List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Surrey

This article is about SSSIs in Surrey. For other counties, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.

Windsor Great Park
Johnson's Pond in Windsor Great Park

In England, Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) are designated by Natural England, which is responsible for protecting England's natural environment. Designation as an SSSI gives legal protection to the most important wildlife and geological sites.[1] As of May 2019, there are 62 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the county,[2] 52 of which have been designated for their biological interest, 8 for their geological interest, and 2 for both biological and geological interest.

Surrey is a county in South East England. It has an area of 642 square miles (1,660 square kilometres)[3] and an estimated population of 1.1 million as of 2017.[4] It is bordered by Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. Its top level of government is provided by Surrey County Council and the lower level by eleven boroughs and districts, Elmbridge, Epsom and Ewell, Guildford, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath, Tandridge, Waverley and Woking.[5]

Fourteen sites are also Special Protection Areas, six are Special Areas of Conservation, six are Ramsar sites, eleven are Nature Conservation Review sites, ten are Geological Conservation Review sites, twelve are local nature reserves, three are national nature reserves and one is on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. Five include scheduled monuments and twenty-six are managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.

  1. ^ "Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Designation". Natural England. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Search results for Surrey". Natural England. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Surrey". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  4. ^ "How is the population of Surrey changing?". Surrey County Council. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  5. ^ "The County of Surrey". Visit Surrey. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.