List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Staffordshire
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This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Staffordshire, England. For other counties, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.
- Allimore Green Common
- Alvecote PoolsAlvecote PoolsAlvecote Pools is an SSSI and nature reserve situated alongside the River Anker, adjacent to the hamlet of Alvecote on the border of Warwickshire and Staffordshire. The majority of the reserve lies in the former county...
- Aqualate MereAqualate MereAqualate Mere is the largest natural lake in the English Midlands and is managed as a National Nature Reserve by Natural England. It is a remnant of the prehistoric Lake Lapworth....
- Baswich Meadows
- Bath Pasture
- Belvide ReservoirBelvide ReservoirBelvide Reservoir is a reservoir in South Staffordshire, England. Owned by British Waterways, it was constructed c. 1833 to feed the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal, which is now the Shropshire Union Canal...
- Betley Mere
- Biddulph's Pool And No Man's Bank
- Big Hyde Rough
- Black Firs & Cranberry Bog
- Blithfield ReservoirBlithfield ReservoirBlithfield Reservoir is a large drinking water reservoir in South Staffordshire, England, owned by South Staffordshire Water.Some 800 acres of reservoir was formed on land sold by Baron Bagot to the South Staffordshire Water Company in the 1940s. Blithfield Reservoir was opened by H.M...
- Braken Hurst
- Brownend Quarry
- Burnt Wood
- Caldon Dales
- Caldon Low
- Cannock ChaseCannock ChaseCannock Chase is a mixed area of countryside in the county of Staffordshire, England. The area has been designated as the Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Chase gives its name to the Cannock Chase local government district....
- Cannock Extension CanalCannock Extension CanalThe current Cannock Extension Canal is a 1.8 mile canal in England. It runs from Pelsall Junction on the Wyrley and Essington Canal, north to Norton Canes Docks and forms part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations....
- Cauldon Railway Cutting
- Chartley Moss
- Chasewater Heaths
- Checkhill Bogs
- Churnet Valley
- Colshaw Pastures
- Combes Valley
- Cop MereCop MereCop Mere is one of the largest natural bodies of water in Staffordshire, England. It has been designated a SSSI specifically for the type of moss that is found there – Sphagnum to be specific, but other plant and animal life are present in sufficient numbers and rarities for it to have been...
- Dimmings Dale & The Ranger
- Doley Common
- Dove Valley And Biggin Dale
- Doxey And Tillington Marshes
- Ecton Copper Mines
- Ford Green Reedbed
- Forest Banks
- Four Ashes Pit
- Froghall Meadow And Pastures
- Gentleshaw Common
- Goat Lodge
- Gospel End Road Cutting
- Hamps And Manifold Valleys
- Highgate CommonHighgate CommonHighgate Common is a small area of heath land, a popular leisure destination and a Site of Special Scientific Interest, located in Southern Staffordshire, England.-Location:...
- Hulme Quarry
- King's And Hargreaves Woods
- Kinver EdgeKinver EdgeKinver Edge is a high heath and woodland escarpment just west of Kinver, about four miles west of Stourbridge, and four miles north of Kidderminster, and is on the border between Worcestershire and Staffordshire, England. It is now owned by the National Trust....
- Leek Moors
- Loynton MossLoynton MossLoynton Moss is a nature reserve situated at Loynton, near the village of Woodseaves, in Staffordshire, England. Through the reserve runs the Shropshire Union Canal, as it runs from nearby Norbury to High Offley....
- Maer Pool
- Metallic Tileries, Parkhouse
- Milford Quarry
- Moss Carr
- Mottey MeadowsMottey MeadowsMottey Meadows National Nature Reserve consists of a series of alluvial flood meadows near the village of Wheaton Aston in Staffordshire. The meadows have been managed for hay making for many centuries. They support over 240 species of flowering plants, including the rare snake's-head fritillary.-...
- Old River Dove, Marston On Dove
- Pasturefields Salt Marsh
- Rawbones Meadow
- River MeaseRiver MeaseThe River Mease is a lowland clay river in the Midlands area of England. It flows through the counties of Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire and forms the administrative border between these counties for parts of its length....
- Rue Hill
- Saltersford Lane Meadows
- Stafford Brook
- Stanton Pastures & Cuckoocliff Valley
- Stowe PoolStowe PoolStowe Pool is a reservoir located in the city of Lichfield, Staffordshire.The reservoir was built in 1856 by the South Staffordshire Waterworks Co. in order to supply clean water to the Black Country. Before 1856, Stowe Pool existed as a mill pond, with Stowe mill located just to the west of St...
and Walk Mill Clay Pit - Swineholes Wood And Blackheath
- The Wilderness & Vermin Valley
- Thorncliffe Moor
- Wetley Moor
- Whiston Eaves
- Wollaston Ridge Quarry