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==Site location and designation==
Acaster South Ings is a {{convert|38.3|ha|acre}} biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI),<ref name="Citation" /> consisting of "two large alluvial flood-meadows."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Symons |first1=Bill |title=Biodiversity Action Plan 2013/2014, Table 3 national designations Vale of York |url=http://www.yorkconsort.gov.uk/documents/ycdbbiodivplan.pdf |website=Yorkconsort.gov.uk |publisher=York Consortium of Drainage Boards |date=2014|accessdate=12 December 2019 |location=Derwent House, Crockey Hill, York, YO19 4SR |page=13}}</ref> The meadows are adjacent to the [[River Ouse, Yorkshire|River Ouse]] and approximately {{convert|4|mi|km}} south of [[York]]. Such wet grasslands are considered rare in the United Kingdom due to contemporary "drainage and agricultural improvement."<ref name="Citation" >{{cite web |last1=Christian |first1=Simon |title=Designated sites citation: Acaster South Ings |url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1004526.pdf |website=Designated sites Natural England |publisher=Natural England |accessdate=12 December 2019 |date=1988}}</ref><ref name="Magic Map" >{{cite web |title=Magic Map: Acaster South Ings |url=https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271004526%27 |website=Magic.defra.gov.uk |publisher=Natural England |accessdate=10 December 2019}}</ref> The site is accessed on foot via a public footpath along the Ouse riverbank, from [[Acaster Malbis]] via Acaster Marine.<ref>{{cite web |title=Footpaths map of Acaster Malbis area |url=https://acastermalbis-pc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Acaster-Malbis-Parish-Council-map-v2.pdf |website=acastermalbis-pc.gov.uk/ |publisher=Acaster Malbis Parish Council |accessdate=12 December 2019}}</ref>
The SSSI was first [[SSSI notification|notified]] in 1988, and is classified under a wildlife enhancement scheme, due to the presence of [[grassland]]s containing rare plant and insect life.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Simon |first1=Christian |title=Designated sites view: Acaster South Ings SSSI |url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1004526&SiteName=acaster%20south%20ings&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |website=Designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk |publisher=Natural England |accessdate=10 December 2019 |date=1 May 1988}}</ref> It is one of nine wildlife SSSIs in the Greater York area, the other designated sites being [[Strensall|Strensall Common]], [[List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in North Yorkshire|Heslington Tilmire]], [[Askham Bog]], [[Fulford, North Yorkshire|Fulford Ings]], [[List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in North Yorkshire|Naburn Marsh]], [[List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in North Yorkshire|Church Ings]], [[Derwent Ings]] and [[River Derwent, Yorkshire|River Derwent]].<ref name="Review of Wildlife" >{{cite web |last1=Hammond |first1=Martin |title=City of York bioversity audit 20107.1.: Review of wildlife sites in the city of York |url=http://democracy.york.gov.uk/documents/s46232/bio%2520Audit%2520Review%25202010%2520with%2520appendices%25203%2520-%2520online%2520only.pdf |website=Democracy.york.co.uk |publisher=City of York Council |accessdate=12 December 2019 |page=43 |date=2010}}</ref> It is one of four riverside [[hay|hay meadow]] SSSIs listed by the [[Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust]], alongside [[Clifton, Rawcliffe and Poppleton Ings|Clifton Ings and Rawlcliffe Meadows]], Fulford Ings and Naburn Marsh.<ref>{{cite web |title=About river and catchment |url=http://www.yorkshiredalesriverstrust.com/your-rivers/river-ouse/ |website=Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust |publisher=Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust |accessdate=12 December 2019 |date=2014}}</ref>
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