# 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 |
| Broadland | 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 |
| Crouch and Roach Estuaries (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 3) | Essex | UK9009244 | TQ881970 |
| Deben Estuary SSSI | Suffolk | UK9009261 | TM294435 |
| Dengie (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 1) | Essex | UK9009242 | TM045033 |
| Dorset Heathlands | Bournemouth Dorset Hampshire Poole | UK9010101 | SY887834 |
| Duddon Estuary | Cumbria | UK9005031 | SD180765 |
| Dungeness to Pett Level | East Sussex Kent | UK9012091 | TQ932182 |
| East Devon Heaths | 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 |
| Moor House (Durham) (part of North Pennine Moors) | 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 |
| North Pennine Moors | Cumbria Durham North Yorkshire Northumberland | UK9006272 | NY841291 |
| North York Moors | North Yorkshire Redcar and Cleveland | UK9006161 | NZ725006 |
| Northumbria Coast | Durham North Tyneside Northumberland South Tyneside City of Sunderland | UK9006131 | NU260193 |
| Old Hall Marshes (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 |
| Peak District Moors (South Pennine Moors Phase 1) | | UK9007021 | SK157968 |
| Poole Harbour | Dorset Poole | UK9010111 | SY982869 |
| Porton Down | 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 |
| Rockcliffe Marsh (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 |
| South Pennine Moors Phase 2 | - | UK9007022 | SD953349 |
| South West London Waterbodies | 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 |
| Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast | Hartlepool Redcar and Cleveland Stockton-on-Tees | UK9006061 | NZ569265 |
| Thames Basin Heaths | Surrey Berkshire Hampshire | UK9012141 | SU885588 |
| Thames Estuary and Marshes | Kent Medway Thurrock | UK9012021 | TQ802795 |
| Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay | 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 |
| Upper Severn Estuary (part of Severn Estuary) | Gloucestershire | UK9015021 | SO715063 |
| Walmore Common | Gloucestershire | UK9007051 | SO745150 |
| Wealden Heaths (Phase 2) | Hampshire | UK9012132 | SU805326 |

## Scotland

| Site Name | Local Authority | Site Code | Map Reference |
| Abernethy Forest | Highland | UK9002561 | NJ213154 |
| Achanalt Marshes | Highland | UK9001701 | NH272606 |
| Ailsa Craig | South Ayrshire | UK9003091 | NX019100 |
| Aird & Borve, 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 |
| Ballochbuie | 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 |
| Buchan Ness 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 |
| Cnuic agus Cladach Mhuile | Argyll and Bute | UK9003311 | NM563275 |
| Coll | Argyll and Bute | UK9003031 | NM242605 |
| Coll (corncrake) | Argyll and Bute | UK9003033 | NM165552 |
| Copinsay | Orkney Islands | UK9002151 | HY611016 |
| Craigmore Wood | 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 |
| Drumochter Hills | 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 |
| Eoligarry, 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 |
| Feur Lochain (part of Rinns of Islay) | 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 City Fife Perth and Kinross | UK9004121 | NO332245 |
| Flannan Isles | Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar | UK9001021 | NA724469 |
| Forest of Clunie | Perth and Kinross | UK9004381 | NO030539 |
| Forth Islands | East Lothian City of Edinburgh Fife | UK9004171 | NT655994 |
| Foula | Shetland Islands | UK9002061 | HT954393 |
| Fowlsheugh | Aberdeenshire | UK9002271 | NO881801 |
| Glac na Criche (part of Rinns of Islay) | Argyll and Bute | UK9003055 | NR224709 |
| Gladhouse Reservoir | Midlothian | UK9004231 | NT310553 |
| Glas Eileanan | Argyll and Bute | UK9003211 | NM714400 |
| Glen App and Galloway Moors | 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 |
| Hermaness, Saxa Vord and Valla Field | 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 |
| Kilpheder to Smerclate, South Uist | Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar | UK9001083 | NF732077 |
| Kintyre Goose Roosts | Argyll and Bute | UK9003071 | NR717307 |
| Kinveachy Forest | Highland | UK9002581 | NH853179 |
| Knapdale Lochs | Argyll and Bute | UK9003301 | NR755684 |
| Laggan, Islay | Argyll and Bute | UK9003053 | NR296559 |
| Lairg and Strathbrora Lochs | Highland | UK9001611 | NC578125 |
| Langholm – Newcastleton Hills | Dumfries and Galloway Scottish Borders | UK9003271 | NY430904 |
| Lewis Peatlands | Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar | UK9001571 | NB311382 |
| Loch Ashie | Highland | UK9001554 | NH627343 |
| Loch Druidibeg, Loch a' Machair and Loch Stilligarry (part of South Uist Machair and Lochs) | Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar | UK9001081 | NF780378 |
| Loch Eye | Highland | UK9001621 | NH831797 |
| Loch Flemington | Highland | UK9001691 | NH810519 |
| Loch Ken and River Dee Marshes | Dumfries and Galloway | UK9003111 | NX710681 |
| Loch Knockie 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 |
| Loch of Inch and Torrs Warren | 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 |
| Marwick Head | Orkney Islands | UK9002121 | HY227250 |
| Mingulay and Berneray | Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar | UK9001121 | NL557824 |
| Mointeach Scadabhaigh | 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 |
| Morangie Forest | 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 & Barvas, Lewis | Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar | UK9001741 | NB519638 |
| North Caithness Cliffs | Highland | UK9001181 | ND183744 |
| North Colonsay and Western Cliffs | Argyll and Bute | UK9003171 | NR410984 |
| North Harris Mountains | Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar | UK9001572 | NB071119 |
| North Inverness Lochs | Highland | UK9001553 | NH495329 |
| North Rona and Sula Sgeir | Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar | UK9001011 | HW812325 |
| North Sutherland Coastal Islands | Highland | UK9001211 | NC633657 |
| North Uist Machair and Islands | Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar | UK9001051 | NF781620 |
| Noss | Shetland Islands | UK9002081 | HU546403 |
| Orkney Mainland Moors | Orkney Islands | UK9002311 | HY351223 |
| Otterswick and Graveland | 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 |
| Ramna Stacks and Gruney | 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 |
| Ronas Hill – North Roe and Tingon | Shetland Islands | UK9002041 | HU320852 |
| Rousay | Orkney Islands | UK9002371 | HY371331 |
| Rùm | Highland | UK9001341 | NM369982 |
| Shiant Isles | Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan an Iar | UK9001041 | NG413984 |
| Sléibhtean agus Cladach Thiriodh (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 |
| Tips of Corsemaul and Tom Mór | Aberdeenshire Moray | UK9002811 | NJ394395 |
| Tiree (corncrake) | Argyll and Bute | UK9003034 | NL973419 |
| Treshnish Isles | Argyll and Bute | UK9003041 | NM280420 |
| Troup, Pennan and Lion's Heads | Aberdeenshire | UK9002471 | NJ850658 |
| West Westray | Orkney Islands | UK9002101 | HY423457 |
| Wester Ross Lochs | 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 |
| Dyfi Estuary / Aber Dyfi | Ceredigion Gwynedd Powys | UK9020284 | SN647954 |
| Elenydd – Mallaen | 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 |
| Migneint–Arenig–Dduallt | Conwy Gwynedd | UK9013131 | SH786437 |
| Mynydd Cilan, Trwyn y Wylfa ac Ynysoedd Sant Tudwal | 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 |
| Pettigoe Plateau | 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 |