List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Swansea

Map of Swansea within Wales
Map of Swansea within Wales

This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in the Swansea Area of Search (AoS).[1]

Sites

  • Barland Common Stream Section
  • Berry Wood
  • Bishop's Wood
  • Blackpill, Swansea
  • Bracelet Bay
  • Burry Inlet and Loughor Estuary
  • Caswell Bay
  • Cefn Bryn Common
  • Coedydd Parkmill a Cwm Llethrid
  • Cors Crymlyn - Crymlyn Bog
  • Courthouse Grasslands
  • Fairwood, Pengwern and Welshmoor Commons
  • Glais Moraine
  • Gower Coast - Rhossili to Port Eynon
  • Graig Fawr, Pontardulais
  • Horton, Eastern and Western Slade
  • Ilston Quarry
  • Langland Bay (Rotherslade)
  • Minchin Hole
  • Morfa a Chraig Cwm Ivy-Cwm Ivy marsh and Tor[2]
  • Nant y Crimp
  • Nicholaston Wood
  • Oxwich Bay
  • Oystermouth Old Quarry
  • Penllergaer Railway Cutting
  • Pennard Valley
  • Penplas Grasslands
  • Penrice Stables and Underhill Cottage
  • Pwll Du Head and Bishopston Valley
  • Rhossili Down
  • Rose Cottage, Llethrid
  • Sluxton Marsh, Whitemoor
  • Whiteford Burrows, Landimore Marsh, Broughton Bay

References

  1. ^ "Find protected areas of land and sea". Natural Resources Wales. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  2. ^ Morris, Steven (10 May 2021). "'It wasn't pretty at first': the Welsh wildlife haven born out of disaster". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
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