Dabble Bank is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Easington district of County Durham, England. It lies about 1 km west of the village of Haswell and about 9 km east of the city of Durham.The site is important for its communities of nationally-scarce grassland on Magnesian Limestone read more
Pig Hill is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Easington district of north-east County Durham, England, situated 1 km south of the village of Easington Lane.The steep hill slopes support an extensive area of primary magnesian limestone grassland in which blue moor-grass, Sesleria albicans, is abundant. The rich read more
Wingate Quarry is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Easington district of east County Durham, England. Part of the site is also a Local Nature Reserve It is a disused quarry located just south of the village of Wheatley Hill.The quarry was worked for Magnesian Limestone until read more
Hesledon Moor West is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Easington district in east County Durham, England. It is located 1 km east of the village of South Hetton, some 12 km south of Sunderland and a little under 2 km south-west of Hesledon Moor East SSSI.Within this read more
Stony Cut, Cold Hesledon is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Easington district of north-east County Durham, England. It consists of a shallow cutting alongside Seaham Golf Course close to the village of Cold Hesledon.The cutting exposes a section of late Permian Ford Formation (Zechstein) dolomite in which read more
Tuthill Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Easington district of north-east County Durham, England. It lies just over 1 km east of the village of Haswell.The site occupies part of a disused quarry, in which have developed areas of primary and secondary magnesian limestone grassland. Such read more
Castle Eden Dene is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and National Nature Reserve in the Easington district of County Durham, England. It is located immediately south of Peterlee, between the A19 and A1086 roads.The dene is the largest, and biologically the richest, of a series of deep ravines that read more
Hawthorn Dene is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Easington district of County Durham, England. The site occupies the incised valley of Hawthorn Burn and extends from just south of the village of Hawthorn eastward as far as the Durham Coast railway line: the area between the railway read more
Hawthorn Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Easington district of west County Durham, England. It is a disused quarry, which is situated just north of the eastern end of Hawthorn Dene SSSI.The site has been identified by the Geological Conservation Review as being of national importance read more
Yoden Village Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Easington district of east County Durham, England. It is a disused quarry located in the Horden district of Peterlee, adjacent to the site of the medieval village of Yoden.The site has been classed as of national importance in read more