List of Nature Conservation Review sites


The following is a 'list of British conservation sites listed in Derek Ratcliffe's 1979 book A Nature Conservation Review, the two-volume work which set out to identify the most important places for nature conservation in Great Britain.
The following headings, subheadings, site codes and site names are the same as those used in the original work.

Coastlands

Southeast England

Site codeSite nameCountySubsites
C.1Cuckmere Haven - Beachy HeadSussex
C.2Folkestone WarrenKent
C.3DungenessKent
C.4Sandwich / Pegwell BayKent
C.5Chichester / Langstone HarboursSussex, Hampshire Chichester Harbour
Langstone Harbour
C.6The Swales Kent
C.7Burntwick Island / Chetney Marshes Kent
C.8High Halstow / Cliffe MarshesKent
C.9Allhallows Marshes / Yantlet CreekKent

South England

Site codeSite nameCountySubsites
C.10Needles - St Catherine's PointIsle of Wight, Hampshire
C.11North Solent MarshesHampshire
C.12Newtown HarbourIsle of Wight, Hampshire

East Anglia

Site codeSite nameCountySubsites
C.13Foulness and Maplin SandsEssex-
C.14Blackwater Flats and MarshesEssex Dengie Peninsula
Blackwater Estuary
Colne Estuary
C.15Hamford WaterEssex
C.16Stour EstuaryEssex
C.17Orfordness / Havergate IslandSuffolk
C.18Winterton DunesNorfolk
C.19North Norfolk CoastNorfolk Holme - Brancaster
Scolt Head Island
Overy - Holkham
Wells - Morston
Blakeney Point
Cley - Salthouse
C.20The Wash Flats and MarshesNorfolk - Lincolnshire Gibraltar Point - Wrangle
Wrangle - Welland
Welland - Nene
Nene - Ouse
Ouse - Hunstanton
C.21Saltfleetby - Theddlethorpe DunesLincolnshire
C.22Leigh MarshEssex

South-west England

Southeast England

Southeast England

Southeast England

South-west England

South Wales

North Wales

Midlands

North England

South Scotland

East Scotland

West Scotland

Peatlands

Southeast England

South England

East Anglia

South-west England

South Wales

North Wales

Midlands

North England

South Scotland

East Scotland

West Scotland

Upland grasslands and heaths

South-west England

South Wales

North Wales

Midlands

North England

South Scotland

Eastern Highlands

Western Highlands