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 200 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.
From these 250+ reserves, Natural England has selected 35 as "Spotlight Reserves"—marked with S in the list below:[1]
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List of NNRs
- Ainsdale Sand Dunes NNR, Merseyside S
- Aqualate Mere, Shropshire
- Aston Rowant NNR, Oxfordshire S
- Axemouth to Lyme Regis Undercliffs, Devon
- Barnack Hills & Holes NNR, Cambridgeshire S
- Barnfield Pit, Kent
- Barton Hills, Bedfordshire
- Bredon Hill, Worcestershire
- Bridgwater Bay, Somerset
- Castle Eden Dene NNR, Durham S
- Castor Hanglands NNR, Cambridgeshire
- Dawlish Warren, Devon
- Derbyshire Dales NNR, Derbyshire S
- Duncombe Park NNR, North Yorkshire S
- Dunkery and Horner Woods NNR, Somerset
- Durham Coast NNR, Durham S
- East Dartmoor Woods and Heaths NNR, Devon S
- Ebbor Gorge NNR, Somerset
- Farne Islands NNR, Northumberland S
- Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses NNR, Shropshire (and partly in Wales) S
- Finglandrigg Woods NNR, Cumbria S
- Gait Barrows NNR, Lancashire S
- Gibraltar Point NNR, Lincolnshire S
- Golitha Falls NNR, Cornwall S
- Gordano Valley, Avon
- Goss Moor NNR Cornwall
- Hamstreet Woods NNR Kent
- Hardington Moor NNR, Somerset
- Holkham NNR, Norfolk S
- Huntspill River NNR, Somerset
- Ingleborough NNR, North Yorkshire S
- Kinder Scout NNR, Derbyshire
- Kingley Vale NNR, West Sussex S
- King's Wood, Heath and Reach, Bedfordshire
- Knocking Hoe, Bedfordshire
- Lindisfarne, Northumberland S
- Leigh Woods, Bristol
- Lower Derwent Valley NNR, East Riding of Yorkshire S
- Lydden and Temple Ewell Downs NNR, Kent
- Martin Down NNR, Hampshire
- Moor House-Upper Teesdale NNR, Cumbria & Durham S
- Mottey Meadows NNR, Staffordshire
- North Meadow, Cricklade NNR, Wiltshire S
- Old Winchester Hill NNR, Hampshire S
- Redgrave and Lopham Fen, Norfolk & Suffolk S
- Rodney Stoke NNR, Somerset
- Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes NNR, Lincolnshire S
- Shapwick Heath NNR, Somerset S
- Slapton Ley NNR, Devon S
- Somerset Levels NNR, Somerset
- Stiperstones NNR, Shropshire S
- Stodmarsh NNR, Kent S
- Studland and Godlingston Heath NNR, Dorset S
- Sutton Park, Birmingham
- Teesmouth NNR, Teesside S
- Titchfield Haven NNR, Hampshire
- The Lizard NNR, Cornwall S
- Thursley NNR, Surrey S
- Walberswick NNR, Suffolk S
- Westhay Moor NNR, Somerset
- Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire S
- Wren's Nest NNR, West Midlands
- Wye NNR, Kent S
- Wybunbury Moss, Cheshire
- Wyre Forest, Shropshire
For a full list of NNRs in England see
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 Essex
- National Nature Reserves in Lancashire
- National Nature Reserves in Norfolk
- National Nature Reserves in Suffolk
- National Nature Reserves in Teesside
- National Nature Reserves in Yorkshire
See also
- Nature reserve
- National Nature Reserve
- National Nature Reserves in Wales
- National Nature Reserves in Scotland
- National Nature Reserves in Northern Ireland
References
- ^ Natural England Spotlight Reserves
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