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]

Notes

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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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  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.