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A copy of the Register of European sites, which is maintained by the Secretary of State in relation to European sites in England by virtue of regulation 17(1)(a) of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017, as at 31 May 2021
Published 5 May 2021
Applies to England
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Under regulation 17 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 the Secretary of State is required to compile and maintain a register of European sites in England.
This document shows the entries in that register on 31 May 2021 for the purposes of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) (England) (No. 2) Order 2021.
Site locations, including cross-border sites are identified as follows:
| Site Location | Code |
|---|---|
| England | E |
| England - Scotland | ES |
| England - Wales | EW |
| England - Offshore | EO |
| England - Wales - Offshore | EWO |
Special Protection Areas (SPAs)
| Site Name | Country | Area (Ha) |
|---|---|---|
| Abberton Reservoir | E | 718.31 |
| Alde-Ore Estuary | E | 2,403.50 |
| Arun Valley | E | 530.42 |
| Ashdown Forest | E | 3,207.07 |
| Avon Valley | E | 1,351.10 |
| Benacre to Easton Bavents | E | 470.6 |
| Benfleet and Southend Marshes | E | 2,283.94 |
| Blackwater Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 4) | E | 4,403.38 |
| Bowland Fells | E | 16,007.64 |
| Breckland | E | 39,432.75 |
| Breydon Water | E | 1,203.05 |
| Broadland | E | 5,508.88 |
| Chesil Beach and The Fleet | E | 747.37 |
| Chew Valley Lake | E | 575.94 |
| Chichester and Langstone Harbours | E | 5,810.95 |
| Colne Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 2) | E | 2,719.93 |
| Coquet Island | E | 19.78 |
| Crouch and Roach Estuaries (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 3) | E | 1,745.11 |
| Deben Estuary | E | 981.08 |
| Dengie (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 1) | E | 3,133.94 |
| Dorset Heathlands | E | 8,184.96 |
| Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay | E | 4,010.29 |
| East Devon Heaths | E | 1,124.40 |
| Exe Estuary | E | 2,366.84 |
| Falmouth Bay to St Austell Bay | E | 25,899.07 |
| Farne Islands | E | 101.23 |
| Flamborough & Filey Coast | E | 7,857.99 |
| Foulness (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 5) | E | 10,940.64 |
| Gibraltar Point | E | 422.2 |
| Great Yarmouth North Denes | E | 160.37 |
| Greater Wash | EO | 353,577.86 |
| Hamford Water | E | 3,532.54 |
| Holburn Lake and Moss | E | 27.96 |
| Hornsea Mere | E | 232.25 |
| Humber Estuary | E | 37,630.24 |
| Isles of Scilly | E | 13,332.68 |
| Lee Valley | E | 451.29 |
| Leighton Moss | E | 129.65 |
| Lindisfarne | E | 3,671.03 |
| Liverpool Bay / Bae Lerpwl | EWO | 252,177.00 |
| Lower Derwent Valley | E | 1,090.87 |
| Marazion Marsh | E | 53.73 |
| Martin Mere | E | 119.75 |
| Medway Estuary and Marshes | E | 4,686.32 |
| Mersey Estuary | E | 5,023.35 |
| Mersey Narrows and North Wirral Foreshore | E | 2,078.36 |
| Minsmere-Walberswick | E | 2,019.11 |
| Morecambe Bay and Duddon Estuary | E | 66,899.96 |
| Nene Washes | E | 1,520.38 |
| New Forest | E | 27,968.96 |
| North Norfolk Coast | E | 7,862.27 |
| North Pennine Moors | E | 147,276.10 |
| North York Moors | E | 44,094.98 |
| Northumbria Coast | E | 1,097.44 |
| Northumberland Marine | E | 88,498.35 |
| Ouse Washes | E | 2,493.49 |
| Outer Thames Estuary | EO | 393,611.88 |
| Pagham Harbour | E | 629.01 |
| Peak District Moors (South Pennine Moors Phase 1) | E | 45,300.54 |
| Poole Harbour | E | 4,157.62 |
| Porton Down | E | 1,562.32 |
| Portsmouth Harbour | E | 1,249.60 |
| Ribble and Alt Estuaries | E | 12,449.92 |
| Rutland Water | E | 1,555.24 |
| Salisbury Plain | E | 19,715.99 |
| Sandlings | E | 3,405.72 |
| Severn Estuary | EW | 24,487,91 |
| Solent and Dorset Coast | E | 88,980.55 |
| Solent and Southampton Water | E | 5,401.12 |
| Solway Firth | ES | 135,749.35 |
| Somerset Levels and Moors | E | 6,395.47 |
| South Pennine Moors Phase 2 | E | 20,944.46 |
| South West London Waterbodies | E | 825.1 |
| Stodmarsh | E | 481.32 |
| Stour and Orwell Estuaries | E | 3,667.37 |
| Tamar Estuaries Complex | E | 1,944.85 |
| Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast | E | 12,210.62 |
| Thames Basin Heaths | E | 8,311.06 |
| Thames Estuary and Marshes | E | 4,802.47 |
| Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay | E | 1,880.85 |
| The Dee Estuary | EW | 14,294.95 |
| The Swale | E | 6,509.88 |
| The Wash | E | 62,044.14 |
| Thorne and Hatfield Moors | E | 2,438.46 |
| Thursley, Hankley and Frensham Commons (Wealden Heaths Phase 1) | E | 1,879.83 |
| Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits | E | 1,357.68 |
| Walmore Common | E | 53.41 |
| Wealden Heaths Phase 2 | E | 2,056.50 |
Special Areas of Conservation (SACs)
| Site Name | Country | Area (Ha) |
|---|---|---|
| Alde, Ore and Butley Estuaries | E | 1632.63 |
| Arnecliff and Park Hole Woods | E | 52.39 |
| Arun Valley | E | 487.48 |
| Asby Complex | E | 3134.01 |
| Ashdown Forest | E | 2715.88 |
| Aston Rowant | E | 124.89 |
| Avon Gorge Woodlands | E | 151.07 |
| Barnack Hills and Holes | E | 23.54 |
| Baston Fen | E | 2.12 |
| Bath and Bradford-on-Avon Bats | E | 106.45 |
| Beast Cliff - Whitby (Robin Hood’s Bay) | E | 265.48 |
| Bee’s Nest and Green Clay Pits | E | 14.7 |
| Beer Quarry and Caves | E | 31 |
| Benacre to Easton Bavents Lagoons | E | 326.7 |
| Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast | ES | 65226.1 |
| Birklands and Bilhaugh | E | 270.5 |
| Blackstone Point | E | 7.81 |
| Blean Complex | E | 522.89 |
| Bolton Fell Moss | E | 381.13 |
| Border Mires, Kielder - Butterburn | E | 11811.4 |
| Borrowdale Woodland Complex | E | 669.43 |
| Bracket’s Coppice | E | 53.75 |
| Braunton Burrows | E | 1339.74 |
| Breckland | E | 7543.5 |
| Bredon Hill | E | 360.46 |
| Breney Common and Goss and Tregoss Moors | E | 824.05 |
| Briddlesford Copses | E | 165.44 |
| Bristol Channel Approaches / Dynesfeydd Môr Hafren | EWO | 584994 |
| Brown Moss | E | 31.64 |
| Burnham Beeches | E | 383.71 |
| Butser Hill | E | 237.36 |
| Calf Hill and Cragg Woods | E | 34.43 |
| Cannock Chase | E | 1244.2 |
| Cannock Extension Canal | E | 5 |
| Carrine Common | E | 46.44 |
| Castle Eden Dene | E | 189 |
| Castle Hill | E | 114.53 |
| Cerne and Sydling Downs | E | 371.75 |
| Chesil and the Fleet | E | 1634.91 |
| Chilmark Quarries | E | 10.16 |
| Chilterns Beechwoods | E | 1285.86 |
| Clints Quarry | E | 12.56 |
| Cothill Fen | E | 43.39 |
| Cotswold Beechwoods | E | 590.2 |
| Craven Limestone Complex | E | 5326.09 |
| Crookhill Brick Pit | E | 4.64 |
| Crowdy Marsh | E | 92.53 |
| Culm Grasslands | E | 774.21 |
| Cumbrian Marsh Fritillary Site | E | 22.55 |
| Dartmoor | E | 23158.6 |
| Dawlish Warren | E | 58.69 |
| Dee Estuary/ Aber Dyfrdwy | EW | 15805.3 |
| Denby Grange Colliery Ponds | E | 18.34 |
| Devil’s Dyke | E | 7.68 |
| Dew’s Ponds | E | 6.59 |
| Dixton Wood | E | 13.02 |
| Dorset Heaths | E | 5719.54 |
| Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes | E | 2230.53 |
| Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs | E | 184.54 |
| Downton Gorge | E | 68.88 |
| Drigg Coast | E | 1396 |
| Duddon Mosses | E | 311.42 |
| Duncton to Bignor Escarpment | E | 211.84 |
| Dungeness | E | 3241.43 |
| Durham Coast | E | 389.61 |
| East Devon Pebblebed Heaths | E | 1124.4 |
| East Hampshire Hangers | E | 561.69 |
| Ebernoe Common | E | 234.93 |
| Eller’s Wood and Sand Dale | E | 4.22 |
| Emer Bog | E | 36.76 |
| Ensor’s Pool | E | 3.86 |
| Epping Forest | E | 1630.74 |
| Essex Estuaries | E | 46110 |
| Eversden and Wimpole Woods | E | 66.22 |
| Exmoor and Quantock Oakwoods | E | 1894.05 |
| Exmoor Heaths | E | 10670.3 |
| Fal and Helford | E | 6362.83 |
| Fen Bog | E | 26.98 |
| Fenland | E | 619.25 |
| Fenn’s, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses | EW | 948.84 |
| Fens Pools | E | 20 |
| Flamborough Head | E | 6403.01 |
| Folkestone to Etchinghill Escarpment | E | 187.02 |
| Fontmell and Melbury Downs | E | 263.09 |
| Ford Moss | E | 60.96 |
| Gang Mine | E | 8.26 |
| Godrevy Head to St Agnes | E | 128.39 |
| Great Yews | E | 29.09 |
| Grimsthorpe | E | 0.36 |
| Hackpen Hill | E | 35.57 |
| Haisborough, Hammond and Winterton | EO | 146759 |
| Hamford Water | E | 50.34 |
| Harbottle Moors | E | 931.77 |
| Hartslock Wood | E | 34.16 |
| Hastings Cliffs | E | 182.47 |
| Hatfield Moor | E | 1359.45 |
| Helbeck and Swindale Woods | E | 136.9 |
| Hestercombe House | E | 0.06 |
| Holme Moor and Clean Moor | E | 7.43 |
| Holnest | E | 54.8 |
| Humber Estuary | E | 36657.2 |
| Ingleborough Complex | E | 5770.45 |
| Inner Dowsing, Race Bank and North Ridge | EO | 84514 |
| Isle of Portland to Studland Cliffs | E | 1441.75 |
| Isle of Wight Downs | E | 458.08 |
| Isles of Scilly Complex | E | 26848.6 |
| Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain | E | 112.24 |
| Kennet Valley Alderwoods | E | 57.73 |
| Kingley Vale | E | 200.94 |
| Kirk Deighton | E | 3.99 |
| Lake District High Fells | E | 27003.1 |
| Lands End and Cape Bank | E | 30203.6 |
| Lewes Downs | E | 146 |
| Little Wittenham | E | 68.65 |
| Lizard Point | E | 13995.2 |
| Lower Bostraze and Leswidden | E | 2.34 |
| Lower Derwent Valley | E | 921.26 |
| Lundy | E | 3070.95 |
| Lydden and Temple Ewell Downs | E | 62.77 |
| Lyme Bay and Torbay | E | 31246.7 |
| Lyppard Grange Ponds | E | 1.09 |
| Manchester Mosses | E | 170.49 |
| Margate and Long Sands | E | 64876.9 |
| Mells Valley | E | 28.77 |
| Mendip Limestone Grasslands | E | 415.24 |
| Mendip Woodlands | E | 251.39 |
| Minsmere to Walberswick Heaths and Marshes | E | 1256.57 |
| Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment | E | 892.3 |
| Moor House - Upper Teesdale | E | 38803.2 |
| Morecambe Bay | E | 61538.2 |
| Morecambe Bay Pavements | E | 2607.95 |
| Mottey Meadows | E | 43.69 |
| Mottisfont Bats | E | 196.55 |
| Naddle Forest | E | 362.67 |
| Nene Washes | E | 82.57 |
| Newham Fen | E | 13.46 |
| Newlyn Downs | E | 115.41 |
| Norfolk Valley Fens | E | 616.48 |
| North Downs Woodlands | E | 288.58 |
| North Meadow and Clattinger Farm | E | 105.23 |
| North Norfolk Coast | E | 3148.6 |
| North Northumberland Dunes | E | 1127.27 |
| North Pennine Dales Meadows | E | 481.64 |
| North Pennine Moors | E | 103014 |
| North Somerset and Mendip Bats | E | 555.93 |
| North York Moors | E | 44053.3 |
| Oak Mere | E | 68.53 |
| Orfordness - Shingle Street | E | 888 |
| Orton Pit | E | 141.24 |
| Ouse Washes | E | 332.61 |
| Overstrand Cliffs | E | 29.82 |
| Ox Close | E | 141.07 |
| Oxford Meadows | E | 267.4 |
| Parkgate Down | E | 6.92 |
| Paston Great Barn | E | 0.96 |
| Pasturefields Salt Marsh | E | 7.8 |
| Peak District Dales | E | 2336.91 |
| Penhale Dunes | E | 621.95 |
| Peter’s Pit | E | 28.91 |
| Pevensey Levels | E | 3585.38 |
| Pewsey Downs | E | 153 |
| Phoenix United Mine and Crow’s Nest | E | 48.65 |
| Plymouth Sound and Estuaries | E | 6386.95 |
| Polruan to Polperro | E | 210.24 |
| Portholme | E | 91.56 |
| Prescombe Down | E | 75.6 |
| Quants | E | 20.33 |
| Queendown Warren | E | 14.48 |
| Rex Graham Reserve | E | 2.65 |
| Richmond Park | E | 846.27 |
| River Avon | E | 416.57 |
| River Axe | E | 22.94 |
| River Camel | E | 604.7 |
| River Clun | E | 14.64 |
| River Dee and Bala Lake/ Afon Dyfrdwy a Llyn Tegid | EW | 1271.32 |
| River Derwent | E | 397.87 |
| River Derwent and Bassenthwaite Lake | E | 1793.8 |
| River Eden | E | 2430.39 |
| River Ehen | E | 23.33 |
| River Itchen | E | 303.98 |
| River Kent | E | 88.9 |
| River Lambourn | E | 28.78 |
| River Mease | E | 23.03 |
| River Tweed | ES | 3742.65 |
| River Wensum | E | 306.79 |
| River Wye/ Afon Gwy | EW | 2147.64 |
| Rixton Clay Pits | E | 13.65 |
| Rochdale Canal | E | 24.86 |
| Rodborough Common | E | 109.27 |
| Roman Wall Loughs | E | 683.1 |
| Rook Clift | E | 10.62 |
| Rooksmoor | E | 62.2 |
| Roudsea Wood and Mosses | E | 471.36 |
| Roydon Common and Dersingham Bog | E | 353.45 |
| Salisbury Plain | E | 21465.9 |
| Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes and Gibraltar Point | E | 967.65 |
| Sandwich Bay | E | 1136.7 |
| Sefton Coast | E | 4591.59 |
| Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren | EW | 73714.1 |
| Shell Flat and Lune Deep | E | 10567.5 |
| Shortheath Common | E | 58.53 |
| Sidmouth to West Bay | E | 895.58 |
| Simonside Hills | E | 2082.6 |
| Singleton and Cocking Tunnels | E | 1.88 |
| Skipwith Common | E | 294.6 |
| Solent and Isle of Wight Lagoons | E | 37.93 |
| Solent Maritime | E | 11243.1 |
| Solway Firth | ES | 43676.2 |
| South Dartmoor Woods | E | 2159.06 |
| South Devon Shore Dock | E | 332.12 |
| South Hams | E | 126.87 |
| South Pennine Moors | E | 65024.3 |
| South Solway Mosses | E | 1956.23 |
| South Wight Maritime | E | 19866.1 |
| Southern North Sea | EO | 3695054 |
| St Albans Head to Durlston Head | E | 283.4 |
| St Austell Clay Pits | E | 0.6 |
| Start Point to Plymouth Sound & Eddystone | E | 34089.6 |
| Staverton Park and The Thicks, Wantisden | E | 84.28 |
| Stodmarsh | E | 563.27 |
| Strensall Common | E | 572 |
| Studland to Portland | E | 33184.3 |
| Subberthwaite, Blawith and Torver Low Commons | E | 1860.19 |
| Tankerton Slopes and Swalecliffe | E | 13.01 |
| Tarn Moss | E | 16.97 |
| Thanet Coast | E | 2815.95 |
| The Broads | E | 5889.43 |
| The Lizard | E | 3083.23 |
| The Mens | E | 204.69 |
| The New Forest | E | 29213.6 |
| The Stiperstones and The Hollies | E | 602.18 |
| The Wash and North Norfolk Coast | E | 107718 |
| Thorne Moor | E | 1911.02 |
| Thrislington | E | 23.33 |
| Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham | E | 5154.5 |
| Tintagel-Marsland-Clovelly Coast | E | 2380.44 |
| Tregonning Hill | E | 5.42 |
| Tweed Estuary | E | 156.24 |
| Tyne and Allen River Gravels | E | 36.76 |
| Tyne and Nent | E | 37.74 |
| Ullswater Oakwoods | E | 123.37 |
| Walton Moss | E | 286.74 |
| Wast Water | E | 284.11 |
| Waveney and Little Ouse Valley Fens | E | 192.37 |
| West Dorset Alder Woods | E | 329.06 |
| West Midlands Mosses | E | 184.62 |
| Wimbledon Common | E | 351.38 |
| Windsor Forest and Great Park | E | 1680.18 |
| Winterton - Horsey Dunes | E | 426.96 |
| Witherslack Mosses | E | 486.71 |
| Woolmer Forest | E | 670.15 |
| Wormley Hoddesdonpark Woods | E | 336.47 |
| Wye and Crundale Downs | E | 111.32 |
| Wye Valley and Forest of Dean Bat Sites/ Safleoedd Ystlumod Dyffryn Gwy a Fforest y Ddena | EW | 144.82 |
| Wye Valley Woodlands/ Coetiroedd Dyffryn Gwy | EW | 913.32 |
| Yewbarrow Woods | E | 112.7 |
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