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Exposed limestone cliffs on either side of a road with cars on it.
A view of the Cheddar 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 Somerset, 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] There are 127 sites designated in this Area of Search, of which 83 have been designated due to their biological interest, 35 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. Natural England, like its predecessor, uses the 1974–1996 county system,[3] and as such the same approach is followed here, therefore some sites you may expect to find in this list could be in the Avon list. 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 Somerset". English Nature. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2006.
  3. ^ "County search of SSSIs". English Nature. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2006.
  4. ^ English Nature citation sheets for each SSSI (PDF files). Retrieved on 2006-08-05.
    • "Aller and Beer Woods" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Aller Hill" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Asham Woods" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Babcary Meadows" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Barle Valley" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2016.
    • "Barrington Hill Meadows" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Ben Knowle" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Berrow Dunes" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Black Down and Sampford Commons" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016.
    • "Blue Anchor to Lilstock Coast" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Brean Down" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Bridgwater Bay" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Briggins Moor" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Brimble Pit and Cross Swallet Basins" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Bruton Railway Cutting" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Catcott Edington And Chilton Moors" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Chancellor's Farm" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "The Cheddar Complex" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Cheddar Reservoir" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016.
    • "Cheddar Wood" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Cleeve Hill" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Cloford Quarry" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Cogley Wood" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Cook's Wood Quarry" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Curry and Hay Moors" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Deadman" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Doulting Railway Cutting" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Draycott Sleights" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Dunster Park and Heathlands" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "East Polden Grasslands" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Ebbor Gorge" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Edford Woods and Meadows" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Emborough Quarries" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Exmoor Coastal Heaths" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016.
    • "Fivehead Arable Fields" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Fivehead Woods and Meadow" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Freshmoor" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Friar's Oven" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Ge-mare Farm Fields" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Glenthorne" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
    • "Godminster Lane Quarry and Railway Cutting" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Great Breach and Copley Woods" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Greylake" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Grove Farm" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Ham Hill" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Hardington Moor" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Hestercombe House" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Hobbs Quarry" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Holme Moor & Clean Moor" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Holwell Quarries" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Hurcott Farm" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Hurcott Lane Cutting" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "King's Sedgemoor" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Kingdown and Middledown" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Kingweston Meadows" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Lamb Leer" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Lang's Farm" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Langford Heathfield" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Langmead and Weston Level" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Langport Railway Cutting" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Laycock Railway Cutting" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Leighton Road Cutting" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Long Lye" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Long Lye Meadow" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Longleat Woods" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Low Ham" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Maes Down" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Maesbury Railway Cutting" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Miller's Hill, Milborne Wick" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Millwater" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Moon's Hill Quarry" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Moorlinch" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Nettlecombe Park" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "North Brewham Meadows" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "North Curry Meadow" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "North Exmoor" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "North Moor" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Old Ironstone Works, Mells" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "The Perch" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Porlock Ridge and Saltmarsh" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Postlebury Wood" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Priddy Caves" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Priddy Pools" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Prior's Park & Adcombe Wood" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Quantocks" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Quants" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Ringdown" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "River Barle" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Rodney Stoke" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Roebuck Meadows" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Ruttersleigh" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Seavington St. Mary" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Severn Estuary" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Shapwick Heath" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012.
    • "Sharpham Moor Plot" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Shepton Montague Railway Cutting" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Snowdon Hill Quarry" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "South Exmoor" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2016.
    • "Southey and Gotleigh Moors" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016.
    • "Southlake Moor" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Sparkford Wood" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "St. Dunstan's Well Catchment" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Stowell Meadow" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Street Heath" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Tealham and Tadham Moors" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Thrupe Lane Swallet" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Thurlbear Wood and Quarrylands" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Twinhills Woods and Meadows" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Vallis Vale" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2011.
    • "Viaduct Quarry" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Walton and Ivythorn Hills" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "West Moor" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "West Sedgemoor" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Westhay Heath" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Westhay Moor" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Wet Moor" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Whitevine Meadows" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Windsor Hill Marsh" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Windsor Hill Quarry" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Wookey Hole Caves" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Wookey Station" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Woolhayes Farm" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.
    • "Wurt Pit And Devil's Punchbowl" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012.

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