Appendix 8: Sites of Nature Conservation Importance (SNCIs)
This schedule has been compiled from information provided by the Durham Wildlife Trust and Gateshead Council. It includes changes made as a result of a comprehensive review undertaken in 2003.
Reference |
Location |
Grid Reference |
| GAT 1 |
Bucks Hill Plantation |
NZ 213605 |
| GAT 2 |
Derwent Walk Country Park (excluding that part of Thornley Woods designated as an SSSI - see Appendix 8). |
NZ 178604/176596 |
| GAT 3 |
Ryton Willows (excluding SSSI - see Appendix 8). |
NZ 158649 |
| GAT 5 |
Strother Hills (excluding SSSI - see Appendix 8). |
NZ 153579 |
| GAT 6 |
Sunniside Park |
NZ 198598 |
| GAT 7 |
Victoria Garesfield |
NZ 145580 |
| GAT 8 |
Washingwell Wood |
NZ 218598 |
| GAT 10 |
Hagg Hill Pasture |
NZ 186613 |
| GAT 14 |
Axwell Lake/Park |
NZ 193620 |
| GAT 16 |
Barlow Burn East |
NZ 151614/163623 |
| GAT 17 |
Barlow Burn West |
NZ 141607/151614 |
| GAT 18 |
Beda Hills |
NZ 145584 |
| GAT 22 |
Bill Quay |
NZ 299633 |
| GAT 24 |
Birkhead Mineral Line |
NZ 215572/236564 |
| GAT 25 |
Birtley Union Brickworks |
NZ 264560 |
| GAT 26 |
Birtley Pasture |
NZ 276567 |
| GAT 27 |
Black Burn Meadow |
NZ 214600 |
| GAT 28 |
Blaydon Burn |
NZ 170629/173632 |
| GAT 29 |
Bradley Dene |
NZ 125634 |
| GAT 30 |
Burdon Dene |
NZ 210570 |
| GAT 31 |
Burdon Moor |
NZ 216582 |
| GAT 32 |
Burdon Plain |
NZ 213578 |
| GAT 33 |
Chopwell Bomb Ponds |
NZ 128572 |
| GAT 34 |
Chopwell Wood |
NZ 135580 |
| GAT 35 |
Chopwell Wood Riverside |
NZ 142574 |
| GAT 36 |
Clara Vale Pond |
NZ 141651 |
| GAT 37 |
Clara Vale Pit Yard |
NZ 132648 |
| GAT 38 |
Clockburn Dene Wood |
NZ 192598 |
| GAT 39 |
Clover Hill |
NZ 203597 |
| GAT 40 |
Coalburns Wagonway |
NZ 137608 |
| GAT 41 |
Crawcrook Quarry |
NZ 128636 |
| GAT 42 |
Crookhill Pasture |
NZ 162642 |
| GAT 43 |
Damhead Wood |
NZ 192612 |
| GAT 44 |
Derwent Bridge Wood |
NZ 165581 |
| GAT 45 |
Derwent Riverside Sewage Works |
NZ 174590 |
| GAT 46 |
Derwenthaugh Saltmarsh |
NZ 212629 |
| GAT 47 |
Dunkirk Farm West |
NZ 274574 |
| GAT 48 |
Dunston Hill Pond |
NZ 218615 |
| GAT 49 |
Dunston Pond (Acer Pond) |
NZ 222625 |
| GAT 50 |
Fell Farm |
NZ 133627 |
| GAT 51 |
Felling Shore |
NZ 279632 |
| GAT 52 |
Fellside Pond West |
NZ 197591 |
| GAT 53 |
Fortune Hill/Bobgins Burn Wood |
NZ 198566 |
| GAT 54 |
Goodshields Bank |
NZ 183601 |
| GAT 55 |
Guards Wood |
NZ 113609 |
| GAT 56 |
Hagg Hill Wood |
NZ 187613 |
| GAT 57 |
Hagg Wood/Gill and Mitcheson's Gill |
NZ 244576 |
| GAT 58 |
Halliwell Dene |
NZ 126620 |
| GAT 59 |
Hedgefield Quarry |
NZ 165645 |
| GAT 60 |
Hollinhill Wood |
NZ 171592 |
| GAT 61 |
Huntley Gill |
NZ 169607 |
| GAT 63 |
Image Hill |
NZ 176637 |
| GAT 65 |
Lands Wood |
NZ 184612 |
| GAT 67 |
Lintzford Wood |
NZ 147575 |
| GAT 69 |
Longacre Wood |
NZ 260575 |
| GAT 70 |
Low Thornley Dene |
NZ 175601 |
| GAT 71 |
Mill Bank Wood |
NZ 188606 |
| GAT 72 |
Mill Wood |
NZ 123644 |
| GAT 73 |
Milkwellburn Wood (stream side) |
NZ 106574 |
| GAT 74 |
Milkwellburn Wood |
NZ 107578 |
| GAT 75 |
Moor Mill Farm Pasture |
NZ 252575 |
| GAT 76 |
Mount Escob |
NZ 232540 |
| GAT 77 |
Ousbrough Wood |
NZ 227540 |
| GAT 78 |
Path Head Meadow |
NZ 171635 |
| GAT 79 |
Pelaw Quarry |
NZ 310626 |
| GAT 82 |
Ravensworth Ponds and Wood |
NZ 225595/230593 |
| GAT 83 |
Reeley Mires West Wood |
NZ 140612 |
| GAT 84 |
River Derwent at Metro Radio |
NZ 203625 |
| GAT 85 |
River Team Saltmarsh |
NZ 233625 |
| GAT 86 & 87 |
River Tyne, tidal mud |
NZ 185636/232626 |
| GAT 91 |
Ryton Peth Lane |
NZ 158646 |
| GAT 92 |
Ryton Piggeries |
NZ 162647 |
| GAT 93 |
Ryton Woodside |
NZ 144634 |
| GAT 94 |
Sheddon's Hill |
NZ 283575 |
| GAT 95 |
Shibdon Meadow |
NZ 198629 |
| GAT 96 |
Sled Lane Pond and Crookoe Wood |
NZ 128633 |
| GAT 97 |
Spen Banks Wood |
NZ 150595 |
| GAT 98 |
Spen Denes |
NZ 162587 |
| GAT 99 |
Stanley Burn Wood, North |
NZ 114631 |
| GAT 100 |
Stanley Burn Wood, South |
NZ 114625 |
| GAT 101 |
Stargate Ponds and Bewes Hills |
NZ 165632 |
| GAT 102 |
Stella and Path Head Woods |
NZ 174636 |
| GAT 103 |
Strothers Bog |
NZ 154572 |
| GAT 104 |
Sunniside Wood |
NZ 207583 |
| GAT 105 |
Swalwell Meadow |
NZ 200615 |
| GAT 106 |
Tongue Burn Wood |
NZ 122573 |
| GAT 107 |
Urpeth Bottoms |
NZ 241547 |
| GAT 109 |
West Wood, Gibside |
NZ 175579 |
| GAT 110 |
Windy Nook Nature Park |
NZ 276608 |
| GAT 111 |
Wylam Riverside |
NZ 121646/135655 |
| GAT 112 |
Blaydon Quarry |
NZ 164624 |
| GAT 113 |
Cappy Scar |
NZ 170588 |
| GAT 114 |
Clinty Wood |
NZ 113602 |
| GAT 115 |
Cooper's Wood |
NZ 184605 |
| GAT 116 |
Dunkirk Farm East |
NZ 277575 |
| GAT 117 |
Eels Wood |
NZ 125646 |
| GAT 118 |
Fellside Pond East |
NZ 201592 |
| GAT 120 |
Shibdon Landfill |
NZ 193632 |
| GAT 121 |
Westfield Pasture |
NZ 149650 |
| GAT 122 |
Barlow Gill Wood |
NZ 154610 |
| GAT 123 |
Whitehills |
NZ 278602 |
| GAT 124 |
Bog Wood (Clara Vale) |
NZ 135648 |
| GAT 125 |
Bradley Park |
NZ 123630 |
| GAT 126 |
Broomfield Meadow |
NZ 122587 |
| GAT 127 |
Burdon Moor (Blackburn Fell) |
NZ 214573 |
| GAT 128 |
Clinty Wood East |
NZ 116605 |
| GAT 129 |
Coalburn Plantation |
NZ 130604 |
| GAT 130 |
Cross Lane Meadows |
NZ 212620 |
| GAT 131 |
Hedley Hall Wood |
NZ 217560 |
| GAT 132 |
Horsegate Paddock |
NZ 132600 |
| GAT 133 |
Jacky's Plantation |
NZ 131620 |
| GAT 134 |
The Kittiwake Tower |
NZ 267636 |
| GAT 135 |
Lillycrook Hill |
NZ 168605 |
| GAT 136 |
Manor Gardens |
NZ 298621 |
| GAT 137 |
Norwood Nature Park |
NZ 239613 |
| GAT 138 |
Path Head Quarry |
NZ 167636 |
| GAT 139 |
Stella Lane Pasture |
NZ 172638 |
| GAT 140 |
Tanfield Railway Sidings |
NZ 207575 |
| GAT 141 |
Watergate Forest Park Lake |
NZ 224602 |
| GAT 142 |
Whickham Thorns |
NZ 218617 |