List of Special Protection Areas in the United Kingdom
See Special Protection Area to understand what this list is referring to. As of August 2004, the list of sites was as follows:
England[]
Site Name | Local Authority | Site Code | Map Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Abberton Reservoir | Essex | UK9009141 | TL979182 |
Alde-Ore Estuary | Suffolk | UK9009112 | TM433487 |
Alt Estuary (part of Ribble and Alt Estuaries Phase 2) |
Merseyside | UK9005102 | SD348237 |
Arun Valley | West Sussex | UK9020281 | TQ035143 |
Ashdown Forest | East Sussex | UK9012181 | TQ450313 |
Avon Valley | Dorset Hampshire |
UK9011091 | SZ144983 |
Benacre to Easton Bavents | Suffolk | UK9009291 | TM524830 |
Benfleet and Southend Marshes | Essex Southend-on-Sea |
UK9009171 | TQ861845 |
Blackwater Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 4) |
Essex | UK9009245 | TL978100 |
Bowland Fells | Lancashire | UK9005151 | SD631547 |
Breydon Water | Norfolk | UK9009181 | TG453047 |
Norfolk Suffolk |
UK9009253 | TG430211 | |
Chesil Beach and The Fleet | Dorset | UK9010091 | SY633792 |
Chew Valley Lake | Bath and North East Somerset | UK9010041 | ST569597 |
Chichester and Langstone Harbours | City of Portsmouth Hampshire West Sussex |
UK9011011 | SU761014 |
Colne Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 2) |
Essex | UK9009243 | TM040172 |
Coquet Island | Northumberland | UK9006031 | NU294047 |
and (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 3) |
Essex | UK9009244 | TQ881970 |
Deben Estuary | Suffolk | UK9009261 | TM294435 |
Dengie (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 1) |
Essex | UK9009242 | TM045033 |
Bournemouth Dorset Hampshire Poole |
UK9010101 | SY887834 | |
Duddon Estuary | Cumbria | UK9005031 | SD180765 |
Dungeness to Pett Level | East Sussex Kent |
UK9012091 | TQ932182 |
Devon | UK9010121 | SY040867 | |
Exe Estuary | Devon | UK9010081 | SX980841 |
Farne Islands | Northumberland | UK9006021 | NU221364 |
Flamborough Head and Bempton Cliffs |
East Riding of Yorkshire North Yorkshire |
UK9006101 | TA233723 |
Foulness (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 5) |
Essex | UK9009246 | TR024902 |
Gibraltar Point | Lincolnshire | UK9008022 | TF565585 |
Great Yarmouth North Denes | Norfolk | UK9009271 | TG488216 |
Hamford Water | Essex | UK9009131 | TM231251 |
Holburn Lake and Moss | Northumberland | UK9006041 | NU051365 |
Hornsea Mere | East Riding of Yorkshire | UK9006171 | TA188469 |
Humber Flats, Marshes and Coast Phase 1 |
East Riding of Yorkshire North Lincolnshire North East Lincolnshire |
UK9006111 | TA315170 |
Isles of Scilly | Isles of Scilly | UK9020288 | SV884161 |
Lee Valley | Essex Greater London Hertfordshire |
UK9012111 | TQ351887 |
Leighton Moss | Lancashire | UK9005091 | SD483749 |
Lindisfarne | Northumberland | UK9006011 | NU102422 |
Lower Derwent Valley | East Riding of Yorkshire North Yorkshire |
UK9006092 | SE706437 |
Marazion Marsh | Cornwall | UK9020289 | SW517319 |
Martin Mere | Lancashire | UK9005111 | SD420145 |
Medway Estuary and Marshes | Kent Medway |
UK9012031 | TQ862703 |
Mersey Estuary | Cheshire Halton Liverpool Wirral |
UK9005131 | SJ451800 |
Minsmere-Walberswick | Suffolk | UK9009101 | TM476748 |
(part of ) |
County Durham | UK9006271 | NY727322 |
Morecambe Bay | Cumbria Lancashire |
UK9005081 | SD375700 |
Nene Washes | Cambridgeshire City of Peterborough |
UK9008031 | TL304996 |
New Forest | Hampshire Wiltshire |
UK9011031 | SU242030 |
North Norfolk Coast | Norfolk | UK9009031 | TF745446 |
Cumbria Durham North Yorkshire Northumberland |
UK9006272 | NY841291 | |
North York Moors | North Yorkshire Redcar and Cleveland |
UK9006161 | NZ725006 |
Durham North Tyneside Northumberland South Tyneside City of Sunderland |
UK9006131 | NU260193 | |
(part of Blackwater Estuary) |
Essex | UK9009241 | TR024902 |
Orford Ness – Havergate (part of Alde–Ore Estuary) |
Suffolk | UK9009111 | TM433487 |
Ouse Washes | Cambridgeshire Norfolk |
UK9008041 | TL498888 |
Pagham Harbour | West Sussex | UK9012041 | SZ874968 |
(South Pennine Moors Phase 1) |
UK9007021 | SK157968 | |
Poole Harbour | Dorset Poole |
UK9010111 | SY982869 |
Hampshire Wiltshire |
UK9011101 | SU242368 | |
Portsmouth Harbour | City of Portsmouth Hampshire |
UK9011051 | SU616036 |
Ribble and Alt Estuaries | - | UK9005103 | sd348237 |
Ribble Estuary (part of Ribble and Alt Estuaries Phase 2) |
Lancashire Merseyside |
UK9005101 | SD377238 |
(part of Upper Solway Flats and Marshes) |
Cumbria | UK9005011 | NY325640 |
Rutland Water | Rutland | UK9008051 | SK903064 |
Salisbury Plain | Hampshire Wiltshire |
UK9011102 | SU079506 |
Sandlings | Suffolk | UK9020286 | TM359479 |
Solent and Southampton Water | Hampshire Isle of Wight Southampton |
UK9011061 | SZ335936 |
Somerset Levels and Moors | Somerset | UK9010031 | ST394417 |
- | UK9007022 | SD953349 | |
Greater London Surrey Windsor and Maidenhead |
UK9012171 | TQ025747 | |
Stodmarsh | Kent | UK9012121 | TR211610 |
Stour and Orwell Estuaries | Essex Suffolk |
UK9009121 | TM169332 |
Tamar Estuaries Complex | City of Plymouth Cornwall Devon |
UK9010141 | SX441621 |
Hartlepool Redcar and Cleveland Stockton-on-Tees |
UK9006061 | NZ569265 | |
Kent Medway Thurrock |
UK9012021 | TQ802795 | |
Kent | UK9012071 | TR355617 | |
The Swale | Kent | UK9012011 | TQ976663 |
The Wash | Lincolnshire Norfolk |
UK9008021 | TF537403 |
Thorne and Hatfield Moors | Doncaster East Riding of Yorkshire North Lincolnshire |
UK9005171 | SE728163 |
Thursley, Hankley and Frensham Commons (Wealden Heaths Phase 1) |
Surrey | UK9012131 | SU910412 |
(part of Severn Estuary) |
Gloucestershire | UK9015021 | SO715063 |
Walmore Common | Gloucestershire | UK9007051 | SO745150 |
(Phase 2) |
Hampshire | UK9012132 | SU805326 |
Scotland[]
Site Name | Local Authority | Site Code | Map Reference |
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Abernethy Forest | Highland | UK9002561 | NJ213154 |
Highland | UK9001701 | NH272606 | |
Ailsa Craig | South Ayrshire | UK9003091 | NX019100 |
, Benbecula | Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar | UK9001751 | NF767534 |
Arran Moors | North Ayrshire | UK9003341 | NR975332 |
Assynt Lochs | Highland | UK9001591 | NC235236 |
Auskerry | Orkney Islands | UK9002381 | HY675163 |
Aberdeenshire | UK9002781 | NO199897 | |
Beinn Dearg | Highland | UK9001631 | NH267826 |
Ben Alder | Highland | UK9002551 | NN478749 |
Ben Wyvis | Highland | UK9001641 | NH465688 |
Black Cart | Renfrewshire | UK9003221 | NS474678 |
Bridgend Flats, Islay | Argyll and Bute | UK9003052 | NR324615 |
to Collieston Coast | Aberdeenshire | UK9002491 | NK115387 |
Caenlochan | Aberdeenshire Angus Perth and Kinross |
UK9004011 | NO213774 |
Cairngorms | Aberdeenshire Highland |
UK9002241 | NO005994 |
Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands | Highland | UK9001151 | NC866402 |
Caithness Lochs | Highland | UK9001171 | ND223567 |
Calf of Eday | Orkney Islands | UK9002431 | HY584394 |
Cameron Reservoir | Fife | UK9004131 | NO472114 |
Canna and Sanday | Highland | UK9001431 | NG273063 |
Cape Wrath | Highland | UK9001231 | NC320716 |
Castle Loch, Lochmaben | Dumfries and Galloway | UK9003191 | NY088816 |
Argyll and Bute | UK9003311 | NM563275 | |
Coll | Argyll and Bute | UK9003031 | NM242605 |
Coll (corncrake) | Argyll and Bute | UK9003033 | NM165552 |
Copinsay | Orkney Islands | UK9002151 | HY611016 |
Highland | UK9001801 | NJ026224 | |
Creag Meagaidh | Highland | UK9002161 | NN429873 |
Cromarty Firth | Highland | UK9001623 | NH688680 |
Cuillins | Highland | UK9001781 | NG306265 |
Din Moss – Hoselaw Loch | Scottish Borders | UK9004291 | NT806314 |
Dornoch Firth and Loch Fleet | Highland | UK9001622 | NH788863 |
Highland Perth and Kinross |
UK9002301 | NN631771 | |
East Caithness Cliffs | Highland | UK9001182 | ND215331 |
East Sanday Coast | Orkney Islands | UK9002331 | HY677423 |
Eilean na Muice Duibhe (Duich Moss), Islay |
Argyll and Bute | UK9003054 | NR328558 |
, Barra | Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar | UK9001761 | NF708082 |
Fair Isle | Shetland Islands | UK9002091 | HZ217724 |
Fala Flow | Midlothian | UK9004241 | NT433585 |
Fetlar | Shetland Islands | UK9002031 | HU626923 |
Argyll and Bute | UK9003056 | NR252693 | |
Firth of Forth | City of Edinburgh Clackmannanshire East Lothian Falkirk Fife Stirling West Lothian |
UK9004411 | NS970823 |
Firth of Tay & Eden Estuary | Dundee Fife Perth and Kinross |
UK9004121 | NO332245 |
Flannan Isles | Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar | UK9001021 | NA724469 |
Perth and Kinross | UK9004381 | NO030539 | |
Forth Islands | East Lothian City of Edinburgh Fife |
UK9004171 | NT655994 |
Foula | Shetland Islands | UK9002061 | HT954393 |
Fowlsheugh | Aberdeenshire | UK9002271 | NO881801 |
(part of Rinns of Islay) |
Argyll and Bute | UK9003055 | NR224709 |
Gladhouse Reservoir | Midlothian | UK9004231 | NT310553 |
Argyll and Bute | UK9003211 | NM714400 | |
and | Dumfries and Galloway South Ayrshire |
UK9003351 | NX119718 |
Glen Tanar | Aberdeenshire | UK9002771 | NO459924 |
Greenlaw Moor | Scottish Borders | UK9004281 | NT716492 |
Gruinart Flats, Islay | Argyll and Bute | UK9003051 | NR292698 |
Handa | Highland | UK9001241 | NC137483 |
Shetland Islands | UK9002011 | HP598152 | |
Hoy | Orkney Islands | UK9002141 | HY239975 |
Inner Clyde Estuary | Argyll and Bute Inverclyde Renfrewshire West Dunbartonshire |
UK9003061 | NS356758 |
Inner Moray Firth | Highland | UK9001624 | NN564745 |
Inverpolly, Loch Urigill and Nearby Lochs | Highland | UK9001511 | NC123139 |
Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar | UK9001083 | NF732077 | |
Kintyre Goose Roosts | Argyll and Bute | UK9003071 | NR717307 |
Highland | UK9002581 | NH853179 | |
Argyll and Bute | UK9003301 | NR755684 | |
Argyll and Bute | UK9003053 | NR296559 | |
Highland | UK9001611 | NC578125 | |
Langholm – Newcastleton Hills | Dumfries and Galloway Scottish Borders |
UK9003271 | NY430904 |
Lewis Peatlands | Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar | UK9001571 | NB311382 |
Highland | UK9001554 | NH627343 | |
Loch Druidibeg, and (part of South Uist Machair and Lochs) |
Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar | UK9001081 | NF780378 |
Loch Eye | Highland | UK9001621 | NH831797 |
Highland | UK9001691 | NH810519 | |
Loch Ken and River Dee Marshes | Dumfries and Galloway | UK9003111 | NX710681 |
and Nearby Lochs | Highland | UK9001552 | NH435035 |
Loch Leven | Perth and Kinross | UK9004111 | NO147013 |
Loch Lomond | Argyll and Bute Stirling West Dunbartonshire |
UK9003021 | NS438883 |
Loch Maree | Highland | UK9001531 | NG931715 |
and | Dumfries and Galloway | UK9003121 | NX154534 |
Loch of Kinnordy | Angus | UK9004051 | NO360542 |
Loch of Lintrathen | Angus | UK9004061 | NO275546 |
Loch of Skene | Aberdeenshire | UK9002261 | NJ783075 |
Loch of Strathbeg | Aberdeenshire | UK9002211 | NK070592 |
Loch Ruthven | Highland | UK9001551 | NH617278 |
Loch Shiel | Highland | UK9001721 | NM865768 |
Loch Spynie | Moray | UK9002201 | NJ238666 |
Loch Vaa | Highland | UK9002751 | NH914179 |
Lochnagar | Aberdeenshire Angus |
UK9002281 | NO229841 |
Lochs of Spiggie and Brow | Shetland Islands | UK9002651 | HU373166 |
Orkney Islands | UK9002121 | HY227250 | |
Mingulay and Berneray | Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar | UK9001121 | NL557824 |
Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar | UK9001501 | NF845689 | |
Monach Islands | Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar | UK9001071 | NF644622 |
Montrose Basin | Angus | UK9004031 | NO691578 |
Highland | UK9001791 | NH735802 | |
Moray and Nairn Coast | Highland Moray |
UK9001625 | NH968633 |
Mousa | Shetland Islands | UK9002361 | HU462241 |
Muir of Dinnet | Aberdeenshire | UK9002791 | NO444995 |
Muirkirk and North Lowther Uplands | Dumfries and Galloway East Ayrshire South Lanarkshire |
UK9003261 | NS689260 |
Ness & | Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar | UK9001741 | NB519638 |
Highland | UK9001181 | ND183744 | |
North Colonsay and Western Cliffs | Argyll and Bute | UK9003171 | NR410984 |
Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar | UK9001572 | NB071119 | |
Highland | UK9001553 | NH495329 | |
North Rona and Sula Sgeir | Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar | UK9001011 | HW812325 |
Highland | UK9001211 | NC633657 | |
North Uist Machair and Islands | Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar | UK9001051 | NF781620 |
Noss | Shetland Islands | UK9002081 | HU546403 |
Orkney Islands | UK9002311 | HY351223 | |
Otterswick and | Shetland Islands | UK9002941 | HU488857 |
Papa Stour | Shetland Islands | UK9002051 | HU166613 |
Papa Westray (North Hill and Holm) |
Orkney Islands | UK9002111 | HY501549 |
Pentland Firth Islands | Orkney Islands | UK9001131 | ND387842 |
Priest Island (Summer Isles) | Highland | UK9001261 | NB925022 |
Shetland Islands | UK9002021 | HU381967 | |
Rannoch Lochs | Argyll and Bute Highland Perth and Kinross |
UK9004021 | NN397558 |
Rinns of Islay | Argyll and Bute | UK9003057 | NR273629 |
River Spey – Insh Marshes | Highland | UK9002231 | NH790016 |
Shetland Islands | UK9002041 | HU320852 | |
Rousay | Orkney Islands | UK9002371 | HY371331 |
Rùm | Highland | UK9001341 | NM369982 |
Shiant Isles | Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar | UK9001041 | NG413984 |
(Tiree Wetlands and Coast) |
Argyll and Bute | UK9003032 | NM014454 |
South Tayside Goose Roosts | Perth and Kinross | UK9004401 | NN865096 |
South Uist Machair and Lochs | Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar | UK9001082 | NF790374 |
St Abb's Head to Fast Castle | Scottish Borders | UK9004271 | NT893697 |
St Kilda | Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar | UK9001031 | NF093998 |
Sule Skerry and Sule Stack | Orkney Islands | UK9002181 | HX622244 |
Sumburgh Head | Shetland Islands | UK9002511 | HU410091 |
Switha | Orkney Islands | UK9002891 | ND364891 |
and | Aberdeenshire Moray |
UK9002811 | NJ394395 |
Tiree (corncrake) | Argyll and Bute | UK9003034 | NL973419 |
Treshnish Isles | Argyll and Bute | UK9003041 | NM280420 |
, and | Aberdeenshire | UK9002471 | NJ850658 |
West Westray | Orkney Islands | UK9002101 | HY423457 |
Highland | UK9001711 | NG947786 | |
Westwater | Scottish Borders | UK9004251 | NT116526 |
Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch | Aberdeenshire | UK9002221 | NK025279 |
Wales[]
Site Name | Local Authority | Site Code | Map Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Aberdaron Coast and Bardsey Island /Glannau Aberdaron and Ynys Enlli |
Gwynedd | UK9013121 | SH152271 |
Berwyn | Denbighshire Gwynedd Powys Wrexham |
UK9013111 | SH919280 |
Bird's Rock /Craig yr Aderyn | Gwynedd | UK9020283 | SH644068 |
Burry Inlet | Swansea Carmarthenshire |
UK9015011 | SS494967 |
Castlemartin Coast | Pembrokeshire | UK9014061 | SR885100 |
Carmarthen Bay /Bae Caerfyrddin | Carmarthenshire | UK9014091 | SS280971 |
/ Aber Dyfi | Ceredigion Gwynedd Powys |
UK9020284 | SN647954 |
Carmarthenshire Ceredigion Powys |
UK9014111 | SN821648 | |
Flat Holm | South Glamorgan | ||
Grassholm | Pembrokeshire | UK9014041 | SM598093 |
Holy Island Coast /Glannau Ynys Gybi | Isle of Anglesey | UK9013101 | SH208817 |
Lavan Sands/Traeth Lafan, Conwy Bay | Conwy Gwynedd |
UK9013031 | SC654286 |
Conwy Gwynedd |
UK9013131 | SH786437 | |
, |
Gwynedd | UK9020282 | SH320245 |
Ramsey Island and St David's Peninsula Coast |
Pembrokeshire | UK9014062 | SM728285 |
Skokholm and Skomer | Pembrokeshire | UK9014051 | SM728093 |
Ynys Feurig, Cemlyn Bay and The Skerries |
Isle of Anglesey | UK9013061 | SH331935 |
Ynys Seiriol / Puffin Island | Isle of Anglesey | UK9020285 | SH651821 |
Northern Ireland[]
Site Name | Local Authority | Site Code | Map Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Belfast Lough | Northern Ireland | UK9020101 | J356782 |
Carlingford Lough | Northern Ireland | UK9020161 | J233129 |
Larne Lough | Northern Ireland | UK9020042 | J450987 |
Lough Foyle | Northern Ireland | UK9020031 | C621274 |
Lough Neagh and Lough Beg | Northern Ireland | UK9020091 | J029702 |
Northern Ireland | UK9020051 | H010650 | |
Rathlin Island | Northern Ireland | UK9020011 | D127509 |
Sheep Island | Northern Ireland | UK9020021 | D049459 |
Strangford Lough | Northern Ireland | UK9020111 | J560578 |
Swan Island (part of Larne Lough) |
Northern Ireland | UK9020041 | J427999 |
Upper Lough Erne | Northern Ireland | UK9020071 | H330280 |
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