Notice

Public notice: Kingcombe NNR

Published 2 July 2021

Applies to England

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

Declaration of National Nature Reserve

Parishes of Toller Porcorum and Powerstock and Wraxall

County of Dorset

Notice is hereby given that:

In pursuance of section 35(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, Natural England has, by the Kingcombe National Nature Reserve No.01 Declaration made on the 2nd day of June 2021 declared the land referred to therein a National Nature Reserve.

The land having a total area of 309.82 hectares or thereabouts, situated in the parishes of Toller Porcorum, Powerstock and Wraxall in the county of Dorset and shown shaded yellow on the maps attached to the said Declaration is held by Dorset Wildlife Trust, a body approved by Natural England, and is being managed as a nature reserve. Natural England is satisfied that the said land is of national importance.

The declaration and associated maps may be viewed on Natural England’s website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-nature-reserves-formal-notice-of-new-or-extended-sites

Robert Lloyd, West Dorset Team Leader
on behalf of Natural England.