List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Lincolnshire

This is a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Lincolnshire. This list includes sites within the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, covering the two unitary authorities North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire as well as the rest of the county administered by Lincolnshire County Council.

The Wash on the Lincolnshire coast east of Boston

This list features 98 SSSIs notable for their biology, 23 notable for their geology and three notable for both. Six of the SSSIs include national nature reserves, four are Ramsar Wetland sites, and five are EU Special Protection Areas.^[1]

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

Sites

Site name	Reason for designation		Area		Location & map ref	Year in which notified	Other designations	Map/Refs
	Biological interest	Geological interest	Hectares	Acres
Allington Meadows	Y		3.8	9.3	52.948°N 0.707°W / 52.948; -0.707 (Allington Meadows)     SK870397	1987		Map [2]
Ancaster Valley	Y		10.3	25.4	52.975°N 0.533°W / 52.975; -0.533 (Ancaster Valley)     SK986430	1951	WT, NCR	Map [3]
Bardney Limewoods	Y		539.8	1,333.9	53.247°N 0.285°W / 53.247; -0.285 (Bardney Limewoods, Lincolnshire)     TF145736	1959	NNR, NCR,	Map [4]
Baston And Thurlby Fens	Y		54.6	134.9	52.736°N 0.335°W / 52.736; -0.335 (Baston And Thurlby Fens)     TF125167	1968	WT, NCR, SAC	Map [5]
Belshaw	Y		0.2	0.5	53.544°N 0.842°W / 53.544; -0.842 (Belshaw)     SE768059	1988		Map [6]
Benniworth Haven Cuttings		Y	2.4	5.9	53.324°N 0.162°W / 53.324; -0.162 (Benniworth Haven Cuttings)     TF225824	1966	GCR	Map [7]
Bratoft Meadows	Y		2.3	5.6	53.152°N 0.218°E / 53.152; 0.218 (Bratoft Meadows)     TF484639	1968	WT, NCR	Map [8]
Broughton Alder Wood	Y		0.8	2	53.577°N 0.552°W / 53.577; -0.552 (Broughton Alder Wood)     SE960099	1986		Map [9]
Broughton Far Wood	Y		17.8	44	53.583°N 0.551°W / 53.583; -0.551 (Broughton Far Wood)     SE960106	1957		Map [10]
Calceby Marsh	Y		8.8	21.8	53.273°N 0.094°E / 53.273; 0.094 (Calceby Marsh)     TF397772	1970	WT, NCR	Map [11]
Candlesby Hill Quarry	Y		1.8	4.5	53.191°N 0.184°E / 53.191; 0.184 (Candlesby Hill)     TF460682	1966	WT	Map [12]
Castle Bytham Quarry		Y	5.5	13.6	52.75°N 0.536°W / 52.75; -0.536 (Castle Bytham Quarry)     SK989179	1981	GCR	Map [13]
Castlethorpe Tufas		Y	0.5	1.3	53.557°N 0.525°W / 53.557; -0.525 (Castlethorpe Tufas)     SE978077	1989	GCR	Map [14]
Chapel Point-wolla Bank		Y	39.7	98.0	53.242°N 0.336°E / 53.242; 0.336 (Chapel Point-Wolla Bank)     TF560742	2002	GCR	Map [15]
Claxby Chalk Pit	Y	Y	2.2	5.5	53.223°N 0.17°E / 53.223; 0.17 (Claxby Chalk Pit)     TF450717	1968	GCR, WT	Map [16]
Cleatham Quarry	Y		5.8	14.2	53.501°N 0.584°W / 53.501; -0.584 (Cleatham Quarry)     SE940014	1986		Map [17]
Cliff Farm Pit		Y	1.1	2.8	53.495°N 0.583°W / 53.495; -0.583 (Cliff Farm Pit)     SE941008	1985	GCR	Map [18]
Cliff House	Y		4.8	11.7	53.446°N 0.549°W / 53.446; -0.549 (Cliff House)     SK965953	1966		Map [19]
Copper Hill		Y	6.6	16.4	52.972°N 0.545°W / 52.972; -0.545 (Copper Hill)     SK978426	1950	GCR	Map [20]
Conesby (Yorkshire East) Quarry		Y	0.9	2.2	53.622°N 0.636°W / 53.622; -0.636 (Conesby (Yorkshire East) Quarry)     SE903148	1995	GCR	Map [21]
Cowbit Wash		Y	9.1	22.4	52.755°N 0.164°W / 52.755; -0.164 (Cowbit Wash)     TF240191	1999	GCR	Map [22]
Cross Drain	Y		5.7	14.2	52.709°N 0.284°W / 52.709; -0.284 (Cross Drain)     TF160137	1991		Map [23]
Crowle Borrow Pits	Y		4.9	12.2	53.586°N 0.808°W / 53.586; -0.808 (Crowle Borrow Pits)     SE790106	1986		Map [24]
Dalby Hill		Y	0.2	0.5	53.204°N 0.107°E / 53.204; 0.107 (Dalby Hill)     TF408695	1986	GCR	Map [25]
Deeping Gravel Pits	Y		57.6	142.3	52.659°N 0.26°W / 52.659; -0.26 (Deeping Gravel Pits)     TF178082	1968	Wildlife refuge	Map [26]
Doddington Clay Woods	Y		23.9	59.0	53.228°N 0.652°W / 53.228; -0.652 (Doddington Clay Woods)     SK901710	1987		Map [27]
Dole Wood	Y		4.0	9.8	52.732°N 0.386°W / 52.732; -0.386 (Dole Wood)     TF091161	1968	WT	Map [28]
Dunsby Wood	Y		54.6	134.8	52.82°N 0.385°W / 52.82; -0.385 (Dunsby Wood)     TF089259	1968		Map [29]
Eastoft Meadow	Y		0.8	2.1	53.618°N 0.813°W / 53.618; -0.813 (Eastoft Meadow)     SE786142	1985		Map [30]
Epworth Turbary	Y		32.9	81.3	53.526°N 0.864°W / 53.526; -0.864 (Epworth Turbary)     SE754039	1951	WT	Map [31]
Fulsby Wood	Y		109.3	270.0	53.134°N 0.124°W / 53.134; -0.124 (Fulsby Wood)     TF256613	1986		Map [32]
Gibraltar Point	Y		598.2	1,478.3	53.103°N 0.333°E / 53.103; 0.333 (Gibraltar Point)     TF563587	1951	Bird sanctuary, SPA, GCR, LNR, WT, NNR, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC	Map [33]
Gosling's Corner	Y		10.2	25.1	53.262°N 0.289°W / 53.262; -0.289 (Gosling'S Corner)     TF142752	1988		Map [34]
Great Casterton Road Banks	Y		0.4	1	52.663°N 0.515°W / 52.663; -0.515 (Great Casterton Road Banks)     TF005083	1959	WT	Map [35]
Greetwell Hollow Quarry		Y	59.3	146.6	53.236°N 0.497°W / 53.236; -0.497 (Greetwell Hollow Quarry)     TF004721	1951	GCR	Map [36]
Grimsthorpe Park	Y		116.4	287.7	52.763°N 0.487°W / 52.763; -0.487 (Grimsthorpe Park)     TF022194	1969	SAC,	Map [37]
Hainton Sheepwalk	Y		2.5	6.3	53.359°N 0.222°W / 53.359; -0.222 (Hainton Sheepwalk)     TF184861	1989		Map [38]
Harrington Hall Sand Pit		Y	0.1	0.2	53.227°N 0.037°E / 53.227; 0.037 (Harrington Hall Sand Pit)     TF361719	1986	GCR	Map [39]
Hatfield Chase Ditches	Y		44.2	109.2	53.542°N 0.888°W / 53.542; -0.888 (Hatfield Chase Ditches)     SE738056	1999		Map [40]
Haxey Grange Fen	Y		13.3	32.8	53.466°N 0.89°W / 53.466; -0.89 (Haxey Grange Fen)     SK738972	1988		Map [41]
Haxey Turbary	Y		14.4	35.6	53.508°N 0.874°W / 53.508; -0.874 (Haxey Turbary)     SE748018	1951	WT	Map [42]
Hewson's Field	Y		0.5	1.2	53.486°N 0.818°W / 53.486; -0.818 (Hewson'S Field)     SK785995	1991		Map [43]
High Barn, Oxcombe	Y		8.3	20.4	53.271°N 0.021°W / 53.271; -0.021 (High Barn, Oxcombe)     TF321767	1966		Map [44]
High Dyke	Y		6.8	16.7	53.041°N 0.525°W / 53.041; -0.525 (High Dyke)     SK990503	1951		Map [45]
Holywell Banks	Y		6.1	15.1	52.73°N 0.529°W / 52.73; -0.529 (Holywell Banks)     SK994157	1951		Map [46]
Honington Camp	Y		1.4	3.5	52.97°N 0.581°W / 52.97; -0.581 (Honington Camp)     SK954423	1968	SAM	Map [47]
Hoplands Wood	Y		14.2	35.0	53.221°N 0.184°E / 53.221; 0.184 (Hoplands Wood)     TF459715	1966	WT	Map [48]
Horbling Fen		Y	15.1	37.3	52.902°N 0.29°W / 52.902; -0.29 (Horbling Fen)     TF151352	1999	GCR	Map [49]
Humber Estuary	Y	Y	37,000.6	91,430.5	53.578°N 0.03°E / 53.578; 0.03 (Humber Estuary)     TA345110	2004	SPA, GCR, MOD, NNR, Ramsar site, SAC	Map [50]
Hundleby Clay Pit		Y	0.8	1.9	53.173°N 0.066°E / 53.173; 0.066 (Hundleby Clay Pit)     TF382660	1986	GCR,	Map [51]
Jenkins Carr	Y		3.7	9.1	53.156°N 0.073°E / 53.156; 0.073 (Jenkins Carr)     TF387641	1966		Map [52]
Keal Carr	Y		9.4	23.1	53.162°N 0.066°E / 53.162; 0.066 (Keal Carr)     TF382648	1968	WT	Map [53]
Kingerby Beck Meadows	Y		5.5	13.6	53.428°N 0.418°W / 53.428; -0.418 (Kingerby Beck Meadows)     TF052935	1988		Map [54]
Kirkby Moor	Y		73.6	181.9	53.144°N 0.17°W / 53.144; -0.17 (Kirkby Moor)     TF225623	1966	WT,	Map [55]
Kirmington Pits		Y	9.1	22.5	53.589°N 0.335°W / 53.589; -0.335 (Kirmington Pits)     TA103116	1951	GCR	Map [56]
Kirton Wood, Lincolnshire	Y		30.3	74.9	52.882°N 0.545°W / 52.882; -0.545 (Kirton Wood, Lincolnshire)     SK980326	1968	NCR	Map [57]
Langtoft Gravel Pits	Y		28.4	70.3	52.684°N 0.356°W / 52.684; -0.356 (Langtoft Gravel Pits)     TF112109	1968		Map [58]
Laughton Common	Y		54.7	135.2	53.46°N 0.741°W / 53.46; -0.741 (Laughton Common)     SK837967	1999		Map [59]
Lea Marsh	Y		27.6	68.1	53.374°N 0.772°W / 53.374; -0.772 (Lea Marsh)     SK818870	1998		Map [60]
Linwood Warren	Y		25.7	63.5	53.372°N 0.302°W / 53.372; -0.302 (Linwood Warren)     TF131875	1966	WT	Map [61]
Little Scrubbs Meadow	Y		2.0	4.9	53.253°N 0.284°W / 53.253; -0.284 (Little Scrubbs Meadow)     TF146743	1988	WT	Map [62]
Manton and Twigmoor	Y		88.9	219.6	53.526°N 0.583°W / 53.526; -0.583 (Manton and Twigmoor)     SE940042	1951		Map [63]
Manton Stone Quarry		Y	17.5	43.2	53.51°N 0.584°W / 53.51; -0.584 (Manton Stone Quarry)     SE940024	1986	GCR	Map [64]
Math And Elsea Wood	Y		44.2	109.3	52.751°N 0.376°W / 52.751; -0.376 (Math And Elsea Wood)     TF097183	1988		Map [65]
Mavis Enderby Valley	Y		15.7	38.8	53.181°N 0.038°E / 53.181; 0.038 (Mavis Enderby Valley)     TF363668	1988		Map [66]
Messingham Heath	Y		17.8	43.9	53.519°N 0.682°W / 53.519; -0.682 (Messingham Heath)     SE875033	1965		Map [67]
Messingham Sand Quarry	Y		51.8	128	53.52°N 0.626°W / 53.52; -0.626 (Messingham Sand Quarry)     SE912035	1987	WT	Map [68]
Metheringham Heath Quarry		Y	12.8	31.5	53.14°N 0.427°W / 53.14; -0.427 (Metheringham Heath Quarry)     TF053615	1981	GCR	Map [69]
Moor Closes	Y		6.8	16.8	52.983°N 0.542°W / 52.983; -0.542 (Moor Closes)     SK980438	1968	WT, NCR,	Map [70]
Moor Farm	Y		47.0	116.1	53.157°N 0.175°W / 53.157; -0.175 (Moor Farm)     TF221638	1981	WT	Map [71]
Muckton Wood	Y		16.7	41.3	53.309°N 0.071°E / 53.309; 0.071 (Muckton Wood)     TF381811	1953	WT	Map [72]
Nettleton Chalk Pit		Y	8.1	20.0	53.468°N 0.307°W / 53.468; -0.307 (Nettleton Chalk Pit)     TF125981	1968	GCR	Map [73]
New England Valley	Y		6.3	15.7	53.242°N 0.001°E / 53.242; 0.001 (New England Valley)     TF336735	1966		Map [74]
Normanby Meadow	Y		4.2	10.3	53.391°N 0.459°W / 53.391; -0.459 (Normanby Meadow)     TF026893	2002		Map [75]
North Killingholme Haven Pits	Y		21.6	53.4	53.661°N 0.237°W / 53.661; -0.237 (North Killingholme Haven Pits)     TA166197	1996	WT, SPA	Map [76]
Porter's Lodge Meadows	Y		9.6	23.8	52.765°N 0.577°W / 52.765; -0.577 (Porter'S Lodge Meadows)     SK961196	1988		Map [77]
Potterhanworth Wood	Y		33.1	81.7	53.188°N 0.397°W / 53.188; -0.397 (Potterhanworth Wood)     TF072668	1968	Forest nature reserve, NCR	Map [78]
Red Hill	Y		3.0	7.5	53.308°N 0.104°W / 53.308; -0.104 (Red Hill)     TF264807	1951	LNR, WT,	Map [79]
Robert's Field	Y		3.0	7.5	52.723°N 0.5208°W / 52.723; -0.5208 (Robert's Field)     TF000150		LNR, WT,	[80]
Risby Warren	Y	Y	157.1	388.2	53.61°N 0.609°W / 53.61; -0.609 (Risby Warren)     SE921135	1966	GCR, NCR,	Map [81]
Rush Furlong	Y		0.5	1.2	53.495°N 0.826°W / 53.495; -0.826 (Rush Furlong)     SE780004	1985	WT	Map [82]
Ryhall Pasture and Little Warren Verges	Y		6.2	15.4	52.712°N 0.495°W / 52.712; -0.495 (Ryhall Pasture And Little Warren Verges)     TF018138	1983		Map [83]
Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes National Nature Reserve	Y		971.9	2,401.5	53.399°N 0.225°E / 53.399; 0.225 (Saltfleetby - Theddlethorpe Dunes)     TF480914	1951	NNR, NCR, SAC	Map [84]
Sapperton & Pickworth Woods	Y		28.1	69.3	52.895°N 0.472°W / 52.895; -0.472 (Sapperton & Pickworth Woods)     TF029342	1968		Map [85]
Scotton And Laughton Forest Ponds	Y		48.3	119.4	53.483°N 0.706°W / 53.483; -0.706 (Scotton And Laughton Forest Ponds)     SK860992	1959		Map [86]
Scotton Beck Fields	Y		16.8	41.4	53.479°N 0.682°W / 53.479; -0.682 (Scotton Beck Fields)     SK876988	1987		Map [87]
Scotton Common	Y		15.1	37.3	53.475°N 0.692°W / 53.475; -0.692 (Scotton Common)     SK869984	1951	WT,	Map [88]
Sea Bank Clay Pits	Y		16.6	40.9	53.288°N 0.297°E / 53.288; 0.297 (Sea Bank Clay Pits)     TF532792	1959	WT,	Map [89]
Silverines Meadows	Y		6.2	15.3	53.291°N 0.111°W / 53.291; -0.111 (Silverines Meadows)     TF260788	1959	WT	Map [90]
Skendleby Psalter Banks	Y		0.9	2.2	53.222°N 0.155°E / 53.222; 0.155 (Skendleby Psalter Banks)     TF440716	1966	WT	Map [91]
Sotby Meadows	Y		7.2	17.8	53.284°N 0.197°W / 53.284; -0.197 (Sotby Meadows)     TF203779	1981	WT	Map [92]
South Ferriby Chalk Pit		Y	85	209.9	53.667°N 0.486°W / 53.667; -0.486 (South Ferriby Chalk Pit)     TA001200	1987	GCR	Map [93]
Surfleet Lows	Y		3.4	8.5	52.84°N 0.144°W / 52.84; -0.144 (Surfleet Lows)     TF251286	1968	WT	Map [94]
Swaby Valley	Y		3.4	8.4	53.277°N 0.085°E / 53.277; 0.085 (Swaby Valley)     TF391776	1966	WT	Map [95]
Swallow Wold	Y		4.3	10.6	53.527°N 0.24°W / 53.527; -0.24 (Swallow Wold)     TA168048	1966		Map [96]
Swanholme Lakes	Y		53.1	131.3	53.205°N 0.59°W / 53.205; -0.59 (Swanholme Lakes)     SK943685	1985	LNR, NCR	Map [97]
Swinstead Valley	Y		8.9	22.0	52.79°N 0.51°W / 52.79; -0.51 (Swinstead Valley)     TF006224	1989		Map [98]
Tattershall Carrs	Y		26.6	65.7	53.113°N 0.185°W / 53.113; -0.185 (Tattershall Carrs)     TF216589	1968		Map [99]
Tattershall Old Gravel Pits	Y		14.5	35.9	53.119°N 0.213°W / 53.119; -0.213 (Tattershall Old Gravel Pits)     TF197595	1951		Map [100]
Tetford Wood	Y		5.4	13.3	53.263°N 0.007°W / 53.263; -0.007 (Tetford Wood)     TF330758	1951		Map [101]
Tetney Blow Wells	Y		14.7	36.4	53.486°N 0.012°W / 53.486; -0.012 (Tetney Blow Wells)     TA320006	1968	WT	Map [102]
The Hermitage	Y		4.4	10.9	52.827°N 0.504°W / 52.827; -0.504 (The Hermitage)     TF009265	1968	SAM,	Map [103]
The Wash	Y		62,045.8	153,318.5	52.941°N 0.253°E / 52.941; 0.253 (The Wash)     TF515405	1972	SPA, WT, NNR, NCR, Ramsar site, RSPB	Map [104]
Thorne Crowle and Goole Moors	Y		1919	4742.1	53.633°N 0.901°W / 53.633; -0.901 (Thorne Crowle and Goole Moors)     SE728157	1970	SPA, WT, NNR, NCR, Ramsar site, SAC	Map [105]
Tortoiseshell Wood	Y		9.3	22.9	52.768°N 0.576°W / 52.768; -0.576 (Tortoiseshell Wood)     SK962199	1987	WT, NCR	Map [106]
Troy Wood	Y		91.1	225.1	53.112°N 0.138°W / 53.112; -0.138 (Troy Wood)     TF247588	1951		Map [107]
Tuetoes Hills	Y		12.5	30.8	53.503°N 0.729°W / 53.503; -0.729 (Tuetoes Hills)     SE844014	1999		Map [108]
Welton-le-wold Old Gravel Pits		Y	3.4	8.4	53.377°N 0.077°W / 53.377; -0.077 (Welton-Le-Wold Old Gravel Pits)     TF280884	1986	GCR	Map [109]
Wickenby Wood	Y		43.6	107.6	53.33°N 0.381°W / 53.33; -0.381 (Wickenby Wood)     TF079827	1976	Forest nature reserve, NCR	Map [110]
Willoughby Meadow	Y		0.5	1.3	53.217°N 0.203°E / 53.217; 0.203 (Willoughby Meadow)     TF472712	1968	WT	Map [111]
Willoughby Wood	Y		23.2	57.4	53.213°N 0.186°E / 53.213; 0.186 (Willoughby Wood)     TF461707	1951		Map [112]
Wilsford & Rauceby Warrens	Y		57.4	141.9	52.979°N 0.467°W / 52.979; -0.467 (Wilsford & Rauceby Warrens)     TF030435	1968	WT	Map [113]
Wilsford Heath Quarry	Y		16.2	40.0	52.96°N 0.534°W / 52.96; -0.534 (Wilsford Heath Quarry)     SK986413	1968		Map [114]
Winceby Rectory Pit		Y	<0.1	0.1	53.197°N 0.025°W / 53.197; -0.025 (Winceby Rectory Pit)     TF320685	1987	GCR	Map [115]
Withcall And South Willingham Tunnels	Y		3.8	9.4	53.328°N 0.18°W / 53.328; -0.18 (Withcall And South Willingham Tunnels)     TF213828	2002		Map [116]
Woodhall Spa Golf Course	Y		55.0	135.8	53.162°N 0.192°W / 53.162; -0.192 (Woodhall Spa Golf Course)     TF210643	1969		Map [117]
Woodnook Valley	Y		9.7	23.8	52.88°N 0.612°W / 52.88; -0.612 (Woodnook Valley)     SK935323	1968		Map [118]
Wrawby Moor	Y		18.5	45.6	53.585°N 0.444°W / 53.585; -0.444 (Wrawby Moor)     TA031109	1966		Map [119]

See also

• List of SSSIs by Area of Search
• List of Ancient Woods in England
• Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust