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List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset

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This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in the county of Dorset, England, United Kingdom. In England the body responsible for designating SSSIs is Natural England, which chooses a site because of its fauna, flora, geological or physiographical features.[1] Natural England uses Dorset's borders to mark one of its Areas of Search. As of 2012, there are 139 sites designated in this Area of Search.[2] There are 20 sites with a purely geological interest, and 103 listed for biological interest. A further 16 sites are designated for both reasons.

Woodland in Aunt Mary's Bottom SSSI, Dorset

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 1974–1996 county system[3] and as such the same approach is followed here. The data in the table is taken from Natural England in the form of citation sheets for each SSSI, and the County Background Datasheet for Dorset.[4]

For other counties, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.

Sites

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Site name Reason for designation Area[A] Coordinates & Grid ref[B] Year in which notified Other designations Map[C] & Citation
Biological interest Geological interest Hectares Acres
Abbotsbury Blind Lane  Y 0.2 0.5 50°40′05″N 2°36′04″W / 50.668°N 2.601°W / 50.668; -2.601 (Abbotsbury Blind Lane)
    SY576855 		1977 AONB, GCR, HC Map [5]
Abbotsbury Castle  Y 34.9 86.2 50°40′26″N 2°37′16″W / 50.674°N 2.621°W / 50.674; -2.621 (Abbotsbury Castle)
    SY562862 		1984 AONB, HC Map [6]
Arne  Y  Y 557.6 1,377.9 50°41′24″N 2°03′07″W / 50.69°N 2.052°W / 50.69; -2.052 (Arne)
    SY964878 		1986 AONB, SPA, GCR, NNR, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC Map [7]
Alder Hills  Y  Y 5.2 13 1984 [8]
Aunt Mary's Bottom  Y 8.2 20.3 50°49′05″N 2°38′46″W / 50.818°N 2.646°W / 50.818; -2.646 (Aunt Mary's Bottom)
    ST546023 		1991 AONB, SAC Map [9]
River Avon System  Y 475.9 1,176.1 51°01′34″N 1°45′36″W / 51.026°N 1.76°W / 51.026; -1.76 (River Avon System)
    SU169252 		1996 NCR, SAC Map [10]
Avon Valley (Bickton To Christchurch)  Y 1,403.8 3,468.9 50°46′19″N 1°47′28″W / 50.772°N 1.791°W / 50.772; -1.791 (Avon Valley (Bickton To Christchurch))
    SZ148970 		1993 SPA, ESA, WT, NCR, Ramsar site Map [11]
River Axe, Devon  Y  Y 69.5 171.8 50°46′48″N 3°00′25″W / 50.78°N 3.007°W / 50.78; -3.007 (River Axe)
    SY291983 		1999 AONB, GCR, SAC Map [12]
Babylon Hill  Y 1.1 2.7 50°56′10″N 2°36′11″W / 50.936°N 2.603°W / 50.936; -2.603 (Babylon Hill)
    ST577154 		1986 GCR Map [13]
Batcombe Down  Y 18.5 45.7 50°49′59″N 2°32′28″W / 50.833°N 2.541°W / 50.833; -2.541 (Batcombe Down)
    ST620039 		1977 AONB Map [14]
Belle Vue Quarry  Y 2.6 6.4 50°36′14″N 1°58′55″W / 50.604°N 1.982°W / 50.604; -1.982 (Belle Vue Quarry)
    SZ014782 		1952 AONB, NT Map [15]
Bere Stream  Y 10.9 27.0 50°43′44″N 2°12′11″W / 50.729°N 2.203°W / 50.729; -2.203 (Bere Stream)
    SY858922 		1977 Map [16]
Black Hill Down  Y 59.6 147.2 50°48′N 2°28′W / 50.8°N 2.47°W / 50.8; -2.47 (Black Hill Down)
    ST670002 		1977 AONB, SAC Map [17]
Black Hill Heath  Y 70.5 174.3 50°44′42″N 2°13′55″W / 50.745°N 2.232°W / 50.745; -2.232 (Black Hill Heath)
    SY837940 		1989 SPA, Ramsar site, SAC Map [18]
Blackdown (Hardy Monument)  Y 21.8 54.0 50°41′06″N 2°33′04″W / 50.685°N 2.551°W / 50.685; -2.551 (Blackdown (Hardy Monument))
    SY612874 		1989 AONB, GCR, NT Map [19]
Blackmore Vale Commons and Moors  Y 299.3 739.7 50°54′04″N 2°21′18″W / 50.901°N 2.355°W / 50.901; -2.355 (Blackmore Vale Commons and Moors)
    ST751113 		2012 Common land, SAC Map [20]
Blandford Camp  Y 28.7 70.9 50°52′34″N 2°06′29″W / 50.876°N 2.108°W / 50.876; -2.108 (Blandford Camp)
    ST925085 		1994 AONB Map [21]
Blashenwell Farm Pit  Y 11.3 28.0 50°37′26″N 2°04′08″W / 50.624°N 2.069°W / 50.624; -2.069 (Blashenwell Farm Pit)
    SY952805 		1954 AONB, GCR Map [22]
Blue Pool And Norden Heaths  Y 112.5 278.0 50°38′53″N 2°05′17″W / 50.648°N 2.088°W / 50.648; -2.088 (Blue Pool And Norden Heaths)
    SY939831 		1985 AONB, SPA, Ramsar site, SAC Map [23]
Boulsbury Wood  Y 119.8 295.9 50°56′06″N 1°53′46″W / 50.935°N 1.896°W / 50.935; -1.896 (Boulsbury Wood)
    SU074151 		1983 Map [24]
Bourne Valley  Y 72.8 180.0 50°44′02″N 1°54′22″W / 50.734°N 1.906°W / 50.734; -1.906 (Bourne Valley)
    SZ067927 		1995 SAM, SPA, LNR, WT, Ramsar site, SAC Map [25]
Bracket's Coppice And Ryewater Farm  Y 53.8 132.8 50°51′43″N 2°41′17″W / 50.862°N 2.688°W / 50.862; -2.688 (Bracket's Coppice And Ryewater Farm)
    ST517072 		1984 AONB, SAC Map [26]
Bradford Abbas Railway Cutting  Y 1.4 3.4 50°55′41″N 2°34′59″W / 50.928°N 2.583°W / 50.928; -2.583 (Bradford Abbas Railway Cutting)
    ST591144 		1990 GCR Map [27]
Breach Fields  Y 11.4 28.2 50°59′56″N 2°12′40″W / 50.999°N 2.211°W / 50.999; -2.211 (Breach Fields)
    ST853222 		1991 Map [28]
Brenscombe Heath  Y 34.8 85.9 50°38′56″N 2°01′30″W / 50.649°N 2.025°W / 50.649; -2.025 (Brenscombe Heath)
    SY983833 		1985 AONB, HC, Ramsar site, SAC Map [29]
Bryanston  Y 0.3 0.7 50°51′40″N 2°10′48″W / 50.861°N 2.18°W / 50.861; -2.18 (Bryanston)
    ST874069 		1977 AONB Map [30]
Bugden's Copse And Meadows  Y 7.6 18.7 50°52′44″N 1°52′30″W / 50.879°N 1.875°W / 50.879; -1.875 (Bugden's Copse And Meadows)
    SU089088 		1990 LNR Map [31]
Burton Bradstock  Y 0.1 0.2 50°42′00″N 2°43′41″W / 50.7°N 2.728°W / 50.7; -2.728 (Burton Bradstock)
    SY487892 		1986 AONB, GCR, HC Map [32]
Canford Heath  Y 413.1 1,020.7 50°45′47″N 1°57′43″W / 50.763°N 1.962°W / 50.763; -1.962 (Canford Heath)
    SZ028959 		1985 SAM, SPA, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC Map [33]
Chalbury Hill And Quarry  Y 12.0 29.6 50°39′11″N 2°26′02″W / 50.653°N 2.434°W / 50.653; -2.434 (Chalbury Hill And Quarry)
    SY694838 		1984 AONB, GCR Map [34]
Chesil & The Fleet  Y  Y 983.1 2,429.4 50°37′30″N 2°33′14″W / 50.625°N 2.554°W / 50.625; -2.554 (Chesil & The Fleet)
    SY609807 		1986 AONB, GCR, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC Map [35]
Christchurch Harbour  Y  Y 352.1 870.2 50°43′16″N 1°45′29″W / 50.721°N 1.758°W / 50.721; -1.758 (Christchurch Harbour)
    SZ172913 		1986 SAM, GCR, LNR, SAC Map [36]
Conegar Road Cutting  Y 0.2 0.4 50°49′19″N 2°47′53″W / 50.822°N 2.798°W / 50.822; -2.798 (Conegar Road Cutting)
    ST439028 		1996 AONB Map [37]
Corfe & Barrow Hills  Y 101.6 251.1 50°46′23″N 2°00′11″W / 50.773°N 2.003°W / 50.773; -2.003 (Corfe & Barrow Hills)
    SY999970 		1986 SPA, Ramsar site, SAC Map [38]
Corfe Common  Y 91.0 224.8 50°37′44″N 2°03′43″W / 50.629°N 2.062°W / 50.629; -2.062 (Corfe Common)
    SY957810 		1984 AONB, NT, Ramsar site, SAC Map [39]
Corfe Meadows  Y 18.1 44.8 50°39′11″N 2°03′14″W / 50.653°N 2.054°W / 50.653; -2.054 (Corfe Meadows)
    SY963837 		1987 AONB, HC Map [40]
Corfe Mullen Pastures  Y 11.9 29.4 50°45′58″N 2°02′13″W / 50.766°N 2.037°W / 50.766; -2.037 (Corfe Mullen Pastures)
    SY975963 		1994 Ramsar site, SAC Map [41]
Corton Cutting  Y 0.2 0.6 50°40′01″N 2°30′58″W / 50.667°N 2.516°W / 50.667; -2.516 (Corton Cutting)
    SY636854 		1997 AONB, GCR Map [42]
Court Farm, Sydling  Y 83.2 205.5 50°47′42″N 2°32′42″W / 50.795°N 2.545°W / 50.795; -2.545 (Court Farm, Sydling)
    SY617996 		1987 AONB, SAC Map [43]
Cranborne Common  Y 133.3 329.4 50°53′31″N 1°51′43″W / 50.892°N 1.862°W / 50.892; -1.862 (Cranborne Common)
    SU098103 		1985 AONB, SPA, WT, Ramsar site, SAC Map [44]
Creech Grange  Y <0.1 0.1 50°38′20″N 2°07′37″W / 50.639°N 2.127°W / 50.639; -2.127 (Creech Grange)
    SY911822 		1986 AONB, NCR Map [45]
Crookhill Brick Pit  Y 4.7 11.6 50°37′05″N 2°30′18″W / 50.618°N 2.505°W / 50.618; -2.505 (Crookhill Brick Pit)
    SY644799 		2003 GCR, HC Map [46]
Cull-peppers Dish  Y 0.8 2.1 50°43′55″N 2°15′54″W / 50.732°N 2.265°W / 50.732; -2.265 (Cull-Peppers Dish)
    SY814925 		1989 GCR Map [47]
Drakenorth  Y 26.2 64.8 50°46′41″N 2°40′26″W / 50.778°N 2.674°W / 50.778; -2.674 (Drakenorth)
    SY526978 		1986 AONB Map [48]
East Coppice  Y 4.7 11.7 50°44′46″N 2°09′00″W / 50.746°N 2.15°W / 50.746; -2.15 (East Coppice)
    SY895941 		1987 Map [49]
Ebblake Bog  Y 11.4 28.2 50°51′43″N 1°51′07″W / 50.862°N 1.852°W / 50.862; -1.852 (Ebblake Bog)
    SU105069 		1985 SPA, Ramsar site, SAC Map [50]
Eggardon Hill & Luccas Farm  Y 144.4 356.7 50°45′11″N 2°39′18″W / 50.753°N 2.655°W / 50.753; -2.655 (Eggardon Hill & Luccas Farm)
    SY539950 		1986 AONB, NT, NCR Map [51]
Ferndown Common  Y 64.4 159.1 50°47′56″N 1°54′18″W / 50.799°N 1.905°W / 50.799; -1.905 (Ferndown Common)
    SZ068999 		1984 SPA, SAC Map [52]
Fontmell And Melbury Downs  Y 263.1 650.1 50°57′40″N 2°09′54″W / 50.961°N 2.165°W / 50.961; -2.165 (Fontmell And Melbury Downs)
    ST885180 		1987 AONB, NT, SAC Map [53]
Frogden Quarry  Y 0.2 0.5 50°57′47″N 2°30′11″W / 50.963°N 2.503°W / 50.963; -2.503 (Frogden Quarry)
    ST648183 		1986 GCR Map [54]
River Frome  Y 151.5 374.2 50°41′56″N 2°15′58″W / 50.699°N 2.266°W / 50.699; -2.266 (River Frome)
    SY813888 		1998 SAM, AONB, WT, Ramsar site Map [55]
Frome St Quintin  Y 32.7 80.7 50°49′59″N 2°35′53″W / 50.833°N 2.598°W / 50.833; -2.598 (Frome St. Quintin)
    ST580039 		1991 AONB, SAC Map [56]
Giant Hill  Y 84.1 207.8 50°49′01″N 2°28′23″W / 50.817°N 2.473°W / 50.817; -2.473 (Giant Hill)
    ST668020 		1985 AONB, NT, SAC Map [57]
Goathill Quarry  Y 0.3 0.7 50°57′22″N 2°28′16″W / 50.956°N 2.471°W / 50.956; -2.471 (Goathill Quarry)
    ST670175 		1986 GCR Map [58]
Halfway House Quarry  Y 0.9 2.1 50°56′42″N 2°34′05″W / 50.945°N 2.568°W / 50.945; -2.568 (Halfway House Quarry)
    ST602163 		1986 GCR Map [59]
Ham Common  Y  Y 32.9 81.4 50°42′58″N 2°01′48″W / 50.716°N 2.03°W / 50.716; -2.03 (Ham Common)
    SY980907 		1987 SPA, GCR, LNR, MOD, Ramsar site, SAC Map [60]
Handcocks Bottom  Y 54.4 134.5 50°55′05″N 2°08′31″W / 50.918°N 2.142°W / 50.918; -2.142 (Handcocks Bottom)
    ST901132 		1988 AONB Map [61]
Hartland Moor  Y 301.3 744.5 50°39′58″N 2°04′16″W / 50.666°N 2.071°W / 50.666; -2.071 (Hartland Moor)
    SY951851 		1986 AONB, SPA, NNR, NT, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC Map [62]
Haydon And Askerswell Downs  Y 107.4 265.4 50°44′24″N 2°38′42″W / 50.74°N 2.645°W / 50.74; -2.645 (Haydon And Askerswell Downs)
    SY546936 		1985 AONB, NCR Map [63]
Highcliffe To Milford Cliffs  Y 110.1 272.1 50°43′52″N 1°38′20″W / 50.731°N 1.639°W / 50.731; -1.639 (Highcliffe To Milford Cliffs)
    SZ256924 		1991 GCR Map [64]
Higher Houghton  Y 145.0 358.4 50°50′35″N 2°17′06″W / 50.843°N 2.285°W / 50.843; -2.285 (Higher Houghton)
    ST800049 		1984 SAM, AONB, ESA, NCR Map [65]
Hod And Hambledon Hills  Y 101.4 250.5 50°54′47″N 2°13′23″W / 50.913°N 2.223°W / 50.913; -2.223 (Hod And Hambledon Hills)
    ST844126 		1986 AONB, NNR, NT, NCR Map [66]
Hog Cliff  Y 85.4 211.1 50°46′12″N 2°32′49″W / 50.77°N 2.547°W / 50.77; -2.547 (Hog Cliff)
    SY615969 		1985 AONB, NNR, SAC Map [67]
Holnest  Y 54.9 135.8 50°53′38″N 2°28′30″W / 50.894°N 2.475°W / 50.894; -2.475 (Holnest)
    ST667106 		2004 SAC Map [68]
Holt And West Moors Heaths  Y 767.0 1,895.2 50°50′28″N 1°56′13″W / 50.841°N 1.937°W / 50.841; -1.937 (Holt And West Moors Heaths)
    SU045046 		1988 SPA, MOD, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC Map [69]
Holton And Sandford Heaths  Y 277.2 684.9 50°43′19″N 2°04′08″W / 50.722°N 2.069°W / 50.722; -2.069 (Holton And Sandford Heaths)
    SY952914 		1997 SPA, NNR, Ramsar site, SAC, Map [70]
Holway Hill Quarry  Y 0.1 0.3 50°59′17″N 2°31′01″W / 50.988°N 2.517°W / 50.988; -2.517 (Holway Hill Quarry)
    ST638211 		1998 Map [71]
Horn Park Quarry  Y  Y 2.7 6.6 50°48′58″N 2°46′19″W / 50.816°N 2.772°W / 50.816; -2.772 (Horn Park Quarry)
    ST457021 		1986 AONB, GCR, NNR Map [72]
Horton Common  Y 20.1 49.5 50°51′47″N 1°53′42″W / 50.863°N 1.895°W / 50.863; -1.895 (Horton Common)
    SU075071 		1984 SPA, Ramsar site, SAC Map [73]
Hurn Common  Y 83.4 206.1 50°47′24″N 1°50′31″W / 50.79°N 1.842°W / 50.79; -1.842 (Hurn Common)
    SZ112990 		1986 CP, SPA, WT, MOD, SAC, Map [74]
Lambert's Castle  Y 109.2 269.9 50°46′34″N 2°53′46″W / 50.776°N 2.896°W / 50.776; -2.896 (Lambert's Castle)
    SY369978 		1989 AONB Map [75]
Langford Meadow  Y 7.8 19.2 50°45′18″N 2°30′58″W / 50.755°N 2.516°W / 50.755; -2.516 (Langford Meadow)
    SY637952 		1985 AONB Map [76]
Lions Hill  Y 43.4 107.2 50°49′59″N 1°51′14″W / 50.833°N 1.854°W / 50.833; -1.854 (Lions Hill)
    SU104037 		1985 SPA, Ramsar site, SAC Map [77]
Lodmoor  Y 74.9 185.1 50°37′55″N 2°26′38″W / 50.632°N 2.444°W / 50.632; -2.444 (Lodmoor)
    SY687815 		1985 RSPB Map [78]
Lorton  Y 21.3 52.7 50°38′20″N 2°27′40″W / 50.639°N 2.461°W / 50.639; -2.461 (Lorton)
    SY675823 		1987 Map [79]
Low's Hill Quarry  Y 0.8 1.9 50°56′35″N 2°33′22″W / 50.943°N 2.556°W / 50.943; -2.556 (Low's Hill Quarry)
    ST610161 		1989 GCR Map [80]
Lulworth Park & Lake  Y 46.9 115.8 50°38′35″N 2°12′22″W / 50.643°N 2.206°W / 50.643; -2.206 (Lulworth Park & Lake)
    SY855826 		1988 AONB Map [81]
Luscombe Valley  Y 58.0 143.2 50°42′14″N 1°55′55″W / 50.704°N 1.932°W / 50.704; -1.932 (Luscombe Valley)
    SZ049894 		1996 LNR Map [82]
Lyscombe And Highdon  Y 82.9 204.9 50°48′43″N 2°22′37″W / 50.812°N 2.377°W / 50.812; -2.377 (Lyscombe And Highdon)
    ST735014 		1986 SAM, AONB, ESA Map [83]
Mapperton And Poorton Vales  Y 85.2 210.6 50°47′38″N 2°41′31″W / 50.794°N 2.692°W / 50.794; -2.692 (Mapperton And Poorton Vales)
    SY513996 		1992 AONB, SAC Map [84]
Martin And Tidpit Downs  Y 367.5 908.2 50°58′01″N 1°55′34″W / 50.967°N 1.926°W / 50.967; -1.926 (Martin And Tidpit Downs)
    SU053186 		1987 SAM, AONB, NNR, NCR Map [85]
Melbury Park  Y 259.4 640.9 50°50′56″N 2°36′22″W / 50.849°N 2.606°W / 50.849; -2.606 (Melbury Park)
    ST574057 		1985 AONB, NCR Map [86]
The Moors  Y 157.9 390.1 50°41′02″N 2°04′26″W / 50.684°N 2.074°W / 50.684; -2.074 (The Moors)
    SY949871 		1985 AONB, SPA, HC, Ramsar site, SAC Map [87]
Moors River System  Y 291.9 721.3 50°47′42″N 1°50′38″W / 50.795°N 1.844°W / 50.795; -1.844 (Moors River System)
    SZ111995 		1999 AONB, CP, WT, NCR Map [88]
Morcombelake  Y 23.0 56.7 50°44′42″N 2°50′42″W / 50.745°N 2.845°W / 50.745; -2.845 (Morcombelake)
    SY405943 		1991 AONB, HC Map [89]
Morden Bog And Hyde Heath  Y 659.9 1,630.6 50°43′37″N 2°11′17″W / 50.727°N 2.188°W / 50.727; -2.188 (Morden Bog And Hyde Heath)
    SY868920 		1996 SAM, SPA, NNR, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC Map [90]
Nicodemus Heights  Y 7.9 19.5 50°33′25″N 2°25′52″W / 50.557°N 2.431°W / 50.557; -2.431 (Nicodemus Heights)
    SY696731 		1999 SAC Map [91]
Oakers Bog  Y  Y 29.8 73.7 50°43′34″N 2°15′58″W / 50.726°N 2.266°W / 50.726; -2.266 (Oakers Bog)
    SY813918 		1988 SPA, GCR, Ramsar site, SAC Map [92]
Oakers Wood  Y 47.2 116.5 50°43′23″N 2°16′34″W / 50.723°N 2.276°W / 50.723; -2.276 (Oakers Wood)
    SY806915 		1984 Map [93]
Oakhills Coppice  Y 14.4 35.6 50°53′N 2°02′W / 50.88°N 2.03°W / 50.88; -2.03 (Oakhills Coppice)
    ST980089 		1990 AONB Map [94]
Parley Common  Y 163.9 405.1 50°47′35″N 1°52′19″W / 50.793°N 1.872°W / 50.793; -1.872 (Parley Common)
    SZ091993 		1984 SPA, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC, Map [95]
Peashill Quarry  Y 0.4 1.1 50°43′16″N 2°43′01″W / 50.721°N 2.717°W / 50.721; -2.717 (Peashill Quarry)
    SY495915 		1989 AONB, GCR Map [96]
Pentridge Down  Y 62.3 154.0 50°57′14″N 1°56′35″W / 50.954°N 1.943°W / 50.954; -1.943 (Pentridge Down)
    SU041172 		1996 AONB Map [97]
Piddles Wood  Y 73.1 180.5 50°54′54″N 2°17′35″W / 50.915°N 2.293°W / 50.915; -2.293 (Piddles Wood)
    ST795129 		1985 WT Map [98]
Pitcombe Down  Y 13.1 32.4 50°42′14″N 2°35′24″W / 50.704°N 2.59°W / 50.704; -2.59 (Pitcombe Down)
    SY584895 		1985 AONB Map [99]
Poole Bay Cliffs  Y 12.3 30.4 50°42′43″N 1°53′49″W / 50.712°N 1.897°W / 50.712; -1.897 (Poole Bay Cliffs)
    SZ074903 		1989 GCR Map [100]
Poole Harbour  Y 2,268.9 5,606.6 50°43′12″N 2°02′28″W / 50.72°N 2.041°W / 50.72; -2.041 (Poole Harbour)
    SY972911 		1990 AONB, SPA, NT, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC Map [101]
Isle of Portland  Y  Y 352.1 869.9 50°31′44″N 2°26′20″W / 50.529°N 2.439°W / 50.529; -2.439 (Isle Of Portland)
    SY690700 		1987 GCR, SAC Map [102]
Portland Harbour Shore  Y  Y 28.1 69.4 50°35′53″N 2°27′29″W / 50.598°N 2.458°W / 50.598; -2.458 (Portland Harbour Shore)
    SY677777 		1987 Crown estate, GCR, SAC Map [103]
Povington And Grange Heaths  Y 1,217.1 3,007.5 50°39′04″N 2°09′14″W / 50.651°N 2.154°W / 50.651; -2.154 (Povington And Grange Heaths)
    SY892835 		1986 AONB, SPA, MOD, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC Map [104]
Powerstock Common And Wytherston Farm  Y 161.7 399.5 50°46′01″N 2°39′14″W / 50.767°N 2.654°W / 50.767; -2.654 (Powerstock Common And Wytherston Farm)
    SY540966 		1900 AONB, WT, SAC, Map [105]
Poxwell  Y 0.4 1.1 50°39′04″N 2°22′08″W / 50.651°N 2.369°W / 50.651; -2.369 (Poxwell)
    SY740835 		1998 AONB Map [106]
Purbeck Ridge (East)  Y  Y 143.6 354.8 50°37′48″N 1°57′18″W / 50.63°N 1.955°W / 50.63; -1.955 (Purbeck Ridge (East))
    SZ033811 		1999 AONB, GCR, HC, SAC Map [107]
Purbeck Ridge (West)  Y 144.7 357.5 50°37′59″N 2°09′29″W / 50.633°N 2.158°W / 50.633; -2.158 (Purbeck Ridge (West))
    SY889815 		1986 AONB Map [108]
Purewell Meadows  Y 12.9 31.8 50°44′20″N 1°45′58″W / 50.739°N 1.766°W / 50.739; -1.766 (Purewell Meadows)
    SZ166933 		1985 Map [109]
Radipole Lake  Y 96.0 237.1 50°37′23″N 2°28′05″W / 50.623°N 2.468°W / 50.623; -2.468 (Radipole Lake)
    SY670805 		1985 RSPB Map [110]
Rempstone Heaths  Y 170.0 420.0 50°39′04″N 2°01′48″W / 50.651°N 2.03°W / 50.651; -2.03 (Rempstone Heaths)
    SY980835 		1987 AONB, SPA, HC, Ramsar site, SAC Map [111]
Sandford Lane Quarry  Y 0.8 1.9 50°57′29″N 2°31′52″W / 50.958°N 2.531°W / 50.958; -2.531 (Sandford Lane Quarry)
    ST628177 		1990 GCR Map [112]
Shillingstone Quarry  Y 8.2 20.3 50°53′13″N 2°15′11″W / 50.887°N 2.253°W / 50.887; -2.253 (Shillingstone Quarry)
    ST823097 		1995 AONB Map [113]
Slop Bog And Uddens Heath  Y 43.9 108.5 50°48′58″N 1°53′31″W / 50.816°N 1.892°W / 50.816; -1.892 (Slop Bog And Uddens Heath)
    SU077018 		1985 SPA, Ramsar site, SAC Map [114]
South Dorset Coast  Y  Y 1,591.7 3,933.1 50°37′23″N 2°11′13″W / 50.623°N 2.187°W / 50.623; -2.187 (South Dorset Coast)
    SY869804 		1986 AONB, CP, GCR, HC, WT, NT, NCR, SAC Map [115]
St Catherine's Hill, Dorset
St Leonards And St Ives Heaths  Y 529.9 1,309.4 50°49′37″N 1°49′16″W / 50.827°N 1.821°W / 50.827; -1.821 (St Leonards And St Ives Heaths)
    SU127031 		1999 SAM, CP, SPA, WT, MOD, Ramsar site, SAC, Map [116]
Stoborough & Creech Heaths  Y 338.0 835.2 50°39′54″N 2°06′32″W / 50.665°N 2.109°W / 50.665; -2.109 (Stoborough & Creech Heaths)
    SY924850 		1986 AONB, SPA, NNR, Ramsar site, SAC Map [117]
Stokeford Heaths  Y 177.3 438.0 50°41′35″N 2°12′18″W / 50.693°N 2.205°W / 50.693; -2.205 (Stokeford Heaths)
    SY856882 		1995 SPA, Ramsar site, SAC Map [118]
Studland and Godlingston Heath NNR  Y  Y 757.8 1,872.6 50°39′18″N 1°58′08″W / 50.655°N 1.969°W / 50.655; -1.969 (Studland & Godlingston Heaths)
    SZ023839 		1986 AONB, SPA, GCR, NNR, NT, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC Map [119]
Studland Cliffs  Y  Y 21.1 52.2 50°38′28″N 1°56′10″W / 50.641°N 1.936°W / 50.641; -1.936 (Studland Cliffs)
    SZ046824 		1986 AONB, GCR, NT, SAC Map [120]
Sutton Combe  Y 16.7 41.2 50°56′35″N 2°10′41″W / 50.943°N 2.178°W / 50.943; -2.178 (Sutton Combe)
    ST876160 		1986 AONB Map [121]
Sutton Meadows  Y 5.0 12.3 50°53′42″N 1°55′12″W / 50.895°N 1.92°W / 50.895; -1.92 (Sutton Meadows)
    SU057106 		1985 AONB, WT Map [122]
Sydling Valley Downs  Y 74.0 182.8 50°48′58″N 2°30′43″W / 50.816°N 2.512°W / 50.816; -2.512 (Sydling Valley Downs)
    ST640019 		1985 AONB, SAC Map [123]
Thrasher's Heath  Y 14.8 36.6 50°39′18″N 2°02′38″W / 50.655°N 2.044°W / 50.655; -2.044 (Thrasher's Heath)
    SY970839 		1984 AONB, HC, Ramsar site, SAC Map [124]
Toller Porcorum  Y 178.5 441.0 50°47′31″N 2°38′13″W / 50.792°N 2.637°W / 50.792; -2.637 (Toller Porcorum)
    SY552993 		1986 AONB, SAC Map [125]
Town Common  Y  Y 256.0 632.6 50°45′47″N 1°48′00″W / 50.763°N 1.8°W / 50.763; -1.8 (Town Common)
    SZ142960 		1994 SPA, GCR, WT, Ramsar site, SAC Map [126]
Townsend  Y 13.6 33.6 50°36′11″N 1°58′01″W / 50.603°N 1.967°W / 50.603; -1.967 (Townsend)
    SZ024781 		1986 AONB, WT, SAC Map [127]
Trill Quarry  Y 1.4 3.5 50°54′40″N 2°34′48″W / 50.911°N 2.58°W / 50.911; -2.58 (Trill Quarry)
    ST593126 		1989 GCR Map [128]
Turbary And Kinson Commons  Y 36.2 89.3 50°45′07″N 1°54′58″W / 50.752°N 1.916°W / 50.752; -1.916 (Turbary And Kinson Commons)
    SZ060947 		1988 SPA, Ramsar site, SAC Map [129]
Turners Puddle Heath  Y 391.0 966.2 50°43′01″N 2°15′40″W / 50.717°N 2.261°W / 50.717; -2.261 (Turners Puddle Heath)
    SY817908 		1990 SPA, Ramsar site, SAC Map [130]
Upton Heath  Y 218.9 540.9 50°44′53″N 2°01′26″W / 50.748°N 2.024°W / 50.748; -2.024 (Upton Heath)
    SY984943 		1990 SPA, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC Map [131]
Upwey Quarries And Bincombe Down  Y 6.5 16.0 50°40′05″N 2°27′36″W / 50.668°N 2.46°W / 50.668; -2.46 (Upwey Quarries And Bincombe Down)
    SY676855 		1992 AONB, GCR Map [132]
Valley Of Stones  Y  Y 80.4 198.7 50°41′20″N 2°34′19″W / 50.689°N 2.572°W / 50.689; -2.572 (Valley Of Stones)
    SY597879 		1996 SAM, AONB, GCR, NNR Map [133]
Verwood Heaths  Y 27.8 68.7 50°52′59″N 1°52′16″W / 50.883°N 1.871°W / 50.883; -1.871 (Verwood Heaths)
    SU092093 		1985 SPA, LNR, Ramsar site, SAC Map [134]
Wareham Common  Y 17.5 43.3 50°41′24″N 2°07′23″W / 50.69°N 2.123°W / 50.69; -2.123 (Wareham Common)
    SY914878 		1992 Map [135]
Wareham Meadows  Y 210.9 521.1 50°41′02″N 2°05′53″W / 50.684°N 2.098°W / 50.684; -2.098 (Wareham Meadows)
    SY932871 		1987 AONB, SPA, HC, Ramsar site, SAC Map [136]
Warmwell Heath  Y 55.4 137.0 50°40′59″N 2°21′04″W / 50.683°N 2.351°W / 50.683; -2.351 (Warmwell Heath)
    SY753871 		1987 SPA, Ramsar site, SAC Map [137]
West Dorset Coast  Y  Y 598.5 1,478.9 50°43′30″N 2°50′38″W / 50.725°N 2.844°W / 50.725; -2.844 (West Dorset Coast)
    SY405920 		1991 AONB, GCR, NT, SAC Map [138]
Whetley Meadows  Y 8.1 19.9 50°45′54″N 2°40′08″W / 50.765°N 2.669°W / 50.765; -2.669 (Whetley Meadows)
    SY529964 		1985 AONB Map [139]
White Horse Hill  Y 60.0 148.3 50°39′29″N 2°24′22″W / 50.658°N 2.406°W / 50.658; -2.406 (White Horse Hill)
    SY714843 		1991 AONB Map [140]
Winfrith Heath  Y 288.9 713.8 50°40′59″N 2°16′44″W / 50.683°N 2.279°W / 50.683; -2.279 (Winfrith Heath)
    SY804871 		1996 SPA, WT, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC Map [141]
Woolcombe  Y 18.1 44.8 50°45′32″N 2°37′41″W / 50.759°N 2.628°W / 50.759; -2.628 (Woolcombe)
    SY558957 		1986 AONB, SAC Map [142]
Wootton Fitzpaine  Y 9.6 23.8 50°45′18″N 2°54′50″W / 50.755°N 2.914°W / 50.755; -2.914 (Wootton Fitzpaine)
    SY356954 		1987 AONB, HC Map [143]
Worgret Heath  Y 8.3 20.6 50°40′59″N 2°09′04″W / 50.683°N 2.151°W / 50.683; -2.151 (Worgret Heath)
    SY894870 		1987 SPA, SAC Map [144]

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A 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.[145]
C Link to maps using the Nature on the Map service provided by English Nature.

References

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  3. ^ "County search of SSSIs". English Nature. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2006.
  4. ^ Natural England County Background datasheet for Dorset SSSIs Accessed 6 Sept 2012
  5. ^ "Abbotsbury Blind Lane" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Abbotsbury Castle" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Arne" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
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  9. ^ "Aunt Mary's Bottom" (PDF).
  10. ^ "River Avon System" (PDF).
  11. ^ "Avon Valley (Bickton To Christchurch)" (PDF).
  12. ^ "River Axe" (PDF).
  13. ^ "Babylon Hill" (PDF).
  14. ^ "Batcombe Down" (PDF).
  15. ^ "Belle Vue Quarry" (PDF).
  16. ^ "Bere Stream" (PDF).
  17. ^ "Black Hill Down" (PDF).
  18. ^ "Black Hill Heath" (PDF).
  19. ^ "Blackdown (Hardy Monument)" (PDF).
  20. ^ "Blackmore Vale Commons and Moors" (PDF).
  21. ^ "Blandford Camp" (PDF).
  22. ^ "Blashenwell Farm Pit" (PDF).
  23. ^ "Blue Pool And Norden Heaths" (PDF).
  24. ^ "Boulsbury Wood" (PDF).
  25. ^ "Bourne Valley" (PDF).
  26. ^ "Bracket's Coppice And Ryewater Farm" (PDF).
  27. ^ "Bradford Abbas Railway Cutting" (PDF).
  28. ^ "Breach Fields" (PDF).
  29. ^ "Brenscombe Heath" (PDF).
  30. ^ "Bryanston" (PDF).
  31. ^ "Bugden's Copse And Meadows" (PDF).
  32. ^ "Burton Bradstock" (PDF).
  33. ^ "Canford Heath" (PDF).
  34. ^ "Chalbury Hill And Quarry" (PDF).
  35. ^ "Chesil & The Fleet" (PDF).
  36. ^ "Christchurch Harbour" (PDF).
  37. ^ "Conegar Road Cutting" (PDF).
  38. ^ "Corfe & Barrow Hills" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
  39. ^ "Corfe Common" (PDF).
  40. ^ "Corfe Meadows" (PDF).
  41. ^ "Corfe Mullen Pastures" (PDF).
  42. ^ "Corton Cutting" (PDF).
  43. ^ "Court Farm, Sydling" (PDF).
  44. ^ "Cranborne Common" (PDF).
  45. ^ "Creech Grange" (PDF).
  46. ^ "Crookhill Brick Pit" (PDF).
  47. ^ "Cull-Peppers Dish" (PDF).
  48. ^ "Drakenorth" (PDF).
  49. ^ "East Coppice" (PDF).
  50. ^ "Ebblake Bog" (PDF).
  51. ^ "Eggardon Hill & Luccas Farm" (PDF).
  52. ^ "Ferndown Common" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016.
  53. ^ "Fontmell And Melbury Downs" (PDF).
  54. ^ "Frogden Quarry" (PDF).
  55. ^ "River Frome" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
  56. ^ "Frome St. Quintin" (PDF).
  57. ^ "Giant Hill" (PDF).
  58. ^ "Goathill Quarry" (PDF).
  59. ^ "Halfway House Quarry" (PDF).
  60. ^ "Ham Common" (PDF).
  61. ^ "Handcocks Bottom" (PDF).
  62. ^ "Hartland Moor" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016.
  63. ^ "Haydon And Askerswell Downs" (PDF).
  64. ^ "Highcliffe To Milford Cliffs" (PDF).
  65. ^ "Higher Houghton" (PDF).
  66. ^ "Hod And Hambledon Hills" (PDF).
  67. ^ "Hog Cliff" (PDF).
  68. ^ "Holnest" (PDF).
  69. ^ "Holt And West Moors Heaths" (PDF).
  70. ^ "Holton And Sandford Heaths" (PDF).
  71. ^ "Holway Hill Quarry" (PDF).
  72. ^ "Horn Park Quarry" (PDF).
  73. ^ "Horton Common" (PDF).
  74. ^ "Hurn Common" (PDF).
  75. ^ "Lambert's Castle" (PDF).
  76. ^ "Langford Meadow" (PDF).
  77. ^ "Lions Hill" (PDF).
  78. ^ "Lodmoor" (PDF).
  79. ^ "Lorton" (PDF).
  80. ^ "Low's Hill Quarry" (PDF).
  81. ^ "Lulworth Park & Lake" (PDF).
  82. ^ "Luscombe Valley" (PDF).
  83. ^ "Lyscombe And Highdon" (PDF).
  84. ^ "Mapperton And Poorton Vales" (PDF).
  85. ^ "Martin And Tidpit Downs" (PDF).
  86. ^ "Melbury Park" (PDF).
  87. ^ "The Moors" (PDF).
  88. ^ "Moors River System" (PDF).
  89. ^ "Morcombelake" (PDF).
  90. ^ "Morden Bog And Hyde Heath" (PDF).
  91. ^ "Nicodemus Heights" (PDF).
  92. ^ "Oakers Bog" (PDF).
  93. ^ "Oakers Wood" (PDF).
  94. ^ "Oakhills Coppice" (PDF).
  95. ^ "Parley Common" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2014.
  96. ^ "Peashill Quarry" (PDF).
  97. ^ "Pentridge Down" (PDF).
  98. ^ "Piddles Wood" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
  99. ^ "Pitcombe Down" (PDF).
  100. ^ "Poole Bay Cliffs" (PDF).
  101. ^ "Poole Harbour" (PDF).
  102. ^ "Isle Of Portland" (PDF).
  103. ^ "Portland Harbour Shore" (PDF).
  104. ^ "Povington And Grange Heaths" (PDF).
  105. ^ "Powerstock Common And Wytherston Farm" (PDF).
  106. ^ "Poxwell" (PDF).
  107. ^ "Purbeck Ridge (East)" (PDF).
  108. ^ "Purbeck Ridge (West)" (PDF).
  109. ^ "Purewell Meadows" (PDF).
  110. ^ "Radipole Lake" (PDF).
  111. ^ "Rempstone Heaths" (PDF).
  112. ^ "Sandford Lane Quarry" (PDF).
  113. ^ "Shillingstone Quarry" (PDF).
  114. ^ "Slop Bog And Uddens Heath" (PDF).
  115. ^ "South Dorset Coast" (PDF).
  116. ^ "St Leonards And St Ives Heaths" (PDF).
  117. ^ "Stoborough & Creech Heaths" (PDF).
  118. ^ "Stokeford Heaths" (PDF).
  119. ^ "Studland & Godlingston Heaths" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016.
  120. ^ "Studland Cliffs" (PDF).
  121. ^ "Sutton Combe" (PDF).
  122. ^ "Sutton Meadows" (PDF).
  123. ^ "Sydling Valley Downs" (PDF).
  124. ^ "Thrasher's Heath" (PDF).
  125. ^ "Toller Porcorum" (PDF).
  126. ^ "Town Common" (PDF).
  127. ^ "Townsend" (PDF).
  128. ^ "Trill Quarry" (PDF).
  129. ^ "Turbary And Kinson Commons" (PDF).
  130. ^ "Turners Puddle Heath" (PDF).
  131. ^ "Upton Heath" (PDF).
  132. ^ "Upwey Quarries And Bincombe Down" (PDF).
  133. ^ "Valley Of Stones" (PDF).
  134. ^ "Verwood Heaths" (PDF).
  135. ^ "Wareham Common" (PDF).
  136. ^ "Wareham Meadows" (PDF).
  137. ^ "Warmwell Heath" (PDF).
  138. ^ "West Dorset Coast" (PDF).
  139. ^ "Whetley Meadows" (PDF).
  140. ^ "White Horse Hill" (PDF).
  141. ^ "Winfrith Heath" (PDF).
  142. ^ "Woolcombe" (PDF).
  143. ^ "Wootton Fitzpaine" (PDF).
  144. ^ "Worgret Heath" (PDF).
  145. ^ "Guide to National Grid". Ordnance Survey. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
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