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== Usage ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Parameter !! Optional? !! Description/Notes
|-
|<code>name</code>|| '''required''' || Official name of SSSI
|-
|<code>aos</code>||  '''required''' ||  Area of Search (Do not wikilink)
|-
|<code>displaymap</code>|| optional || The name of a {{tl|location map}}.  if left blank, the value specified by <code>aos</code> is used.
|-
|<code>map_caption</code>|| optional || Alternative caption for map if default not suitable
|-
|<code>coordinates</code>|| optional || For latitude and longitude coordinates. Use {{tl|coord}}.
|-
|<code>image</code>|| optional || use file name without <code>File:</code> prefix or square brackets.  See Caveat below.
|-
|<code>image_caption</code>|| optional || Description of picture (if required)
|-
|<code>image_size</code>|| optional || width of picture
|-
|<code>gridref</code>|| optional || Use {{tl|gbmappingsmall}}
|-
|<code>interest</code>|| optional || Either Biological or Geological or Biological/Geological
|-
|<code>area</code>|| optional || Use {{tl|convert}}. For choice of units, see [[WP:UNITS]]
|-
|<code>notifydate</code>|| optional || This is the date of first notification; use the 1949 Act date if available. Do not use {{tl|Start date}} for sites that existed prior to the notification.
|-
|<code>enref</code>|| optional || Natural England reference 7-digit ID used on Natural England website; provides link to website.
|-
|<code>footnotes</code>|| optional || Additional footnotes or references
|-
|<code>map</code>|| optional || Full link to Natural England site 
|}
CAVEAT: If planning to obtain a photograph, be aware that an SSSI is a legally protected site and many sites are on private land. It is a criminal offence to damage or disturb any flora, fauna or geological feature in the area without a licence to do so.

== Blank ==
Template for a location map
<pre style="overflow:auto">
{{Infobox SSSI
|name=
|image=
|image_caption=
|image_size=
|aos=
|interest=
|gridref={{gbmappingsmall|OSGRIDREF}}
|coordinates={{coord|LAT|N|LON|W|region:GB_scale:25000|display=inline,title}} (change "W" to "E" if appropriate)
|displaymap=
|area={{convert|NNNN|ha|km2 sqmi|sigfig=4}}
|notifydate=
|enref=
}}</pre>

== Example ==
{{Infobox SSSI
|image=EbborGorge.jpg
|name=Ebbor Gorge
|image_size=220
|aos=Somerset
|interest=Biological
|gridref={{gbmappingsmall|ST525485}}
|coordinates={{coord|51.234|-2.682|region:GB_scale:25000|display=inline}}
|area={{convert|156.8|acre|km2 sqmi|sigfig=4}}
|notifydate=1952
|enref=1004346
}}

<pre style="overflow:auto">
{{Infobox SSSI
|image=EbborGorge.jpg
|name=Ebbor Gorge
|image_size=220
|aos=Somerset
|interest=Biological
|gridref={{gbmappingsmall|ST525485}}
|coordinates={{coord|51.234|-2.682|region:GB_scale:25000|display=inline}}
|area={{convert|156.8|acre|km2 sqmi|sigfig=4}}
|notifydate=1952
|enref=1004346
}}</pre>

== Microformat ==
{{UF-hcard-geo}}

== Tracking category ==
* {{clc|Pages using infobox Site of Special Scientific Interest with unknown parameters}}

== See also ==
* {{tl|Sssi link}}

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