§ Mr. MorleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list(a) those areas of Forestry Commission land which are sites of special scientific interest and (b) those areas of Forestry Commission land which are eligible for sites of special scientific interest status but are not classed as sites of special scientific interest land.
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§ Sir Hector Monro[holding answer 25 May 1993]: The following list names those sites of special scientific interest which are wholly or partly on Forestry Commission land, grouped under each of the commission's forest districts. I am not aware of any areas of Forestry Commission land which are potentially sites of special scientific interest but which have still to be designated.
ENGLAND
- Chilterns Forest District
- Dancers End
- Hodgemoor
- Homefield
- Maulden Heath
- Maulden Wood and Pennyfathers Hills
- Potton Wood
- Shabbington
- Waterperry
- Cornwall and North Devon Forest District
- Deptford Farm Pastures
- Goonhilly
- Marsland to Clovelly Coast
- Whiteleigh Meadows
- Dorset Forest District
- Avon Valley
- Blackdown
- Ebblake Bog
- Holt and West Moors Heaths
- Hurn Common
- Hyde Heath
- Lulworth Park and Lake
- Moors River
- Morden Bog
- Oakers Bog
- Poole Harbour
- Rempstone Heath
- Town Common
- Turners Puddle Heath
- Wareham Forest Sites
- Forest of Dean Forest District
- Dingle Woods
- Dymock Woods
- Edgehills Quarry
- Haugh Wood
- Meezy Hurst
- Nagshead
- Oakenhill Railway Cutting
- Shorn Cliffe Caswell Wood
- Soudley Ponds
- Speech House Oaks
- Upper Wye Gorge
- Kidder Forest District
- Birky Cleugh
- Butterburn Flow
- Cauldbeck Flow
- Christianbury Crags
- Coom Rigg Moss
- Falstone Moss
- Felecia Moss
- Gowany Knowe Moss
- Grain Heads Moss
- Haining Head Moss
- Hobbs Flow
- Hummel Knowe Moss
- Irthing Gorge
- Kershope Bridge
- Kielder Head and Emblehope Moors
- Kingwater
- Roman Walls Lough
- The Lakes
- Lakes Forest District
- Bowness Knott
- Buttermere Fells
- Claife Tarns and Mires
- Eden Gorge
325 - Ennerdale Water
- Dodgson Wood
- Hutton Roof Crags
- Miterdale Head
- Pillar and Ennerdale Fells
- Scout and Cunswick Scars
- Skiddaw Group
- Whitbarrow
- Marches Forest District
- Elton Lane Cutting
- Granhams Moor Quarry
- Long Mynd
- Mortimer Forest
- Shrawley Woods
- Stiperstones and Hollies
- Wyre Forest
- Midlands Forest District
- Abbots Moss
- Black Lake, Delamere
- Burntwood
- Cannock Chase
- Dimmingsdale
- Forest Banks
- Pettypool Brook Valley
- New Forest District
- New Forest
- Northants Forest District
- Bedford Purlieus
- Bucknall Wood Meadows
- Castor Hanglands
- Clipsham Old Quarry and Pickworth Great Wood
- Eye Brook Valley Woods
- Launde Big Wood
- Owston Woods
- Salcey Forest
- Stoke and Bowd Lane Woods
- Sudborough Green Lodge Meadows
- Yardley Chase
- Wakerley Spinney
- North York Moors Forest District
- Allerthorpe Common
- Beck Hole
- Botton Head
- Castle Hill Wood
- Cockrah Wood
- Ellerburn Bank
- Ellers Wood and Sand Dale
- Frog Wood Bog
- Gormire
- Low Reclford Meadows
- May Moss
- Newtondale
- Ryedale Windy Pits
- Scar End Wood
- Seive Dale Fen
- Snaper Farm Meadows
- Troutsdale and Rosekirkdale Fens
- Rothbury Forest District
- Cheviot
- Gibside
- Harbottle Moors
- Holborn Lake and Moss
- Holystone Burn Woods
- Holystone North Woods
- Quarryhouse Moor Ponds
- Simonside Hills
- Strother Hill
- Sherwood and Lines Forest District
- Bevercotes Park
- Birklands and Bilhaugh
- Dark Peak
- Ginny Spring, Whitwell Wood
- Goyt Valley
326 - Great West and Cocklode Woods
- Hardy Gang Wood
- Hatton Wood
- Mather Wood
- Newball Wood
- Redgate Woods and Mansey Common
- Roe Wood
- Scotgrove Wood
- Sherwood Forest Golf Course
- Shining Cliff Woods
- Stainfield Woods
- Wellow Park
- Wharncliffe Crags
- Wickenby Wood
- Somerset and South Devon Forest District
- Blackdown and Sampford Common
- Britty Common
- Bullers Hill Quarry
- Culm Davy
- Denham Wood
- Doverhay
- Haldon Forest
- Laughter Quarry
- Priors Park Adscombe
- Quants
- Ruttersleigh
- Shaugh Prior Wood
- Stoke Woods
- Thurlbear Wood and Quarrylands
- Tower Wood Quarry
- South Downs Forest District
- Botley Wood and Everetts and Mushes Copses
- Bouldner and Hampstead Cliffs
- Briddlesford Copses
- Butser Hill
- Fairmile Bottom
- Gurnard Ledge to Saltmead Ledge
- Kingley Vale
- Kings Quay Shore
- Mottistone Down
- Newtown Harbour
- Parkhurst Forest
- West Harting Down
- Suffolk Forest District
- Chalkney Wood
- Hales and Shadwell Woods
- Lineage Wood and Railway Track, Long Melford
- Sutton and Hollesley Heaths
- Thetford Forest District
- Beeches Pit, West Stow
- Cranberry Rough, Hockham
- Cranwich Camp
- East Wretham Health
- High Lodge, Mildenhall
- Rex Graham, Reserve
- Standford Training Area
- Swanton Novers Woods
- Thetford Golf Course and Marsh
- Weald Forest District
- Darwell Wood
- Lullington Health
- Orlestone
- St. Leonards
- Stone Hill Rocks
- West Blean and Thornden Woods
- West Downs Forest District
- Bentley Station Meadow
- Bramshill
- Castle Bottom
- Chiddingfold Forest
- Pasture Wood
- Puttenham and Crooksbury Common
- Sulham and Tidmarsh
- Warren Heath Ponds
327 - Wilts and Avon Forest District
- Avon Gorge
- Ebsbury Down
- Roundway Down and Covert
- Savernake Forest
- WALES
- Ceredigion Forest District
- Coed Cwm Clettwr
- Coed Mynachlog Fawr
- Elenidd
- Figyn Blaen Brefi
- Llynoedd Ieuan
- Rhos Cilcennin
- Clwyd Forest District
- Berwyn
- Coed Bryndansi
- Coed Nant y Merddyn
- Coed Pandy
- Cynwyd Quarry
- Mynydd Hiraethog
- Rhyd y Foel
- Worlds End
- Dolgellau Forest District
- Brynllin Fawr
- Foel Friog
- Glasdir Copper Mine
- Hermon Copper Bog
- Pistyll Cain
- Llandovery Forest District
- Cwm Doethe
- Dolaucothi
- Dyffryn
- Garth
- Pembrey
- Slebech
- Llanrwst Forest District
- Aberllyn/Coed Mawr
- Coed Aber
- Cwm Crafnant
- Eidda Pastures
- Fairy Glen Woods
- Llyn Bodgynydd
- Llyn Bychan
- Llyn Cwellyn
- Llyn Goddionduon
- Llyn Mymbyr
- Llyn Pencraig
- Morfa Harlech
- Newborough
- Pandora Reservoir
- Tyn y Mynydd
- Morgannwg Forest District
- Blaen Nedd and Mellte
- Blaen Rhondda Cutting
- Craig y Llyn
- Cwmgwrelych/Nant Llyn Fach
- Darren y Dimbath
- Llethrid Valley
- Penmoelallt
- Plas y gors
- Newtown Forest District
- Breidden
- Copu Craig
- Dyfnant Oakwood
- Ffridd Mathrafal
- Stanner Rocks
- South East Wales Forest District
- Castell Coch
- Coed y Darren
- Craig Wood
- Livox Wood
328 - Lower Hael
- Lower Linenwell
- Penarth Brook
- Pysgodlyn Mawr
- Talybont Reservoir
- Wyndcliff
- SCOTLAND
- Aberfoyle Forest District
- Ben An and Brenachoile Woods
- Ben Lomond
- Blackwater Marches
- Brig o'Turk Mires
- Comrie Woods
- Craigrostan Woods
- Cuilvona and Craigmore Woods
- Drumore Woods
- Eden Estuary
- Fairyknowe and Doon Hill
- Hawcraigs-Glenarbuck
- Lake of Menteith
- Lime Craig Quarry
- Lime Hill
- Loch Lubnaig Marshes
- Lochmill Loch
- Morton Lochs
- Pass of Leny Flushes
- Rowardennan Woodlands
- Tayport to Tentsmuir Coast
- Torflundie Mire
- Ae Forest District
- Longbridge Muir
- Moffat Hills
- Ayrshire and Arran Forest District
- Ard Bheinn
- Gleann Dubh
- Penwhapple Burn
- Borders Forest District
- Kielderhead Moors
- Langholm/Newcastleton Hills
- Palmers Hill Railway Cutting
- Buchan Forest District
- Bin Quarry
- Coreen Hills
- Gight Woods
- Greenhill-Strathdon
- Hill of Towanreef
- Mortlach Moss
- Morven and Mullachdubh
- Moss of Cruden
- Castle Douglas Forest District
- Abbeyburnfoot to Balcary Point
- Cairnsmore of Fleet
- Clatteringshaws Dam Quarry
- Ellergower Moss
- Lauchengie and Airie Hills
- Lea Larks
- Woodhall Loch
- Cowal Forest District
- Craigoyle
- Glen Loin
- Hell's Glenn
- Loch Eck
- Dornoch Forest District
- Bad na Gallaig
- Ben Klibreck
- Ben More Assynt
- Cnoc an Alaskie
- Kinrive
- Kyle of Sutherland Marshes
- Loch Meadie Peatlands
- Morrich More
- Oliclett
329 - Oykel Gorge
- Shielton Peatlands
- Strathrory
- West Halladale
- Fort Augustus Forest District
- Affric—Cannich Hills
- Easter Ness
- Glen Affric
- Inverfarigaig
- Loch Bran
- Moniack Gorge
- Inverness Forest District
- Allt Mhor
- Belmaduthy Dam
- Corrieshalloch Gorge
- Little Mill
- Monadh Mor
- River Feshie
- Kincardine Forest District
- Muir of Dinnet
- Kintyre Forest District
- Artilligan and Abhain Strathan Burns
- Balnabraid Glen
- Bellochantuy and Tangy Gorges
- Inverneill
- Tarbert to Skipness Coast
- Lochaber Forest District
- Ben Hiant and Ardnamurchan Coast
- Ben Nevis
- Coille Puiteachan
- Garry Falls
- Loch Moidart
- Loch Shiel
- Lon Lianachan
- Mile Dorcha
- Parallel Roads of Lochaber
- Salen to Woodend
- South Laggan Fen
- Strontian River
- Loch Awe Forest District
- Craignure Mine
- Dalavich Oakwood
- Lorne Forest District
- Allt Brioghleachan
- Allt Malach
- Ard Trilleachan
- Ben More
- Coladoir
- Crom Allt
- Glasdrum
- Glen Nant
- Ross of Mull Coast
- S'Aird Beinn
- Sound of Mull Cliffs
- Lothian and Tweed Forest District
- Glenkinnon Burn
- Plora Wood
- Moray Forest District
- Culbin Sands
- Cutties Hillock Quarry
- Kellas Oakwood
- Lower River Spey
- Spey Bay
- Teindland
- Newton Stewart Forest District
- Blood Moss
- Cairnbaber
- Dowalton Loch
- Glentrool Oakwoods
- Merrick Kells
330 - Mochrum Lochs
- Talnotry Mine
- Torrs Warren
- Tay Forest District
- Blackwood of Rannoch
- Forest of Alyth Mires
- Kinnoull Hill
- Logierait Mires
- Meall Reamhar
- Red Craig
- Schiehallion
- Wester Ross Forest District
- Alit Geod a'Hama
- Ard Hill
- Bealach Udal
- Glen Valtos
- Loch Maree Islands
- Loch na Dal
- Loch nan Eilean
- South West Strath
- Trotternish Ridge