List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire

This article is about SSSIs in Hertfordshire. For other counties, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.
Tring Reservoirs at sunrise
Tring Reservoirs at sunrise

Hertfordshire is a county in eastern England. It is bordered by Bedfordshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Buckinghamshire to the west and Greater London to the south. The county town is Hertford. As of 2018, the county has a population of 1,184,400[1] in an area of 634 square miles (1,640 km2).[2]

As of July 2019, there are 43 sites designated within this Area of Search, 36 of which have been designated for their biological interest and 7 for their geological interest.[3] In England the body responsible for designating SSSIs is Natural England, which chooses a site "because of its flora, fauna, or geological or physiographical features".[4]

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  1. ^ "People and Place". Herts Insight. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Area Measurements". Hertfordshire Local Information System. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Designated Sites View - Hertfordshire". Natural England. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Guidelines for selection of biological SSSIs". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.