Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) Review Data 2025
The SSSI review data (an excel spreadsheet) contains detailed information which forms the basis of tables and charts presented in the report 'Edwards C., York H. 2025. Sites of Special Scientific Interest: a Review of the Current Series in Wales. NRW Evidence Report No: 878, 82pp, Natural Resources Wales'.
It includes data about each notified SSSI in Wales (at the point of February 2025), such as the site type, the area and the length. It contains information on the notified features (species, habitats, geology) and the SSSI's impacted by habitat fragmentation.
- Identification
- Extent
- Distribution
- Quality
- Keywords
- Spatial Reference System
- Content
- Constraints
- Maintenance
- Metadata
Identification
- Identifier
- NRW_DS161393
- Alternative Title
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- Metadata Language
- English
- Lineage
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The SSSI review data is principally sourced from NRW's Protected Sites Database and the SSSI GIS spatial layer. It contains additional information produced by analysing this data. The data is based on notified SSSIs as of February 2025.
Full methodology details can be found in the NRW Evidence Report.
- Additional Information
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Edwards C., York H. 2025. Sites of Special Scientific Interest: a Review of the Current Series in Wales. NRW Evidence Report No: 878, 82pp, Natural Resources Wales
- Dataset Reference Date (Creation)
- 2025-09-17
Temporal Extent
- Begin date
- 2025-01-01
- End date
- 2025-02-28
- Topic category
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- Environment
Extent
Extent
- Geographic Extent
- Wales (WLS)
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Distribution
- Format Type and Description
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Delimited
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Unknown
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- Specification
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Excel Spreadsheet
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Delimited
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Unknown
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Quality
Data quality
- Quality Scope
- Dataset
- Conformity
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Explanation
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This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation.
- Degree
- false
- Lineage
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The SSSI review data is principally sourced from NRW's Protected Sites Database and the SSSI GIS spatial layer. It contains additional information produced by analysing this data. The data is based on notified SSSIs as of February 2025.
Full methodology details can be found in the NRW Evidence Report.
Keywords
Keywords
- Type
- Theme
Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-06-01
Keywords
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NRW Thesaurus
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- conservation (see also conservation of specific subjects)
- SSSI (Sites of Special Scientific Interest)
- environmental review
- Type
- Theme
Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2025-01-08
Spatial Reference System
Content
Content Information
NRW Profile
Custom Elements
Constraints
Constraints
Limitations on Public Access and Use
- Restriction type
- Other restrictions
Access Constraints Text
- Other constraints
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There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.
Use Constraints
- Use constraints type
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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© CNC/NRW. Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose.
Attribution Statement
- Other constraints
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Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved.
Licence
- Other constraints
- Open Government Licence