Area of Search

Areas of Search (AOSs) are geographical areas used in the selection of Sites of Special Scientific Interest.¹ In England these are largely based on the 1974-1996 administrative counties (with larger counties divided into two or more areas), whereas in Scotland and Wales they are based around districts.¹ The individual AOSs are between 400 km² and 4,000 km² in size.¹ There are 59 AOSs in England, 12 in Wales, and 44 in Scotland.²

1 Areas of Search in England
2 Areas of Search in Wales
3 Areas of Search in Scotland
4 References
5 Bibliography

Areas of Search in England

There are 59 Areas of Search in England. They are, in alphabetical order of the administrative counties into which they fall:

Avon
Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
Cornwall
three Cumbrian AOSs, "East Cumbria", "South Cumbria" and "West Cumbria"
two County Durham AOSs, "East Durham" and "West Durham"
two Derbyshire AOSs, the "Peak District National Park" and "Derbyshire" (i.e. the remainder of the county, outside of the National Park)
two Devon AOSs, "North Devon" and "South Devon"
Dorset
East Sussex
two Essex AOSs, "North Essex" and "South Essex"
Gloucestershire
Greater London
a combined "Merseyside & Greater Manchester" AOS
two Hampshire AOSs, "Havant, Portsmouth, Gosport, Fareham, Eastleigh, Southampton and the New Forest" covering the south and "Basingstoke, East Deane, East Hants, Hart, Rushmoor, Test Valley and Winchester" in the north
separate AOSs for Hereford and Worcester
Hertfordshire
two Humberside AOSs, "Humberside South" and "Humberside North"
Isle of Wight
Kent
Lancashire
Leicestershire
two Lincolnshire AOSs, "Lincolnshire North" and "Lincolnshire South"
two Norfolk AOSs, "West Norfolk" and "East Norfolk"
three North Yorkshire AOSs, "The Yorkshire Dales", "The Vale of York" and "The North York Moors"
Northamptonshire
two Northumberland AOSs, "East Northumberland" and "West Northumberland"
Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Shropshire
Somerset
South Yorkshire
Staffordshire
two Suffolk AOSs, "West Suffolk" and "East Suffolk"
Surrey
Warwickshire
West Midlands
West Sussex
West Yorkshire
two Wiltshire AOSs, "Kennet, North Wiltshire & Thamesdown" covering the north and "West Wiltshire & Salisbury" in the south

Areas of Search in Wales

There are 12 Areas of Search in Wales. They are, in alphabetical order of the administrative counties into which they fall:

Clwyd
three Dyfed AOSs, "Carmarthen & Dinefwr", "Ceredigion" and "Preseli & South Pembrokeshire"
two Glamorgan AOSs, "Mid & South Glamorgan", and "West Glamorgan & Llanelli"
Gwent
two Gwynedd AOSs, "East Gwynedd" and "West Gwynedd"
three Powys AOSs, "Brecknock", "Radnor" and "Montgomery"

Areas of Search in Scotland

There are 44 Areas of Search in Scotland.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c NCC 1989, page 17, note 4.11
^ NCC 1989, page 18, where all AOS boundaries are mapped Map

Bibliography

Nature Conservancy Council (1989) Guidelines for selection of biological SSSIs ISBN 0-86139-544-1

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