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South Pennine Moors

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The South Pennine Moors are areas of moorland in the South Pennines in northern England. The designation is applied to two different but overlapping areas, a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) covering a number of areas in West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Lancashire and Greater Manchester, and a much larger Special Area of Conservation (SAC) covering parts of Derbyshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire, and small areas of Cheshire, Staffordshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and North Yorkshire.

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SSSI

The SSSI consists of three separate areas:

  • Ilkley Moor, between Ilkley and Keighley, West Yorkshire
  • a large area north of the Calder Valley and east of Burnley, straddling the borders of West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and Lancashire
  • an area south of the Calder Valley, between Rochdale and Huddersfield, straddling the border of West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester

    • The SSSI has a total area of 20,938 hectares (81 sq mi).

    SAC

    About two-thirds of the South Pennine Moors SAC is in the Peak District National Park, which is mainly in the Dark Peak SSSI and not in the South Pennine Moors SSSI.

    The SAC has a total area of 64,983 hectares (251 sq mi).

    References

    South Pennine Moors Wikipedia
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