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[[Image:The_Needles.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[The Needles]], part of Headon Warren And West High Down SSSI]]
This is a list of the '''[[Sites of Special Scientific Interest]] (SSSIs) on the [[Isle of Wight]]''',
In England, the body responsible for designating SSSIs is [[Natural England]], which chooses a site because of its [[fauna]], [[plant|flora]],
The data in the table is taken from citation sheets for each SSSI, available at their website.<ref name="data">''Natural England'' citation sheets for each SSSI ([[PDF]] files). Retrieved on 2006-07-07
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*<small>{{cite web |title=Northpark Copse |url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000716.pdf }}</small>
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*<small>{{cite web |title=Parkhurst Forest |url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000584.pdf }}</small>
*<small>{{cite web |title=Priory Woods |url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/2000346.pdf }}</small>
*<small>{{cite web |title=Prospect Quarry |url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000607.pdf |access-date=18 June 2011 |archive-date=6 June 2013 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6HAEo4yha?url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000607.pdf |url-status=dead }}</small>
*<small>{{cite web |title=Rew Down |url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000623.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024073847/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000623.pdf |archive-date=24 October 2012 }}</small>
*<small>{{cite web |title=Rowridge Valley |url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000631.pdf }}</small>
*<small>{{cite web |title=Ryde Sands and Wootton Creek |url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/2000222.pdf }}</small>
*<small>{{cite web |title=Shide Quarry |url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000714.pdf }}</small>
*<small>{{cite web |title=St Lawrence Bank |url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000701.pdf }}</small>
*<small>{{cite web |title=The Wilderness |url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000825.pdf |access-date=18 June 2011 |archive-date=6 June 2013 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6HAEryZm8?url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000825.pdf |url-status=dead }}</small>
*<small>{{cite web |title=Thorness Bay |url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/2000022.pdf }}</small>
*<small>{{cite web |title=Ventnor Downs |url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000773.pdf }}</small>
*<small>{{cite web |title=Whitecliff Bay And Bembridge Ledges |url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000806.pdf }}</small>
*<small>{{cite web |title=Yar Estuary |url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000838.pdf }}</small>
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== Sites ==
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| [[Alverstone Marshes]]
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| [[America Wood]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|{{Nature on the map|1000687}}
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| [[Arreton Down]] {{ref label|Arreton|D|D}}
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| [[Bembridge Down]]
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| [[Bembridge School And Cliffs SSSI|Bembridge School And Cliffs]]
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| [[Bonchurch Landslips]]
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| [[Bouldnor And Hamstead Cliffs]]
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| [[Brading Marshes to St. Helen's Ledges SSSI|Brading Marshes to St. Helen's Ledges]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|{{Nature on the map|2000221}}
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| [[Briddlesford Copses]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|{{Nature on the map|1000554}}
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| [[Calbourne Down]]
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| [[Colwell Bay]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|{{Nature on the map|1004379}}
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| [[Compton Chine to Steephill Cove SSSI|Compton Chine to Steephill Cove]]
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| [[Compton Down]]
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| [[Cranmore, Isle of Wight|Cranmore]]
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| [[Cridmore Bog]]
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| [[Eaglehead and Bloodstone Copses]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|{{Nature on the map|1000622}}
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| [[Freshwater Marshes]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|{{Nature on the map|1004406}}
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| [[Garston's Down]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|{{Nature on the map|1004409}}
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| [[Greatwood And Cliff Copses SSSI|Greatwood And Cliff Copses]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|{{Nature on the map|1000653}}
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| [[Headon Warren And West High Down SSSI|Headon Warren And West High Down]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|{{Nature on the map|1000546}}
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| [[King's Quay]] Shore
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| style="text-align:center;"|{{Nature on the map|1000559}}
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| [[Lacey's Farm Quarry]]
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| [[Lake Allotments]]
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| [[Locks Farm Meadow]]
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| [[River Medina|Medina Estuary]]
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| [[Mottistone Down]]
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| [[Newtown River|Newtown Harbour]]{{ref label|Newton|F|F}}
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| [[Northpark Copse]]
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| [[Parkhurst Forest]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|{{Nature on the map|1000584}}
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| [[Priory Woods]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|{{Nature on the map|2000346}}
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| [[Prospect Quarry]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|{{Nature on the map|1000607}}
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| [[Rew Down]]
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| [[Rowridge Valley]]
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| [[Ryde Sands and Wootton Creek SSSI|Ryde Sands and Wootton Creek]]
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| [[Shide Quarry]]
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| [[St Lawrence Bank]]
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| [[The Wilderness SSSI, Isle of Wight|The Wilderness]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|{{Nature on the map|1000825}}
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| [[Thorness Bay]]{{ref label|Thorness|G|G}}
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| [[Ventnor Downs]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|{{Nature on the map|1000773}}
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| [[Whitecliff Bay And Bembridge Ledges SSSI|Whitecliff Bay And Bembridge Ledges]]
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| [[Western Yar|Yar Estuary
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== Notes ==
:{{note label|Area|A|A}}Data rounded to one decimal place.
:{{note label|Grid reference|B|B}}Grid reference is based on the [[British national grid reference system]], also known as OSGB36, and is the system used by the [[Ordnance Survey]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Guide to National Grid | work=Ordnance Survey | url=http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/help.html#gridref |
:{{note label|Map|C|C}}Link to maps using the ''Nature on the Map'' service provided by ''English Nature''.
:{{note label|Arreton|D|D}}Arreton Down was originally notified as a geological SSSI, but was then renotified in 1987 for its biological interest only.<ref name="data"/>
:{{note label|Brading|E|E}}This site includes three former SSSIs known as St Helen’s Duver, Brading Marshes and St. Helen’s Ledges. They were notified in 1951, 1971 and 1977 respectively.<ref name="data"/>
:{{note label|Newton|F|F}}This also includes the former SSSI, Hart’s Farm Meadows which was designated in 1986.<ref name="data"/>
:{{note label|Thorness|G|G}}This site was formerly known as [[Gurnard Ledge]] to Saltmead Ledge SSSI and was extended in 1987.<ref name="data"/>
== References ==
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{{SSSI AOS lists}}
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{{SSSIs Hampshire}}
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