National Nature Reserves in England

National Nature Reserves in England are managed by Natural England and are key places for wildlife and natural features in England. They were established to protect the most important areas of habitat and of geological formations. NNRs are managed on behalf of the nation, not always by Natural England themselves, but sometimes by non-governmental organisations such as the members of The Wildlife Trusts partnership, the National Trust, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds or others.

There are over 224 NNRs in England covering over 800 km² and practically every kind of landscape. Often they contain rare species or nationally important species of plants, insects, butterflies, birds, mammals etc.

Spotlight NNRs

From the 250+ reserves, Natural England has selected 35 as "Spotlight Reserves":

The following is a selective list of NNRs

• Ainsdale Sand Dunes NNR, Merseyside
• Aston Rowant NNR, Oxfordshire
• Barnack Hills & Holes NNR, Cambridgeshire
• Castle Eden Dene, County Durham
• Derbyshire Dales NNR, Derbyshire
• Duncombe Park NNR, North Yorkshire
• Durham Coast, County Durham
• East Dartmoor Woods and Heaths NNR, Devon
• Farne Islands NNR, Northumberland
• Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses NNR, Shropshire (and partly in Wales)
• Finglandrigg Woods NNR, Cumbria
• Gait Barrows NNR, Lancashire
• Gibraltar Point NNR, Lincolnshire
• Golitha Falls NNR, Cornwall
• Holkham NNR, Norfolk
• Ingleborough NNR, North Yorkshire
• Kingley Vale NNR, West Sussex
• Lindisfarne, Northumberland
• Lower Derwent Valley NNR, East Riding of Yorkshire
• Moor House-Upper Teesdale, Cumbria & County Durham
• North Meadow, Cricklade NNR, Wiltshire
• Old Winchester Hill NNR, Hampshire
• Redgrave and Lopham Fen, Norfolk & Suffolk
• Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes NNR, Lincolnshire
• Shapwick Heath NNR, Somerset
• Slapton Ley NNR, Devon
• Stiperstones NNR, Shropshire
• Stodmarsh NNR, Kent
• Studland and Godlingston Heath NNR, Dorset
• Teesmouth NNR, Teesside
• The Lizard NNR, Cornwall
• Thursley NNR, Surrey
• Walberswick NNR, Suffolk
• Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire
• Wye NNR, Kent

List of NNRs

For a full list of English NNRs, see List of National Nature Reserves in England

NNRs by County

• National Nature Reserves in Bedfordshire
• National Nature Reserves in Cambridgeshire
• National Nature Reserves in Cumbria
• National Nature Reserves in Derbyshire
• National Nature Reserves in Lancashire
• National Nature Reserves in Norfolk
• National Nature Reserves in Somerset
• National Nature Reserves in Suffolk
• National Nature Reserves in Yorkshire

See also

• Nature reserve
• National Nature Reserves in Northern Ireland
• National Nature Reserves in Scotland
• National Nature Reserves in Wales

External links

• Interactive map of designations in England, including National Nature Reserves boundaries (select 'Nature Reserves' in UK Map Layers).