geological periods. Granite forms a large part of these, with mineralisations of tin, copper, lead and arsenic having been mined in the area.^[2] This gives rise to many distinct habitats, with strong marine influences, including sand dunes, rocky reefs, stacks and headlands as well as heathland, moorland and unusual river profiles.^[3]

In England the body responsible for designating SSSIs is Natural England, which chooses a site "because of its flora, fauna, or geological or physiographical features".^[4] Natural England took over the role of designating and managing SSSIs from English Nature in October 2006 when it was formed from the amalgamation of English Nature, parts of the Countryside Agency and the Rural Development Service. Natural England, like its predecessor, uses the 1974–96 county system^[5] and as such the same approach is followed here, rather than adopting the current local government or ceremonial county boundaries.

Of the 167 sites designated in this Area of Search, the greatest number, 81, have been designated due to their biological interest, with 54 due to their geological interest and 32 for both.^[6] The data in the table is taken from English Nature in the form of citation sheets for each SSSI.^[7]

Sites

Site name	Biological Interest^[A]	Geological Interest^[A]	Area (hectares)^[B]	Area (acres)^[B]	Grid reference^[C]	Year in which notified	Map^[D]
Aire Point to Carrick Du	Y	Y	704.8	1741.6	SW432385	1972	Map
Amble Marshes	Y		57.3	141.6	SW994746	1951	Map
Annet	Y		119.5	295.3	SV862088	1971	Map
Baulk Head to Mullion	Y	Y	152.3	376.3	SW663200	1995	Map
Bedruthan Steps and Park Head	Y	Y	80.8	200.0	SW850700	1951	Map
Belowda Beacon		Y	0.5	1.2	SW973627	1996	Map
Big Pool and Browarth Point	Y		10.0	25.0	SV879087	1971	Map
Boconnoc Park and Woods	Y		50.4	124.5	SX144603	1977	Map
Bodmin Moor, North	Y		4957.0	12248.0	SX160810	1951	Map
Borlasevath and Retallack Moor	Y		54.1	133.6	SW937667	1994	Map
Boscastle to Widemouth	Y	Y	639.0	1579.0	SX140970	1972	Map
Boscawen		Y	8.8	21.8	SW425231	1997	Map
Brendonmoor	Y		11.7	29.0	SX264955	1990	Map
Breney Common	Y		114.6	283.2	SX056614	1979	Map
Bude Coast	Y	Y	92.5	228.6	SS200069	1987	Map
Cabilla Manor Wood	Y		15.1	37.3	SX150697	1989	Map
Caerthillian to Kennack	Y	Y	141.1	349.6	SW720140	1951	Map
Cameron Quarry		Y	0.5	1.2	SW704507	1996	Map
Carn Grey Rock and Quarry		Y	1.9	4.8	SX034551	1991	Map
Carnkief Pond	Y		11.2	27.7	SW787520	1951	Map
Carrick Heaths	Y		42.7	105.5	SW800490	1973	Map
Carricknath Point to Porthbean Beach	Y		49.5	122.3	SW870330	2000	Map
Carrine Common & Penwethers	Y		45.8	113.3	SW797434	1973	Map
Castle Down	Y	Y	58.1	143.6	SV885160	1971	Map
Chapel Down (St. Martin's)	Y	Y	34.9	86.2	SV942159	1971	Map
Chyenhal Moor	Y		11.9	29.4	SW448279	1951	Map
Clicker Tor Quarry		Y	4.3	10.6	SX285614	1967	Map
Cligga Head	Y	Y	113.5	280.5	SW738537	1951	Map
Coombe Mill	Y		0.5	1.2	SS210117	2000	Map
Coverack Cove and Dolor Point		Y	5.6	13.9	SW785181	1951	Map
Coverack to Porthoustock	Y	Y	173.5	428.6	SW785189	1951	Map
Crocadon Quarry		Y	0.2	0.4	SX392658	1998	Map
Crow's Nest	Y	Y	18.9	46.8	SX265700	1999	Map
Crowhill Valley	Y		42.5	105.0	SW934513	1951	Map
Cuckoo Rock to Turbot Point		Y	102.5	253.4	SW990404	1998	Map
Cudden Point to Prussia Cove		Y	15.9	39.2	SW553278	1991	Map
De Lank Quarries		Y	21.9	54.1	SX101753	1994	Map
Dozmary Pool	Y		104.2	257.5	SX195745	1951	Map
Draynes Wood	Y		38.0	93.9	SX222685	1951	Map
Duckpool to Furzey Cove		Y	87.3	215.7	SS200090	1996	Map
East Lizard Heathlands	Y	Y	287.4	710.1	SW775192	1951	Map
Eastern Isles	Y		83.8	207.1	SV947144	1971	Map
Eglarooze Cliff	Y		30.8	76.1	SX349539	1951	Map
Folly Rocks		Y	2.4	6.0	SW573280	1990	Map
Gerrans Bay to Camels Cove	Y	Y	139.5	344.7	SW920371	1951	Map
Godrevy Head to St Agnes	Y	Y	627.4	1550.3	SW582423	1951	Map
Goonhilly Downs	Y		1271.0	3140.7	SW720200	1951	Map
Goss and Tregoss Moors	Y		701.9	1734.4	SW950600	1988	Map
Great Pool (Tresco)	Y		17.5	43.2	SV894146	1971	Map
Great Wheal Fortune		Y	0.6	1.4	SW627289	1991	Map
Greenamoor	Y		32.5	80.3	SX240955	1992	Map
Greenscoombe Wood, Luckett	Y		29.3	72.4	SX394725	1973	Map
Greystone Quarry		Y	4.4	10.9	SX366805	1994	Map
Grimscott	Y		11.0	27.1	SS279076	1992	Map
Gugh	Y		37.7	93.2	SV890083	1976	Map
Gwithian to Mexico Towans	Y	Y	371.1	917.2	SW570395	1953	Map
Harbour Cove		Y	29.1	71.9	SW915768	1990	Map
Hawkstor Pit		Y	5.9	14.7	SX150749	1993	Map
Hayle Estuary & Carrack Gladden	Y		190.3	470.2	SW55037	1951	Map
Higher Moors and Porth Hellick Pool (St Mary's)	Y		16.2	40.0	SV924108	1971	Map
Hingston Down Quarry & Consols		Y	24.2	59.8	SX410718	1995	Map
Kelsey Head	Y		227.6	562.4	SW775600	1951	Map
Kennack to Coverack	Y	Y	265.7	656.5	SW733164	1951	Map
Kernick and Ottery Meadows	Y		29.8	71.6	SX185913	1992	Map
Kingsand to Sandway Point		Y	6.7	15.3	SX439508	1994	Map
Lidcott Mine		Y	0.1	0.3	SX241851	1987	Map
Loe Pool	Y	Y	128.7	318.0	SW647250	1951	Map
Loggans Moor	Y		10.7	26.4	SW577390	1986	Map
Lower Bostraze and Leswidden	Y		2.3	5.7	SW385315	1996	Map
Lower Fal & Helford Intertidal	Y	Y	277.7	686.2	SW860334	1997	Map
Lower Moors	Y		10.2	25.2	SV912106	1971	Map
Luxulyan Quarry		Y	49.9	123.5	SX055590	1993	Map
Lymsworthy Meadows	Y		7.7	19.0	SS272108	1992	Map
Lynher Estuary	Y		687.3	1698.3	SX375565	1951	Map
Malpas Estuary	Y		101.5	250.8	SW835430	1951	Map
Marazion Marsh	Y		59.9	148.0	SW515318	1951	Map
Meddon Moor	Y		32.0	79.0	SS272173	1992	Map
Meneage Coastal Section	Y	Y	79.7	197.0	SW777261	1994	Map
Merthen Wood	Y		72.2	178.4	SW730263	1972	Map
Minster Church	Y		0.7	1.7	SX111905	1998	Map
Mulberry Downs Quarry		Y	3.2	7.9	SX019658	1973	Map
Mullion Cliff to Predannack Cliff	Y	Y	108.5	268.1	SW670156	1951	Map
Nance Wood	Y		9.8	24.2	SW665450	1951	Map
Newlyn Downs	Y		115.7	285.9	SW834545	1997	Map
Norrard Rocks	Y		35.6	88.0	SV860135	1971	Map
Ottery Valley	Y		32.5	80.3	SX161895	1994	Map
Park Wood	Y		32.7	80.9	SX345667	1988	Map
Penberthy Croft Mine		Y	2.3	5.7	SW552324	1993	Map
Penhale Dunes	Y		1070.4	2645.0	SW771572	1953	Map
Peninnis Head (St. Mary's)	Y	Y	16.1	39.7	SV911094	1971	Map
Penlee Point		Y	1.8	4.4	SW473269	1990	Map
Penlee Quarry		Y	25.8	64.0	SW468278	1997	Map
Pentire Peninsula	Y	Y	113.7	281.0	SW934798	1951	Map
Pentle Bay, Merrick And Round Islands	Y		42.8	105.7	SV896139	1976	Map
Phoenix United Mine	Y		29.8	73.6	SX266724	1996	Map
Plains and Great Bay (St. Martin's)	Y		15.0	37.1	SV924163	1971	Map
Plymouth Sound Shores And Cliffs	Y		45.0	111.2	SX442488	1997	Map
Polruan to Polperro	Y		213.4	527.3	SX122508	1951	Map
Polyne Quarry		Y	0.1	0.2	SX225531	1988	Map
Polyphant		Y	3.4	8.4	SX260825	1994	Map
Pool of Bryher & Popplestone Bank (Bryher)	Y		5.9	14.6	SV875148	1971	Map
Porth Seal (St. Martin's)		Y	1.1	2.6	SV918166	1976	Map
Porthcew		Y	9.6	23.7	SW593270	1990	Map
Porthgwarra to Pordenack Point	Y		157.9	390.2	SW371217	1977	Map
Porthleven Cliffs		Y	8.8	21.7	SW623257	1973	Map
Porthleven Cliffs East		Y	13.1	32.4	SW634250	1990	Map
Porthloo		Y	0.7	1.7	SV907117	1996	Map
Rame Head & Whitsand Bay	Y	Y	160.1	395.6	SX367537	1996	Map
Red Moor	Y		89.1	220.2	SX072613	1979	Map
Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor	Y		30.5	75.4	SX128590	1995	Map
Retire Common	Y		61.8	152.7	SX005635	1951	Map
River Camel Valley and Tributaries	Y		621.2	1534.9	SX060707	1998	Map
Roche Rock		Y	2.2	5.4	SW991596	1991	Map
Rock Dunes	Y	Y	68.1	168.3	SW926765	1953	Map
Rosemullion	Y	Y	20.5	50.7	SW795281	1990	Map
Rosenannon Bog and Downs	Y		135.5	334.7	SW955675	1951	Map
Rosenun Lane		Y	0.4	0.9	SX249617	1988	Map
Rushy Bay and Heathy Hill	Y		12.2	30.1	SV874142	1971	Map
Samson (with Green, White, Puffin & Stony Islands)	Y		38.7	95.6	SV878125	1971	Map
Shipman Head & Shipman Down	Y	Y	40.7	100.6	SV877158	1971	Map
South Terras Mine		Y	0.6	1.5	SW934523	1996	Map
St Agnes Beacon Pits		Y	7.9	19.5	SW705510	1951	Map
St Austell Clay Pits	Y		0.6	1.5	SW996586	2000	Map
St Erth Sand Pits		Y	3.9	9.6	SW557351	1962	Map
St Helen's (With Northwethel & Men-a-vaur)	Y		26.6	65.7	SV900170	1971	Map
St John's Lake	Y		279.2	689.9	SX430540	1973	Map
St Martin's Sedimentary Shore	Y	Y	34.1	84.2	SV20160	1996	Map
St Mewan Beacon		Y	0.7	1.7	SW986534	1993	Map
St Michael's Mount		Y	2.6	6.3	SW515298	1995	Map
St Nectan's Glen	Y		3.4	8.4	SX080885	1985	Map
Steeple Point to Marsland Mouth	Y		342.8	847.1	SS212174	1973	Map
Stepper Point		Y	1.6	3.9	SW915783	1990	Map
Stourscombe Quarry		Y	0.5	1.2	SX344839	1953	Map
Swanpool	Y	Y	8.9	22.0	SW802315	1995	Map
Sylvia's Meadow	Y		4.5	11.4	SX412708	1992	Map
Talland Barton	Y		2.0	5.0	SX227515	2009	Map
Tamar–Tavy Estuary	Y		1422.3	3514.6	SX435591	1991	Map
Tater-du		Y	4.8	11.9	SW440231	1992	Map
Teän	Y	Y	18.8	46.4	SV909166	1971	Map
Tintagel Cliffs	Y	Y	221.8	548.1	SX042857	1951	Map
Trebetherick Point		Y	20.6	50.9	SW925780	1951	Map
Treen Cliff	Y		49.3	121.8	SW395224	1951	Map
Tregargus Quarries		Y	1.8	4.4	SW949541	1951	Map
Tregonetha & Belowda Downs	Y		105.1	259.8	SW960630	2000	Map
Tregonning Hill	Y		5.2	12.9	SW601299	1994	Map
Trehane Barton	Y		0.0	0.0	SW866482	1989	Map
Trelavour Downs		Y	0.3	0.7	SW960575	1990	Map
Trelow Downs	Y		149.8	370.2	SW925683	1999	Map
Tremearne Par		Y	14.5	35.9	SW610266	1992	Map
Trevaunance Cove		Y	6.8	16.9	SW723517	1993	Map
Trevone Bay		Y	9.4	23.2	SW889763	1990	Map
Trevose Head and Constantine Bay	Y	Y	158.5	391.7	SW858753	1951	Map
Upper Fal Estuary and Woods	Y		603.5	1490.6	SW850410	1968	Map
Upper Fowey Valley	Y		124.0	306.4	SX215730	1989	Map
Ventongimps Moor	Y		8.2	20.4	SW781510	1951	Map
Viverdon Quarry		Y	0.4	1.0	SX374675	1985	Map
Watermill Cove		Y	0.5	1.2	SV925122	1996	Map
West Cornwall Bryophytes	Y		53.9	133.3	SW661407	1999	Map
West Lizard	Y	Y	776.3	1917.4	SW671154	1968	Map
Western Rocks	Y		62.7	154.9	SV850070	1971	Map
Wheal Alfred		Y	1.1	2.8	SW580370	1990	Map
Wheal Gorland		Y	0.6	1.5	SW732429	1988	Map
Wheal Martyn		Y	0.1	0.3	SX002555	1990	Map
Wheal Penrose		Y	0.9	2.2	SW634252	1993	Map
White Island (off St. Martin's)	Y	Y	16.6	40.9	SV925176	1971	Map
Wingletang Down	Y		28.9	71.4	SV884075	1971	Map
Yeolmbridge Quarry		Y	0.7	1.7	SX322874	1990	Map

Notes

^A Reason for designation; either for the site's biological interest, or its geological interest.

^B Data rounded to one decimal place.

^C Grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system, also known as OSGB36, and is the system used by the Ordnance Survey.^[8]

^D Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by Natural England.

References

↑ "Population estimates for UK mid-2014 analysis tool" (zip). Office for National Statistics. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
↑ "Geodiversity: Cornwall (inc Isles of Scilly)". Natural England. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
↑ "AONB: Cornwall". Natural England. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
↑ "Guidelines for selection of biological SSSIs". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
↑ "County search of SSSIs". Natural England. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
↑ "SSSIs in Cornwall". Natural England. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
↑
Natural England citation sheets for each SSSI (PDF). Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- "Aire Point to Carrack Du" (PDF).
↑ "Guide to National Grid". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 2 July 2007.

SSSIs in the United Kingdom, grouped by Area of Search

England	Avon Bedfordshire Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cleveland Cornwall County Durham Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset East Sussex Essex Gloucestershire Greater London Greater Manchester Hampshire Hereford and Worcester Hertfordshire Humberside Isle of Wight Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Merseyside Norfolk North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Shropshire Somerset South Yorkshire Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Tyne and Wear Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire

Scotland	Angus and Dundee Annandale and Eskdale Badenoch and Strathspey Banff and Buchan Berwickshire and Roxburgh Caithness Clydesdale and South East Glasgow Cumnock and Kyle Dumbarton and North Glasgow Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy East Perth East Ross and Cromarty Edinburgh and West Lothian Falkirk and Clackmannan Gordon and Aberdeen Inverness Islay and Jura Kincardine and Deeside Kintyre Lorne Mid and East Lothian Mid Argyll and Cowal Moray and Nairn Mull, Coll and Tiree Nithsdale North East Fife North Lochaber North West Sutherland North Wester Ross and Cromarty Orkney Renfrew and Cunninghame Rum and the Small Isles Shetland Skye and Lochalsh South East Sutherland South Lochaber South Perth South Wester Ross and Cromarty Stirling Tweeddale and Ettrick and Lauderdale West Perth Western Isles North Western Isles South Wigtown and Stewartry

Wales	Brecknock Carmarthen & Dinefwr Ceredigion Clwyd East Gwynedd Gwent Mid & South Glamorgan Montgomery Preseli & South Pembrokeshire Radnor West Glamorgan West Gwynedd

Northern Ireland	County Antrim County Armagh County Down County Fermanagh County Londonderry County Tyrone

Biological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

Summary	Summarised data for all sites (biological and geological)

Cornwall	Aire Point to Carrick Du Amble Marshes Baulk Head to Mullion Bedruthan Steps and Park Head Boconnoc Park and Woods Bodmin Moor, North Borlasevath and Retallack Moor Boscastle to Widemouth Brendonmoor Breney Common Bude Coast Cabilla Manor Wood Caerthillian to Kennack Carnkief Pond Carrick Heaths Carricknath Point to Porthbean Beach Carrine Common & Penwethers Chyenhal Moor Cligga Head Coombe Mill Coverack to Porthoustock Crow's Nest Crowhill Valley Dozmary Pool Draynes Wood East Lizard Heathlands Eglarooze Cliff Gerrans Bay to Camels Cove Godrevy Head to St Agnes Goonhilly Downs Goss and Tregoss Moors Greenamoor Greenscoombe Wood, Luckett Grimscott Gwithian to Mexico Towans Hayle Estuary & Carrack Gladden Kelsey Head Kennack to Coverack Kernick and Ottery Meadows Loe Pool Loggans Moor Lower Bostraze and Leswidden Lower Fal & Helford Intertidal Lymsworthy Meadows Lynher Estuary Malpas Estuary Marazion Marsh Meddon Moor Meneage Coastal Section Merthen Wood Minster Church Mullion Cliff to Predannack Cliff Nance Wood Newlyn Downs Ottery Valley Park Wood Penhale Dunes Pentire Peninsula Phoenix United Mine Plymouth Sound Shores And Cliffs Polruan to Polperro Polyne Quarry Porthgwarra to Pordenack Point Rame Head & Whitsand Bay Red Moor Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor Retire Common River Camel Valley and Tributaries Rock Dunes Rosemullion Rosenannon Bog and Downs St Austell Clay Pits St John's Lake St Nectan's Glen Steeple Point to Marsland Mouth Swanpool Sylvia's Meadow Talland Barton Tamar–Tavy Estuary Tintagel Cliffs Treen Cliff Tregonetha & Belowda Downs Tregonning Hill Trehane Barton Trelow Downs Trevose Head and Constantine Bay Upper Fal Estuary and Woods Upper Fowey Valley Ventongimps Moor West Cornwall Bryophytes West Lizard

Isles of Scilly	Annet Big Pool and Browarth Point Castle Down (Tresco) Chapel Down Eastern Isles Great Pool Gugh Higher Moors and Porth Hellick Pool Lower Moors Norrard Rocks Peninnis Head Pentle Bay, Merrick And Round Islands Plains and Great Bay Pool Of Bryher & Popplestone Bank Rushy Bay and Heathy Hill Samson Shipman Head & Shipman Down St Helen's St Martin's Sedimentary Shore Teän Western Rocks White Island Wingletang Down

Neighbouring areas Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Devon Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset

Geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

Summary	Summarised data for all sites (biological and geological)

Cornwall	Aire Point to Carrick Du Baulk Head to Mullion Bedruthan Steps and Park Head Belowda Beacon Boscastle to Widemouth Boscawen Bude Coast Caerthillian to Kennack Cameron Quarry Carn Grey Rock and Quarry Clicker Tor Quarry Cligga Head Coverack Cove and Dolor Point Coverack to Porthoustock Crocadon Quarry Crow's Nest Cuckoo Rock to Turbot Point Cudden Point to Prussia Cove De Lank Quarries Duckpool to Furzey Cove East Lizard Heathlands Folly Rocks Gerrans Bay to Camels Cove Godrevy Head to St Agnes Great Wheal Fortune Greystone Quarry Gwithian to Mexico Towans Harbour Cove Hawkstor Pit Hingston Down Quarry & Consols Kennack to Coverack Kingsand to Sandway Point Lidcott Mine Loe Pool Lower Fal & Helford Intertidal Luxulyan Quarry Meneage Coastal Section Mulberry Downs Quarry Mullion Cliff to Predannack Cliff Penberthy Croft Mine Penlee Point Penlee Quarry Pentire Peninsula Polyne Quarry Polyphant Porthcew Porthleven Cliffs Porthleven Cliffs East Rame Head & Whitsand Bay Roche Rock Rock Dunes Rosemullion Rosenun Lane South Terras Mine St Agnes Beacon Pits St Erth Sand Pits St Mewan Beacon St Michael's Mount Stepper Point Stourscombe Quarry Swanpool Tater-du Tintagel Cliffs Trebetherick Point Tregargus Quarries Trelavour Downs Tremearne Par Trevaunance Cove Trevone Bay Trevose Head and Constantine Bay Viverdon Quarry West Lizard Wheal Alfred Wheal Gorland Wheal Martyn Wheal Penrose Yeolmbridge Quarry

Isles of Scilly	Castle Down (Tresco) Chapel Down (St. Martin's) Peninnis Head (St. Mary's) Porth Seal (St. Martin's) Porthloo Shipman Head & Shipman Down (Bryher) St Martin's Sedimentary Shore Teän Watermill Cove White Island

Neighbouring areas: Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Devon Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset

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List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cornwall

Sites

See also

Notes

References