Aire Point to Carrick Du SSSI
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Gurnard's Head, within the SSSI
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 Location within Cornwall
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| Area of Search | Cornwall |
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| Grid reference | SW432385 |
| Coordinates | 50°10′22″N 5°37′22″W / 50.1729°N 5.6228°WCoordinates: 50°10′22″N 5°37′22″W / 50.1729°N 5.6228°W |
| Interest | Biological/Geological |
| Area | 704.81 hectares (7.048 km2; 2.721 sq mi) |
| Notification | 1972 |
| Natural England website | |
Aire Point to Carrick Du SSSI is a Site of Special Scientific Interest on the Penwith Peninsula, Cornwall, England. It is 5.98 square kilometres in extent, stretching from grid reference SW360279 to grid reference SW513410. The site is designated both for its biological and its geological interest.
The site includes a Nature Conservation Review site and eight Geological Conservation Review sites. The whole of the site is included in the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is within the Penwith Heritage Coast. Part of the site is within the West Penwith Environmentally Sensitive Area and some of the coast is owned and managed by the National Trust. The South West Coast Path, which follows the coast of south-west England from Somerset to Dorset passes through the SSSI.
The site or areas within it have previously been known by the following names:
The site (under its current boundaries) was notified on 26 May 1995, having first been notified in 1972. However the Botallack Head to Cape Cornwall SSSI was first scheduled in 1967, and the Gurnard's Head and Porthmeor Cove, and Trevega and Trowan Cliffs SSSI was first scheduled in 1951.
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