Guidance and regulation

How local authorities can select a site, and then declare and manage it as a local nature reserve (LNR).

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 20 March 2023

Find out about the merger and extension of 6 existing sites into one NNR with a new name.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 19 May 2022

• Public notice: Somerset Wetlands NNR

  National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 Wildlife and…

Find out about the merger and extension of 3 existing sites into one NNR with a new name.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 17 March 2020

• Public notice: Purbeck Heaths NNR

  Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 Parishes of Studland, Corfe Castle,…

Find out about the merger and extension of 2 existing sites into one NNR with a new name.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 19 October 2023

How to get accredited status for your country park, find out if you’re eligible, how to apply and what happens next.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 7 September 2022

Find out about a change to the size of Muston Meadows National Nature Reserve in Leicestershire and Lincolnshire

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 1 July 2016

Find out about a change to the size of Ribble Estuary National Nature Reserve in Merseyside.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 9 December 2020

Find out about a new NNR in Surrey.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 10 November 2021

Find out about a new NNR in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 3 October 2022

Find out about a change to the size of Suffolk Coast National Nature Reserve in Suffolk.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 17 December 2018

Find out about a change to the name of Walton Moss National Nature Reserve in Cumbria and an extension to the area covered by the site.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 9 July 2019

Find out about a change to the size of Wyre Forest NNR in Shropshire and Worcestershire.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 31 January 2022

Find out about a change to the size of Lower Derwent Valley National Nature Reserve in North Yorkshire and Humberside.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 2 February 2021

Public notice confirming that part of Hambledon Hill National Nature Reserve in Dorset will now be managed by the National Trust.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 9 December 2015

Find out about a change to the Fyfield Down National Nature Reserve in Wiltshire.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 30 September 2021

Find out about a change to the size of Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods National Nature Reserve in Gloucestershire.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 22 March 2017

Find out about Natural England's proposals to improve coastal access in Kent and how to submit a representation or objection.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 21 June 2017

Find out about a change to the name of Cassop Vale National Nature Reserve in Durham and a reduction in the area covered by the site.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 5 March 2021

A notice of appeal to the carrying out of establishment works at Kennack Sands, Cornwall in the absence of an agreement with the owner or occupier of the land.

• From: Natural England and 1 others
• Updated: 22 February 2023

Find out about a change to the size of Ruislip Woods NNR in Hillingdon London Borough and the Greater London Authority Area.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 15 June 2022