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River flowing through gorge with wooded sides. On the right hand bank is a road
A view of the Avon Gorge, designated as an SSSI for both its biological and its geological interest

This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in the former county of Avon, 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] Although the county of Avon no longer exists, Natural England still uses its former borders to mark one of its Areas of Search. As of 2006, there are 86 sites designated in this Area of Search, of which 38 have been designated due to their biological interest, 39 due to their geological interest, and 9 for both.[2]


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. The English counties were revised under the 1974 reorganisation of local government. Until the 2010s, Natural England, which maintains the database of English SSSIs, kept the listing of counties as it was in 1974, but by 2015 they had updated their lists to reflect some later changes. However, even though Avon was abolished in 1996 it is still used as an area of search by Natural England, rather than being divided between the Gloucestershire and Somerset lists.[3]

The data in the table is taken from English Nature in the form of citation sheets for each SSSI.[4]

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

  1. ^ "Notification of SSSIs". English Nature. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2006.
  2. ^ "SSSIs in Avon". English Nature. Retrieved 1 August 2006.
  3. ^ "Site Search". designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  4. ^ English Nature citation sheets for each SSSI (PDF files). Retrieved on 2006-08-05.
    • "Ashton Court" (PDF).
    • "Aust Cliff" (PDF).
    • "Avon Gorge" (PDF).
    • "Banwell Caves" (PDF).
    • "Banwell Ochre Caves" (PDF).
    • "Barnhill Quarry" (PDF).
    • "Barns Batch Spinney" (PDF).
    • "Bickley Wood" (PDF).
    • "Biddle Street, Yatton" (PDF).
    • "Bishop's Hill Wood" (PDF).
    • "Blagdon Lake" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012.
    • "Bleadon Hill" (PDF).
    • "Bodkin Hazel Wood" (PDF).
    • "Bourne" (PDF).
    • "Bowlditch Quarry" (PDF).
    • "Brinkmarsh Quarry" (PDF).
    • "Brockley Hall Stables" (PDF).
    • "Brown's Folly" (PDF).
    • "Buckover Road Cutting" (PDF).
    • "Burledge Sidelands and Meadows" (PDF).
    • "Burrington Combe" (PDF).
    • "Cattybrook Brickpit" (PDF).
    • "Chew Valley Lake" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015.
    • "Cleaves Wood" (PDF).
    • "Cleeve Wood, Hanham" (PDF).
    • "Clevedon Shore" (PDF).
    • "Combe Down And Bathampton Down Mines" (PDF).
    • "Compton Martin Ochre Mine" (PDF).
    • "Congrove Field And The Tumps" (PDF).
    • "Court Hill" (PDF).
    • "Cullimore's Quarry" (PDF).
    • "Damery Road Section" (PDF).
    • "Dolebury Warren" (PDF).
    • "Dundry Main Road South Quarry" (PDF).
    • "Ellenborough Park West" (PDF).
    • "Folly Farm" (PDF).
    • "Goblin Combe" (PDF).
    • "Gordano Valley" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012.
    • "Ham Green" (PDF).
    • "Hampton Rocks Cutting" (PDF).
    • "Harptree Combe" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012.
    • "Hartcliff Rocks Quarry" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2012.
    • "Hawkesbury Meadow" (PDF).
    • "Hawkesbury Quarry" (PDF).
    • "Hinton Charterhouse Field" (PDF).
    • "Hinton Charterhouse Pit" (PDF).
    • "Hinton Hill, Wellow" (PDF).
    • "Holly Lake" (PDF).
    • "Horseshoe Bend, Shirehampton" (PDF).
    • "Huish Colliery Quarry" (PDF).
    • "Iford Manor" (PDF).
    • "Kenn Church, Kenn Pier and Yew Tree Farm" (PDF).
    • "Kilmersdon Road Quarry" (PDF).
    • "King's Wood and Urchin Wood" (PDF).
    • "Long Dole Wood and Meadows" (PDF).
    • "Lower Woods" (PDF).
    • "Lulsgate Quarry" (PDF).
    • "Max Bog" (PDF).
    • "Middle Hope" (PDF).
    • "Midger" (PDF).
    • "Monkswood Valley" (PDF).
    • "Newton St Loe" (PDF).
    • "Nightingale Valley" (PDF).
    • "North Road Quarry, Bath" (PDF).
    • "Plaster's Green Meadows" (PDF).
    • "Portishead Pier to Black Nore" (PDF).
    • "Purn Hill" (PDF).
    • "Puxton Moor" (PDF).
    • "Quarry Steps, Durdham Down" (PDF).
    • "Severn Estuary" (PDF).
    • "Shiplate Slait" (PDF).
    • "Slickstones Quarry, Cromhall" (PDF).
    • "Spring Cove Cliffs" (PDF).
    • "St Catherine's Valley" (PDF).
    • "Steep Holm" (PDF).
    • "Stidham Farm" (PDF).
    • "Tickenham, Nailsea and Kenn Moors" (PDF).
    • "Tytherington Quarry" (PDF).
    • "Uphill Cliff" (PDF).
    • "Upton Coombe" (PDF).
    • "Walton Common" (PDF).
    • "Weston Big Wood" (PDF).
    • "Weston-in-Gordano" (PDF).
    • "Winterbourne Railway Cutting" (PDF).
    • "Writhlington" (PDF).
    • "Yanal Bog" (PDF).

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